Hi SA,
SA writes:
For philosophers who assert that consciousness is nonphysical in nature, there remains a question about what outside of physical theory is required to explain consciousness."
So is consciousness physical?
Or is consciousness nonphysical?
What is consciousness anyway?
You mentioned the brain and the body.
At my age my brain is getting to the point that information that it receives to store doesn't stick like it used too, when I was much younger.
Now to the problem you have with Jesus being God or not being God.
Mankind was created in the image and likeness of God. So if you can understand mankind you can understand how God and Jesus could be one.
You have a physical body that is made up of many parts of which your brain is just one part. Jesus had a physical body, and is one manifestation of God.
You have an eternal spirit that dwells in your body. The Holy Spirit is one manifestation of God.
You have a mind that processes information. The mind is one manifistation of God. (He is all knowing)
So God has a body, mind, and spirit. All three are manifest in different ways, just as your are.
You have a body, mind, and spirit. The spirit is the part of Nicodemus that Jesus was telling him had to be born of the Spirit as he had already had a water birth.
When a person is born of the Spirit he/she becomes one with God, by choice.
When it comes to a conscience I do not believe there is any such entity. Mankind is hardwired as to what is right and wrong. Then as he/she grows from birth learn what is preceived to be right and wrong by what they are taught. So a battle takes place in the mind to either do what is right or what is wrong. Every individual chooses what is right and wrong for themselves usually according to what they have been taught. Rather than what is hardwired in.
God Bless,
"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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