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Does Wisdom Equal Intelligence?
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Right. God gives intelligence (the remnants of the fruit we ate in Eden in us), and Wisdom (the Salvation through the second Adam (Christ).
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That reminds me of a Sherlock Holmes joke, though I can't remember it.
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Having the wisdom to use your intelligence wisely is how I see it.
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Wisdom is surely the highest form of intelligence ; worldly intelligence, a degradation of it. In heaven, there seems no reason to even suspect that the latter will not be freely available to everyone without limit; wisdom, on the other hand, would be a function of the love in our heart.
It seems that the brain is both a reducing valve and a kind of receiver, like a TV receiver. As a reducing- valve, in varying degrees, it filters out much of our spiritual awareness, so that we can survive in time. Otherwise, we would be forever contemplating the Beatific Vision and starve to death !
As a receiver, this article explains in what way :
The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource: Medical Evidence for Near Death Experiences: A Reply to Shermer - by Pim van Lommel
Naturally, the materialist numbskulls maunder on that the theory is false, but from the experiment recounted, it is clear that the empirical evidence allows of no other possible conclusion. It is plainly the case : a kind of receiver.
Apart from brute survival, propitious and meritorious use of the worldy intelligence is effected when it serves the common good in a more genral way, i.e. to build a just Christian society, and render help to individuals, groups, etc..
It seems that the brain is both a reducing valve and a kind of receiver, like a TV receiver. As a reducing- valve, in varying degrees, it filters out much of our spiritual awareness, so that we can survive in time. Otherwise, we would be forever contemplating the Beatific Vision and starve to death !
As a receiver, this article explains in what way :
The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource: Medical Evidence for Near Death Experiences: A Reply to Shermer - by Pim van Lommel
Naturally, the materialist numbskulls maunder on that the theory is false, but from the experiment recounted, it is clear that the empirical evidence allows of no other possible conclusion. It is plainly the case : a kind of receiver.
Apart from brute survival, propitious and meritorious use of the worldy intelligence is effected when it serves the common good in a more genral way, i.e. to build a just Christian society, and render help to individuals, groups, etc..
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Jewish sages discussing the antecedents to good behavior comment on how it is fear of the Lord, rather than great spiritual wisdom that is the better predictor of whether someone is going to sin or not.
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Stop you yourself; scientists DO worship human nature ... as already proven.
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