The theory of Materialistic Monism lends itself to a denial of free will. There are those that would attribute this theory to evil in that a denial of free will is in effect, a denial of moral responsibility. The observations of Konrad Lorenz, and Robert Audrey have great value, but do they really support a denial of spirit without prejudiced interpretation. Does one’s philosophical presuppositions determine one’s opinions. Does De Omnibus Dubitandum apply when looking in the mirror?
Man is not a moral agent. Man does not make choices. He merely gravitates sensationally in one direction or another due to the electro-chemical disposition of the body at the moment. God has a mind which is greater than mine, however, the mind of God encompasses mine; absorbs it. I am part of it, therefore God understands my mind even more so than I understand myself, and since God teaches us to accept, (S)He Her(Him)self accepts. God accepts and understands me, this follows naturally and logically from the fact of our mutual existence. Inadequacy is the natural result of finitude just as excess is the result of infinity. However, the finite and the infinite are not separate; the finite is contained within and is part and parcel of the infinite.
Modern research on long-term potentiation gives an appearance of a denial of Materialistic Monism in this respect. For it may well be that in making choices, we alter the manner in which individual neurons in the brain are more (or less) likely to activate in response to similar stimuli.
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