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The Biblical Revelation
ANIMAL BRAIN
vs.
HUMAN MIND
Concluding lnstallment
B
I:GJNNI NG WITH rhe january
number,
The
PLAJ N THUTJJ
publishcd five insrallmenrs on
"Why rhc vasr ditfcrence l>erwecn ani–
mal brain and HUMAN MIND?" by
Roben
L.
Kuhn.
Dr.
Kuhn dealr
wirh che subjecr from rhe physi–
ological srandpoinr of rhe new sci–
encc of brain research.
Dr. Kuhn began his srudies on rhis
guesrion in cascern universi ries -
finally carning his Ph.D. ar rhc Uni–
versity of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA).
1 knew norhing of Roberc Kuhn
when he bcgan bis srudies on chis
basic and imporranr c¡uesrion. About
che samc time, 1 began a deeper srudy
than 1 had before inro chis samc c¡ues–
tion - in che Biblical rcvelarion.
Dr. Kuhn joined rhc faculry of
Ambassador College, Pasadcna
campus. Whar a surprise
co
learn chat
each of us had come ro che same
amwcr - he from rescarch in physical
science, and 1 from Biblical srudies.
By way of summary, in che January
and Fcbruary insrallmenrs, Dr. Kuhn
dcmonsrrarcd rhar che human
mind
is
I!NORMOUSLY superior in output ro
PlAIN TRUTH August
1972
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
rhc animal brain. [n che March-April
and May insrallmenrs, he demon–
srrared rhar che human
brain
is jusr
BARELY superior
ro
animal brain -
and rhar a
mmphysical componen!
is
absolurely essenrial ro rransform che
human brain inro che human mind.
In rhe June installmenr wc found our
whar ir all means, and began ro
answer rhe ultimare gucsrion: Whar
is Man)
In rhe July number, [ cxplained
rhe Biblical passages showing thar
rhere is, indeed, rhis nonphysical
componenr - spirir - in man, and
rhat man could nor possess the
knowledge humans possess, save by
rhis spirit rhat is in man.
The key passage on rhis - as cov–
ered in rhe preceding insrallmenr - is
found in rhe 2nd chaprer of
J
Corin–
thians. The Apostlc Pau l was
explaining rhat rhe natural mind of
man cannot know or comprehend
·'rhe rhings which God harh prepared
for rhem rhat !ove him" (verse 9).
Man, narurally. receivcs knowledge
onl}" rhrough rhc fivc
~cnses
- sight,
hearing, feeling. rasring, smelling.
Bur chis verse explaincd char his eye
has not secn, nor bis ear heard rhese
rhings. Neirher can he know rhem,
(verse
14)
because they are
spiritualiy
discerned.
Bur, verse
10,
"God harh revealed
rhem unto us by his Spirir." Then the
real explanarion comes in verse
ll:
··for whar man knowerh rhe things
of a man, save the spirir of man
which
is
in him? cvcn so rhe rhings of
God knowerh no man, bur che Spirit
of God."
There are rwo splflts menrioned
here - the •·spirir of man which is in
him" and "rhe Spirir of God" whjch
ma;.
on God's condirions, come ro be
in him as God's gift.
Just as rhe natural m.ind of man
cannor know thcse spirirual rruths of
God wirhour rhe
addition
wirhin him
of che SrtRJT
01'
Goo - rhe HOLY
SPJRJT - so man could nor know -
could nor have rhe KNOWLEDGE - of
che rhings rhar are human knowl–
edgc, wirhour rhe spirir of man.
The cow, che dog, che chimp. che
dolphin, or rhc elephanr does not
posselili chis knowledge common ro
humans, because therc is no such
spirir in animals. The animal brain is
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