June 21, 2019

                       Hominid, Humanoid or Human
 
"What is man that Thou art mindful of him....?" That is an important question. It has been queried and probed since the beginning of man, but that is another topic for discussion-- the beginning of man.

Is man simply a high-end machine or a highly evolved mammal?  Do we simply have an organic brain with a frontal cortex, or do we possess an actual moral conscience? Do we possess dignity and nobility, having been made in the image of God?  Or, are we as B.F. Skinner declared; there is no difference between a rat and a radish, a man or a sponge! Are we simply protoplasm that one day becomes manure? Are we simply chemical, material, and disposable?

The answer to these perennial questions is either grounded in the reason of man or revelation from God. The results of the answer to these fundamental questions are exhibited in our laws, educated through our schools, and expressed with life and death consequences on our streets.

All of this can cause anxiety. in fact, my serotonin levels have hit bottom, my brain is awash in glucocorticoids, my blood vessels are full of adrenaline, my dopamine levels need lifting.

What do I do? What do I need?

"Don't get drunk with - C2H6O, the chemical form of alcohol (wine) but be filled with the Spirit"  Ephesians  5:18
                        
Serving Him with you
Until He comes for us,
Fred