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Human Evolution, Creationism and a Mind Possessed
Relegating human evolution to an inconsequential matter(6th edition - April 2008) by A.O. Kime When people speak of human evolution, whether or not they believe we descended from an ape (primates, if you prefer), the term ‘human’ is taken to mean a single homogeneous unit. Instead, humans should be considered two entities temporarily sharing the same body. More specifically, they share the mind but with different agendas. To consider them separate entities is because they're not permanently bonded… to be separated in death. Actually, there is a third... being 'instincts' which will be explained later so as not to confuse the matter. This revelation, if true, will make the matter of human evolution seem trivial. While this may seem no different than what religions have been saying all along... that we have a soul which, upon the death of the body, it lives on... there's more to it. Nor is it along the lines of consciousness and subconsciousness as scientifically described. While the concept of a conscious and subconscious mind helps explain many things, being a masterstroke largely because it divided the mind, it still falls short because it wasn't divided close enough to the way these entities exist. While we realize there is an 'animal aspect' to our being, while at the same time knowing the 'human element' distinguishes us from animals, these truths, albeit merely characterizations, isn't for reasons currently believed. For whatever purpose God intended, these two entities are both forms of life but have no other commonality except for being temporarily unified. They are quite different forms of life. One is essentially the 'human element' while the other entity attends to the needs of the physical body and is otherwise animal in nature... literally. Moreover, seldom do these two entities appease each another... being a matter of almost continual conflicts. For millennia however, since a body comes with a mind it's always been considered a single unit. I think this has been presumptuous. While it can be legitimately argued the human body is effectively of the animal kingdom, although that doesn’t mean we evolved from an ape, it can only be argued the human body is… not the human mind. Of course, that's also a long-held belief which my 'theory of cohabitation' doesn't change... but the two are so fundamentally different from each other that whatever argument one has, they run the risk of being in error to speak of them both in the same breath.
Religion's curious stance on human evolutionFor centuries religions have essentially been saying the human mind is unique, that it is (or has) a spiritual soul, but it seems with this position... they took a curious stance over Darwinism. While they correctly speak of the human spirit as being separate, one should wonder what the fuss was about whether or not the human body evolved from an ape. Apparently neither religions or science (atheism) realized their common ground. After all, both acknowledge the existence of 'it' which one calls the 'soul' and the other the 'human element'. While science doesn't believe it has any extraneous (spiritual) properties as religions do, but by acknowledging it a unique feature (of the animal kingdom) should be an indication it is, in fact, 'separate'. After all, both arrived at the same conclusion from opposing points-of-view. Yet, the significance of 'separate' is begging to be extrapolated differently. So... is there any difference between the human element and spiritual soul? Well, since they're just characterizations, which could include 'spirit' or 'human spirit', they effectively represent the same thing. The difference, of course, is how its essence is viewed... what it all means. However, in order to subscribe to my theory of cohabitation, that humans are comprised of two entities only temporarily bonded together and not a single unit, then some distinctions will have to be made. First though, let's see how, or if, the theory would affect, or would be affected by, the four greatest eternal curiosities (even though these processes are quite unfathomable, they can still be dealt with).
The reason for internal (personal) conflicts within humans is because the qualities of both entities are intermingled with each other in this cooperative system. In other words, with the body comes animal instincts but jointly possessing the mind are the emotions of the human element… like love, hate, compassion and ethics. With the human element, humans therefore have a twin awareness whereas animals only a single awareness. This single awareness explains why animals have no internal conflicts... never to question or second guess themselves However, in order to make a more convincing argument about these two entities, more needs to be established. Yet, little can be done until we know more about life... what it entails. For one thing, the question remains whether it is a unique spirit causing the human element or whether humans somehow 'absorb' the seemingly pervasive spiritual essence. Whatever the case, the concept of an individual soul (spirit) still remains the most viable... nothing else can characterize life any better. After all, it's a matter quite unfathomable.
The human elementOnce again, as science sees it, and apparently with no argument from the church, with the human body comes the human mind, together, as a unit at birth. As a practical matter, that is true, indeed a mind exists in an infant but that doesn't explain its makeup. Haunting questions remain... such as whether the human mind automatically contains this magnificent difference or subsequently. One could conclude it can only occur in one of two ways… either humans are inherently human at birth or receive the human element later. While obviously the human element became included in either case, but regardless of when... it doesn’t necessarily mean it is wholly incorporated but co-exists as stated. While no proof exists, neither is there proof the human element is wholly incorporated (absorbed) into a single unit just because it is effectively 'attached'. Then there is the mysterious 'subconscious mind'. While this concept is a good characterization, albeit not perfect, it's a foundation on which to build further understanding... but little more can be known without help from the Divine Intellect (divine intelligence). However, we should know enough by now for this purpose. The fact our intellectual capabilities are vastly superior to animals, although that doesn't necessarily mean we're metaphysically smarter, the reason is unclear and debatable. However, science is not always cautious; anthropology went ahead and painted the picture as to our origins anyway without all the facts… knowingly without all the facts, when the truth of the matter could be totally bizarre. Nonetheless, even while being fully aware of the miraculous nature of the human body, the sciences still have the tendency to work up models of the unknown based on linear, unimaginative suppositions. For example, if we lacked any one of our current senses, such as sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, it would take more than unimaginative suppositions to know what we're missing.
