Patricia Hofer

Christianity and science

Mind vs. Brain

Because we are God’s children, created in His “image and likeness,” we know our thoughts and intentions. That’s how we make our moral choices. We can sometimes decide to be kind, for example, when we are tempted with anger. As one neuroscience researcher wrote, “We consider that our minds generate the fundamental choice of action that the circuitry of our brains carries out” (Beauregard and O’Leary 29).

The challenge for all of us is that… Continue reading