Life is made up of small details. It is in these gestures loaded with affection and recognition that authentic wisdom is enclosed, that which benefits our brain and that connects us with others in the most integral and noble way possible and reminds us that we were made in the image and likeness of God.
Charles Darwin spoke at the time of the importance of goodness in the human being.
According to him, this would really be our strongest and most valuable instinct, which would enable the survival of not only humanity as a species, but all living beings. However, goodness is not practiced as often as necessary.
In the spiritual world it is established that whoever sows harvest, sows seeds of goodness in each one of your acts, and you will gather in his time. Because even if others do not perceive them, your mind will always be in tune with your heart.
Goodness has a very specific space in the brain: it shares the same neuronal mechanisms as empathy. While one identifies needs, the other translates that sensation into a spontaneous and profound act for fostering good, for offering help and well-being.
This exceptional mechanism has a very specific purpose in our brain: to make us understand that we are much stronger being connected to each other than in solitude.
We are "programmed" to practice goodness
‘Certainly, goodness and mercy will follow me every day of my life….” And this happens because we have established a good relationship with God, so we develop part of the character of God, who on stage is “kind”
Jerome Kagan is a well-known and veteran professor of psychology at Harvard who defends the idea that our brain is programmed to practice goodness. It would be a biological inclination, the same one that Charles Darwin enunciated at the time, where love, compassion or care have a very specific purpose: to allow us to survive as a species.
Daniel Goleman reminds us that one of the most intense emotions for our brain is that of compassion. The entire limbic system reverberates in multiple connections when we practice it.
Neurochemicals like oxytocin are also released, and a whole melody of positive emotions is suddenly orchestrated where empathy, reciprocity or the express desire to promote goodness ennobles us even more as a species.
We end up learning the character of God, because emotions are "Contagious", and that our neurons allow us to identify the needs in other people
Psalm 19: 1: “The heavens proclaim the glory of God”, meant that the study of creation was compatible with the Christian worldview
In other words, science and the Scriptures are simply two sources of revelation.
It is said that Darwin was not influenced by religion; He studied nature and "discovered" how it really worked. From his empirical observations, he proposed an idea that explained how life developed through natural processes without the direct intervention of a creator.
In reality, Darwin had certain assumptions about God and how he would create that which was inconsistent with what he found in the natural world. In short, Darwin was convinced that his theory was true because without God the world would not have been created as we found it.
Then God said let us make man in our image and likeness ...
To briefly decompress this phrase, if we consider the Hebrew words used here for "image" and "likeness" and the Greek word (eikōn), it would appear that God created us to be similar, but not identical to himself.
Consider only three ways we are similar to God.
We are spiritual Part of our nature is an immaterial soul or spirit united with a physical body. We are personal, that is, we are conscious and rational beings. We have a mind, will and emotions. We have the power to choose. Sometimes called free agents, we have the ability to deliberate and make decisions.
Finally, no discussion about the Christian view of human nature would be complete without considering the Fall. As unique as we are, as much as we were created to be in communion with God and each other, the most true and painful fact is that something is terribly wrong.
Darwinism and the materialist worldview they support must deny our daily awareness of evil. In ourselves, in our culture, even to some extent in creation itself, we constantly face the results of human rebellion.
Christianity explains the existence of evil, our acceptance and repulsion for it; and offers a solution in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
Do not run from a challenge. Commit yourself, learn and trust that God is Sovereign, learn the benefits of practicing acts of kindness.
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