Nature: Human Brain from a Perspective of God as Creator

NATURE VERSUS NURTURE
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The human brain in God’s perspective; is one of the most complex organs in the body. It undertakes most of the body functions, acting as a control center much as a processor is to a computer. The brain together with the spinal cord links up the entire tissues in the body through the nervous system for the aim of controlling our sensory, cognitive, emotional, physical, and motor abilities. Many psychologists and scientists have tried to explain the working of the brain and its link to spirituality. However, most of these arguments take a humanistic approach and cannot address the complex functionality of this system. The brain however, in a Godly perspective serves both natural and spiritual purposes imperative to humanity existence.[Koh. "BRAIN AND MIND: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE." (1993).]
The Bible informs us that God created us in His image and likeness. This means we have the ability to think, reason, decide, choose, communicate, have personal will, and create relationships just like God. Koh shows that the brain is a complex organ and can perform more powerful functions than the computer systems. The ability to respond to our environment and make choices lies deep in our brains. Therefore, the brain remains the position where God placed the might of human consciousness and functionality. Koh suggests that it is through the brain that that our minds conceive their power concerning thoughts, feelings, memories, and emotions. This power is God-given ability to think and choose the best for ourselves. In the Bible in Isaiah 1:8, God says, “Come, let us reason together,” shows our relationship with the supreme creator. He gave us the ability to be like Him for the benefit of interactions and making informed decisions.[So God created man in His own Image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them – Genesis 1:27.]
This also proves that He designed our brains to think independently according to our will and differentiate the right from wrong.[Then the Lord God said, “Behold the man has become like one of us, to know the good and evil..” – Genesis 3:22.]
God created our brains with the ability to retain memory concerning things in the past and the future. Koh posits that our brains can store memories for over 100 years old and retrieve them in time. The unique ability of the brain led the Psalmists to exclaim, “For thou did form my inward parts, thou did knit me together in my mother's womb; I praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderfully are thy works”. In his book ‘God and the limbic brain,’ Dudley posits that our creation in the image of God was for a scientific necessity and not by a religious bias. The brain fuses both the conscious and unconscious realms through our self-awareness and our reactions to the purpose we have in this environment. Dudley further explains that, our quest to remain in harmony with the Supreme Being enables us to experience a sense of accomplishment and hope in the world. On the contrary, delinking ourselves from God makes our brains to react contrary to the intended purpose of moral judgment by engaging in violence, divorce, and anarchy.[Psalm 139:13]
Biblically, our core existence and ability to function relies heavily on God. In Acts 17:28, the Bible acknowledges this by implying ‘For in Him we live, move and have our being’. The Biblical verse asserts the most fundamental function of our brains that relies greatly on the supernatural. Apart from carrying out the fundamental physiological process, the human brain functions through the mind to bring to us the awareness and responsibility we have that is much more than the physical expectations. One of the amazing functions of the brain is creation of speech and recognition of speech. Koh shows the several studies done to teach Chimpanzees the human way of communication and the sign language. The studies showed that the animals failed to grasp this new knowledge. This proves that, though scientists may want to associate our existence with other primates, human beings are the only creatures in the world to have this form of interaction. It is a God given ability enshrined in our brains and gives us portion of His nature.[Acts 17:28]
Additionally, the ability of our brain to create speech shows a Godly desire to enable us respond to His directions. According to Deem, we can do this enthusiastically, mildly or in a hostile manner. These responses points to our intended interaction with God. The human brain thinks independently to explain the things that happen in the environment. As Deem states, human beings have the intelligence to see problems and react to them, help each other out of bad situations and form a decision to make the right choice. He demonstrates this using experiment done between human beings and chimpanzee subjects. Many researchers have been able to prove this regarding how human beings help each other, especially their kin whenever they are face with problems in life, something absent in many animals.[Deem. “The Human Difference: How Humans are Unique Compared to All Other Animals.”]
The ability of the human brain to make moral judgment is unique and absent from any animal. In the Bible, after Adam and Eve sinned they got the ability to distinguish between the good and the bad. Deem suggests that human beings are able to make moral judgments because of the law of God planted in their consciousness. This shows that human beings are the onl...