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LITERATURE REVIEW Brown and Comfort, 199015, edited by veteran theologian J.D Douglas and commended by another veteran theologian Bruce Metzger (2001) presented the Greek language New Testament in its original form which contains very many words spoken today as English (including Ontology) which clearly indicates that the Greek language New Testament was used to reconstruct ancient Greek, since the vocabulary of ancient Greek no longer exists. What people currently (wrongly) call ancient Greek is ancient Greek vocabulary reconstructed from Greek words in the Greek language New Testament (Metzger 2001, pp 64)16. Ancient Greek manuscripts disappeared around 410CE when German Barbarian Vandals (Visigoths and Ostrogoths) destroyed what remained of ancient Greek documents. (Brockman and Pescantini, 1991 reviewed by Stephen Njure, 2004, Paulines Nairobi)17. Greek language Colossians 4:11 “Ontes or being”, and Acts 14:13 “Ontos” means e.g. Zeus Temple “being” outside the city”- not Zeus as a Being, Lk 22:3, “Onta” (being) Judas Iscariot “being” one of the twelve”. The above are some usages of the word “Ontos” which according to translations can be “really” “being” “indeed or certainly” (Aland and Newman, p 121)18, this conflicts with what current philosophy has made the word, in terms of “reality or existence”, or Spirit Beings as living realities etc. The real words for reality and truth are “Aletheias and Upostasis”, not Ontos (Bromiley, 1985)19. Using Ontonomics in relation to a perceived African ontology, or African Ontonomics, this study intends to properly use “Ontos” to mean something being done, not God as a Being. Ontonomics means that God cannot be investigated since God transcends all human tools of investigation, be they “human rationale or experimental science”. Ontonomics does not intend to use “Ontos” as “God is a Being”, this which is its use in philosophy, i.e. seeing God as a Being whose reality (Ontes) is in doubt until verified. Ontos in its Greek New Testament origin means, “being” i.e. an auxiliary verb of “God is being (Ontos) worshipped” or an adverbial usage of, “Is God really existing”, or “the law is indeed or really divine”, etc. Hence, in looking for the origin and true meaning of many terms in philosophy, philosophy books will not give us the answers; rather Greek language New Testament studies will give you the answer since philosophers lifted many of their terminologies from the Greek language New Testament, this which was done by Christian philosophers during the medieval Christian philosophy era of 400CE to 1500 CE.
Linguistics cosmonomics means that philosophical statements bordering or related to cosmology or interchangeably “worldview”, are more often mere “linguistics” or terminologies that often turn out meaningless. Hence, when philosophers discuss “African Cosmologies”, they more or less do not actually discuss world views and beliefs we understand, and which are probably understood to a lesser degree by their students who are often under pressure to understand them. Thus, the cosmonomics in African cosmology or worldviews is that the jargons in the philosophical presentations of an African ontology make you wonder if those philosophers actually understood what ontology means (Aland and Newman, 1983)20 or that they have made philosophy a field which deliberately plays with words purposely to confuse those who are already finding it difficult to understand the difference between “cosmology” and “worldview”. In order to land safely, cosmonomics simply insists that a people’s worldview, also called cosmology in philosophy, can truly be firmly understood if the language of the philosopher can kindly come down to the level of those people already confused. Hence, for an ontonomist to properly handle what we call Philosophy of African Traditional Religion, terminologies like necessity, teleology, deontology, cosmologies and theodicy etc (Nnaji, 2011)21 may not even be so necessary since, come rain or come shine , the average African traditionalist (not African Christian) does not argue or question the existence of God. To African traditionalists, God indisputably exists, not even disasters and catastrophes can question the existence and indispensability of God and his divinities (Nabofa, 1996)22. ACADEMIC RELEVANCE OF AFRICAN ONTONOMICS Ontonomics is a scholarly attempt to move the African philosopher away from traditional western (European and American) methods of platonic and Aristotelian thinking, since it is very wrong for African students and teachers of philosophy to be teaching themselves how to think or reason like the White European. If the Whiteman comfortably attacks God, which shows that the Whiteman has no respect for what it cannot verify and disprove. Thus, does the black African have to emulate them? LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY In trying to source indigenous themes in African philosophy, Dukor’s Theistic- Humanism” cited by Nnaji (2013)23 including Nlemanya Onwu and Ilogu, etc cited by Ugorji (2011)24 and Anozie (2012)25readily come to mind. Other African thinkers and writers such as Ngugi wa Thiongo , on “Weep not Child”, discussed “Totemism”26 (i.e. the concept of personal gods) and Ola Rotimi of “the gods are not to blame” fame; to Berta Ugorji (2011) who analyzed the idea of the Chi in Ibo metaphysics”27 etc. While Soyinka was trying to write and speak English better than the English; Achebe (1958)28 was analyzing how the Whiteman fell things apart in a previously united socio-cultural Ibo (African) setting. However, in all these, the generality of these African thinkers and writers hardly suggested or laid down solid methods and strategies which African Ontonomics can glean from, in its quest to produce or adopt indigenous African philosophical or reasoned strategies for solving human problems in Africa. WHAT IS AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY? African Philosophy primarily gravitates on how Africans reflect, ruminate or reason over what man’s attitude to life should be, and not really on the origin of existence. In Africa, the spiritual controls the physical. WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? (Please note, philosophy does not really mean love for wisdom: the true etymology of philosophy is “philos- ophis or sophis”, from the Hebrew ‘Philasaphim’”29 which means the snake, magic or serpent as symbol, source and spirit