Man?s Nature: One?s Invisible Metaphysical Imprint and the Bible
Man?s Nature: One?s Invisible Metaphysical Imprint and the Bible
While our bodies are physical and we live in a material environment, some things are beyond the physical. Indeed, the “stuff” that actually makes our physical body – alive – will probably forever evade the grasp of the materialistic scientist, and may finally be … metaphysical. So, continue the search … but it may prove a vain one. God, “the Lord … makes alive” (1Sam 2:6) and He “Himself gives to all life” (Acts 17:25). Life, most likely, will be eternally known to us as an incalculably valuable, beyond empirical dissection, continually miraculous … metaphysical gift. But, that is not all. Inside this metaphysically animated body resides “the elements” that make up our personhood. Our abilities, aptitudes – indeed our personality – may also finally, and forever, be metaphysical attributes.
At one time, philosophers forwarded the concept of, “tabula rasa” – we are born a blank state and are then molded by our environment. This has been broadly abandoned, as an absolute, as it is now recognized that some degree of preprogramming exists in each person. Environment then serves to enhance – or injure – one’s predispositions. I think of this preprogrammed “package” as one’s “metaphysical imprint.” It is a package of potentials that unfold as life unfolds. Environmental opportunities are granted (or denied) for development of said traits.
Positive Elements: Aptitudes and Talents
Why can one person receive the best training, unlimited opportunity, and all the tools necessary to master some endeavor – and never be any good – and yet one “born on the wrong side of the tracks,” with minimal
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