Instincts and awarenessSince the characterizations 'instincts' and 'awareness' have been deemed as being two separate things, the observational basis upon which these characterizations arose seems not to have been fully interpreted. Unappreciated was that life can exist without awareness. While it is said the lowest forms of life survive instinctually and have no awareness, the fact they're alive makes a powerful statement. Awareness, on the other hand, is something we can more easily associate with and can be described quite differently... being the ability to fully interpret things which, in turn, produces intelligence, thoughts, ideas and dreams. The point is... while there is a great difference between the two, the current scheme stops short of calling them 'types' of life. There is, after all, a clear distinction between creatures that (1) have only instincts, (2) have both instincts and awareness, and (3) have the human element. From this then, life comes in at least three forms and since they're obviously built atop one another, they also exist in stages. So, what might explain why science stopped short in calling them 'types' of life? Well, perhaps because it wouldn't jive with the theory of evolution. However, still looming as a possible saboteur is if the lower forms of life have some degree of 'awareness'. Of course, it would also sabotage the scientific viewpoint which asserts they only exist instinctually. While it could be said reactions can only occur due to awareness, a rare but seemingly valid observation... except awareness has not yet been defined beyond the ability to fully interpret things. Refined definitions, on the other hand, could open new doors. If the driving force of awareness was spiritual in some manner, seemingly the case since it's so closely associated with life itself, then we'd have to consider whether spirits can be different. Are there dog spirits, cat spirits and buffalo spirits too? On this point I must surrender, I can’t fathom it... although for apparently good reasons the American Indians can. However, if awareness is 'non-spiritual' then the picture changes completely… if spirits are not part of this picture, seemingly being the only way a spirit could exert itself (operate), then the existence of the human soul would be in question. Yet, this unfathomable matter is assuredly not that simple, our simplistic view of spirits could be completely off-base. Most people probably imagine spirits as being free-wheeling apparitions when in truth perhaps they are not individual entities at all, rather a single dominate essence, entirely pervasive. The picture changes again. As the dominate essence, that which orchestrates life, all creation and the various forms which life takes… how this is possible remains unfathomable but not our focus just now anyway. For these purposes, we don't need to know. Considering the fog surrounding the modus operandi of metaphysics is why we should remain open to the idea humans are comprised of two entities. The problem with wrong conclusions is because when they're ‘officially’ adopted by science, they can stand for centuries and become almost impossible to change. So far, we have considered ourselves a single unit and the purpose of this article was to challenge this long-held assumption. Something needs to be done... after all, except for characterizing the sixth sense and subconscious mind our understanding hasn’t progressed in the last 2,000 years.
The three forms of life and the human third stageWhile science holds that instincts are for survival purposes, primordially basic to all forms of life, and while true, I think it falls short. Instincts seem beyond being merely survival 'tools'... instead being somewhat on a par with senses. Perhaps they are a sense or belong under the domain of the sixth sense. At any rate, these life forms seem to serve as building blocks, each successive form built atop the subjacent form. As for humans, we should actually be comprised of all three life forms, not just two. Under this three stage model, the instinctual life form would then be part of the human system... provided, of course, instincts aren't a 'sense'. If they actually are, albeit solely dependent on man's characterizations, then we'd be back to be consisting of just two stages. If instincts could be more accurately described as a sense, then how would one characterized the lower life forms? Well, another characterization... perhaps 'primordial life' would be a good term. If that was accepted, then we're back to humans being a three stage model again. It's all a matter of characterizations... which depend heavily on semantics. Compartmentalizing the matter, and not to ponder why life exists, or why the various forms of life exist, we can focus on the mechanics. That’s the issue we’re been trying to tackle here, how the human mind is put together. If life forms are considered layered, separate, and independent within the human mind, it aught to answer greater questions. At any rate, this human element, its existence of which no one doubts, is real and designed to serve another purpose... obviously beyond that of animals. While it can be psychologically explained why humans have internal conflicts under the existing scheme to some satisfaction, even though animals don't, it was largely due to the concept of conscious and subconscious mind. Yet, it was psychological observations which led to the concept... meaning the current psychological explanations, if valid, would still be valid under the concept of cohabitation. When it comes to describing what humans are, that which entails life itself, anthropology is no help, still utilizing a straight line approach… still embracing the shallow mentality of Darwinism. If we’ve learned anything at all from what we know of God’s creations, then the unknown truths are surely more bizarre than we can possibly imagine. To get anywhere therefore, we must think as divine intelligence thinks. A.O. Kime
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