Respond to my friend

[adrian1]

If brain damage could cause his personality and behaviour to change, he reasoned, then personality and behaviour are determined by brain chemistry and there is no soul that can be responsible for our deeds. If there is no soul and if we cannot be responsible for our deeds, then the Bible is not true and there is no God.

 

[Heart2Soul]

If brain damage could cause his personality and behaviour to change, he reasoned, then personality and behaviour are determined by brain chemistry and there is no soul that can be responsible for our deeds. If there is no soul and if we cannot be responsible for our deeds, then the Bible is not true and there is no God.

Personality is a characteristic we are born with and also one that develops as we age. It is not determined by chemistry but rather through logical reasoning in our frontal lobe and the memories and emotions attached to it. Behavior is how we tend to act or respond to external influences over our lives. So brain damage can change a person's personality and behavior but not in the way suggested. Whatever part of the brain that is damaged fails to properly function in its given role, thereby causing the inability to have any "control" over his thoughts or actions. A person who has a fully functional brain is in "control" of their thoughts and actions.

 

[dreadnought]

If brain damage could cause his personality and behaviour to change, he reasoned, then personality and behaviour are determined by brain chemistry and there is no soul that can be responsible for our deeds. If there is no soul and if we cannot be responsible for our deeds, then the Bible is not true and there is no God.

Brain damage doesn't destroy the soul. The soul will still be alive in the body, even if it can't express itself.

 

[SeventyOne]

If brain damage could cause his personality and behaviour to change, he reasoned, then personality and behaviour are determined by brain chemistry and there is no soul that can be responsible for our deeds. If there is no soul and if we cannot be responsible for our deeds, then the Bible is not true and there is no God.

Is he implying he has no control over his actions now? When he means to talk, does he talk? When he means to eat, does he eat? When he means to relieve himself, does he relive himself? When he means to go to bed, does he go to bed?

Yea, he's still in control of his actions and accountable for them as well.

 

[Heart2Soul]

Yea, he's still in control of his actions and accountable for them as well.

People with Turettes Syndrome cannot control bouts of "cursing" and such, those with Schizophrenia cannot control the voices in the head and the delusions they hear and see. This is just a couple of examples of brain damage.....you clearly do not understand the functions of the brain. Which I have a degree in Nursing and have studied it.

 

[PollyJetix]

I have worked with quite a few Alzheimer's patients. Those who are Christians are markedly different from those who are not. And even when the memory is gone so far that family members are no longer recognized... Christians with Alzheimer's will still light up when they talk about Jesus... and they still will remember the words of Scripture, and of hymns.

 

[SeventyOne]

People with Turettes Syndrome cannot control bouts of "cursing" and such, those with Schizophrenia cannot control the voices in the head and the delusions they hear and see. This is just a couple of examples of brain damage.....you clearly do not understand the functions of the brain. Which I have a degree in Nursing and have studied it.

I know that people can make choices, and as such are responsible for their choices. I don't have to know anything about the brain to understand such a simple concept. Notice I said choices, something your comment didn't address at all.

 

[Heart2Soul]

I know that people can make choices, and as such are responsible for their choices. I don't have to know anything about the brain to understand such a simple concept. Notice I said choices, something your comment didn't address at all.

Agree....if a person is able to choose then they are responsible for their choices....I guess I misunderstood what you were implying. My humble apologies.