It’s a Continuum. Leo Emmanuel Lochard
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might suffer harm, damage, or injuries.
According to our analysis, then, we can conclude that, first, our own “Human nature,” and the “Natural environment” present certain limitations upon, not only the thoughts and ideas we might entertain so as not to get injured in some way or another, — some thoughts or ideas could be dangerous, harmful, lawless, or unjust, if executed, — but also the types of behaviors we might choose to engage in, some of which, could be fatal or deadly, e.g., jumping while inebriated, from a skyscraper, without a parachute or without some other forms of protective gear that would then prevent us from “smashing” against the building or against the ground.
Thus, we might conclude that Human nature is flawed or plagued by “sinfulness.” And the Universe, or the physical-material environment of the Earth, or what we call the “natural environment,” is also marred by “Entropy.”
Biologically, we are “doomed to sin;” and environmentally, our transactions and relationships with the Universe are subject to Entropy.
But because our biology must also transact with the environment in ways that sustain our existence, our bodies of flesh-and-blood, are also subject to “Entropy,” e.g., our lungs breathe as they extract Oxygen from Earth atmosphere that is primarily composed of Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen in addition to inert gases, such as Neon, and Helium, hence, “good reasons” to keep the air “as clean as possible.” And that goes for the Water sources and wellsprings, as well as, for the soil comprising our natural environment or Earth ecology.
Given that we were created “from the dust of the ground of the earth,” as stated in the Holy Bible; — or, given that even “Evolutionists” believe that we “emerged” from the same “cosmic soup of chemicals and elements” formed in the “Goldilock Zone” since after the so-called “big bang singularity explosion,” — then, our Human Nature suffers from a combination of both “sinfulness” and “Entropy” — that we have to breathe Oxygen and we must drink clean sweet Water in order to continue to live; that we might contract fatal illnesses and diseases due to bacterial or viral infections that can result in our death; by immorally engaging in corrupt, unnatural, and abnormal sexual activities, such as sodomy and then contracting AIDS, or “Human Papilloma Virus” (HPV), accountable for some forms of deadly cancers.
Thus, “sinfulness” also “meets” or “combines with Entropy” to cause harm, damage, injury, disease, or death to Human Beings.
The very physical environment in which we live, and which we share on the Planet, contains the same cycles of repetitiveness or re-iterative patterns of flawed operations, as our own biological bodies.
Thus, these parameters, conditions, variables, circumstances, and conditions, can configure in a constellation of events or processes that can impact the ways in which we think and act, e.g., an already physiologically impaired person can experience fears and anxieties when he or she hears thunder or see lightning, that are so severe, as to result in “a heart attack;” and other events or phenomena, sum of which, can also affect the society, or “social environment” we share, e.g., a volcanic eruption can create mayhem, havoc, injuries, and extremely chaotic disruptions that can result in fomenting great emotional distress and the death of many Human Beings.
Biology is “sinful;” the Universe and the Earth, our material-physical environment, is “entropic!” And Sinfulness does, at times, “commiserate” with Entropy!
So, “Where do we go from here?” How do we get delivered from our “genetic-biological history” of travails and tribulations? How do we overcome our “spiritual being-ness” or “Human predicament,” to which is attached an innate tendency or moral predisposition” to lead us astray?”
Scriptures reveal that: “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26).
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LIVING WITH “ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS”
We’re sinful in spiritual character or our “Human nature” is very flawed and error-prone. “Imagination of the thoughts of the heart:” The very distinctive quality of being able to extract abstract understanding from both our natural and social environments, — is accompanied by “weaknesses, shortcomings, flaws, and imperfections!” That is, our biological bodies also suffer from Entropy, not just “sinfulness.” (Genesis 6:5; Hebrews 4:12–13.)
As we partake of the same “flawed reiterative patterns of operations,” sum of which, might eventually be conducive to the termination of our existence, which we call death, both sinfulness and Entropy plague our essential capacities or potentialities, from which we inherit our capabilities to “scientifically relate,” i.e., in spiritual ways that “make sense the right way” to each other and to our environments: Our own inner-self, Nature, and society, e.g., industrial pollution might endanger our sweet water supplies, sources, and wellsprings.
In fact, both sinfulness and Entropy are intrinsic to our “Human Nature,” spiritually and biologically. We thrive on the Earth as “living organisms” who must transact with our physical-material environment, in ways that are so complex, that many of them remain as “mysteries” to our limited Human understanding. Hence, our common saying, “Only God knows!”
However, what we ponder continually or meditate upon for a long time, will often determine or affect the attitudes we develop about life in general; about how we relate to other people; about the content and tenor of our speech; and even about the conduct we exercise when we respond to certain situational stimuli. “Continual negative thinking” can lead to “obsessive-compulsive disorder,” resulting in impairment of our ability to respond to physical or social stimuli in beneficent ways that uphold our health, happiness, or life. We are free indeed; but relationships are complex forms of associations that often surpass our understanding for finding a proper resolution to a certain situation, e.g., a man and a woman as a married couple, might get eventually divorced, due to what “psychologists” or “counselors” refer to as: “irreconcilable differences.”
Thus, it matters what we let enter into our hearts and minds, souls and spirits. The world is full of “audio-visual stimuli,” “sounds,” “noises,” and “events,” and how we respond to them factors into ways in which we internalize attitudes and/or deduce inferences from what we experience. (Leviticus 19:17; Proverbs 4:23; 15:33; Jeremiah 4:4; 9:26; 14:9–10; Matthew 5:8, 28; 6:21; 22:37–40.)
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” (Proverbs 3:26; 14:12; 29–30; 19:21; 23:6–7; 27:19).
Consequently, our “inner-life” or “mental-emotional environment,” is of great importance to what pours out of our hearts when we encounter or face conditions inimical to our safety, health, or life. (Matthew 7:13–20).
By the same token, our “inner-life” or our “soul condition” or our “heart condition,” can also “be a blessing” in facilitating the flow of beneficent Human relations, personal relationships, and social interactions. (Matthew 12:34–35; 22:36–40; Mark 7:14–23; Luke 6:36; 45; 11:28 12:32–34).
Our Creator, Almighty God, foreknew “our predicament,” and thus, freely decided to conceive or ordain “a plan of Salvation” for our greater Human Family; a divine “plan of redemption” for Humankind, which serves to both guide us individually, and instruct us, socially. For all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23; 6:23).
Enters the Word of God, for redemption, atonement, propitiation, and salvation! As prophesied through the Prophets, the Word was fulfilled by the Son of God, Christ Jesus, “the Word made flesh:” The Gospel or “the good news of Salvation” as taught and preached by His Apostles, as written, embedded, and contained in the Holy Bible! (Matthew 28:18–20; John 1:1–14).
In the same way that God said “Let there be light,” Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34).
We’re forgiven and that’s the greatest blessing and gift from our heavenly Father through Jesus Christ our resurrected