of divination that gives secret spiritual knowledge-Gnosis (or wisdom) on the origin, structure, nature and purpose of existence. Ancient philosophers including Socrates and Pythagoras used divination spirits (or gods, i.e. daimonion) to obtain knowledge on the origin, structure and secrets of existence. Socrates was executed in 399BC for refusing to stop visiting the oracle at Delphi from where he confessed he receives inspiration. (Asaju 1999, p 36)30. Pythagoras belonged to the Pytho cult of the god Dionysos. Parmenides and Heraclitus were also involved in divinations. BY EXTENSION WHAT IS AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY? African philosophy or the African way of looking at existence, is that the spiritual controls the physical; hence, African philosophy is not mechanically scientific, but highly theistic; i.e. God indisputably exists. The point of argument is the nature, form and structure of God WHAT IS AFRICA? Don’t assume you know what Africa means. The word “Africa” is from the Arabic “Ifriqiya”, which means “dark or black” (continent) where nothing good comes out from31. The African is different from ancient Greeks in that Africans are not necessarily interested in the origin, structure and secrets of nature, rather, Africans are averagely highly theistic and metaphysical, which means that Africans have already concluded that God exists especially that the spiritual controls the physical, and that metaphysical or spiritual powers exist which determines the fate or destiny of all humans. In other words, African philosophy simply means that African belief systems strongly portray an average African as being very theistic, or religious with a strong believe in theistic or spiritual powers that control the physical. Therefore human mentality is spiritually from God; though man misuses his metaphysically or metapsychically produced intellect. African philosophy, (summarized) means that Africans strongly believe in an existence where the spiritual controls the physical. The average African has already concluded that the spiritual with its lesser divinities and the supreme God exist; Africans do not argue the existence of God; their philosophy is that God exists: The nature of God is what is in dispute i.e. is God one or many ( i.e polymonotheism and Monopolytheism).
Africans are not arguing the existence of God; rather, Africans have already concluded that God exists, while the spiritual controls the physical. It will be very difficult for me to mention here, supposed, African philosophers since existing scholars in African philosophy have not met these definition criteria, though many have come close to it, yet many of such African thinkers who present Africans as highly religious people, do not view African religiosity (or metaphysics) as philosophy or as genuine metapsychic experience, rather cynicisms of derogatory finger-pointing at superstition consistently dogs or ridicules African theistic philosophies as inferior to much more fancied (supposed) logical and scientific Aristotelian- wranglings. Hence, often prompting so-called western educated African philosophers to always see the basic African world view through the eyes of classical and western philosophies which wants Africans to think like Europeans and Greeks, which is very wrong. The following are few examples of what African philosophy should be. The figurative sayings below clearly show that one cannot make such sayings without experience and sound reasoning, because mentally indolent people cannot render idioms, proverbs and figurations.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE Historian- William Durant dates philosophy to 2880BC to the writings of Egyptian Ptah-hotep on monotheism and moral philosophy titled “the maxims of Ptah- Hotep by his grandson Ptah- Hotep Tshefi. This lends credence to facts that ancient Philosophy also had roots in Africa.32 a. African Philosophical ConceptsThis simply means that the African ideas of God, gods, goddesses, spirits and divinities could be mere concepts, i.e. ideas full of unverifiable myths that may not be existing. These constitute some scholars views (western and local) that African traditional religions are myths and superstitions. However, concepts in African belief systems indicate living realities coded in African metaphysics of the extra-sensory. b. Nature of African Traditional Religious Beliefs involve a structure or Hierarchy of beings from (a) The Supreme- deity or being (b) Spirits (c) Divinities, diviners and divination (d) Mediums and medicine, now called Medical practice (e) Pharmacy from Pharmakon or Pharmakeia, originally means magic, sorcery, witchcraft or extraordinary powers of producing magic- portions for healing or destruction of life etc. (f) Then ancestors who graduate from spirit and divinity states to gods and goddesses etc. c. What is African Traditional Religion; and what are the sources or origins of African Traditional Religious Practices.African Traditional Religion originated from primordial and pre-human related religious observances that regulated man’s actions in his anthropological evolution- developing stages (a) Magical practices show the nature, process or how African traditions evolved. (b) Festivals like New yam, Eyo, Oro, Ekpo, Ekpe, Ijele, Odo and other tribal masquerades etc also help to explain source of African traditions. (c) Initiations into cults, age-grades, womanhood, manhood, marriage and trades, also help to reconstruct sources of African Traditional Religions. (d) Shrine-Divinations throw more light on the sort of religious behaviors which our African forefathers passed on to their descendants showing that our African forefathers believed in spirits and invoking or consulting them for assistance.33 d. Problems of African Traditional Religions (e.g, Derogations of ATR); African Traditional Religions, currently, experience neglect due to the labeling of African traditions as ‘’Barbaric, Pagan, idolatry’’, heathen, fetish, animist, demonism, diabolic, satanic etc (over the years), considering its secrecy and nocturnal (or nightish) nature. Certainly, if something is ritualistically secret, rooms will be given to Science, Christianity, Islam and philosophy to call such a thing diabolic or suspect. e. Future prospects of the A.T.R and Religion: The world probably cannot do without religion since it comes with the mind; and the mind is a spirit that no one knows how it moves. Humanities which means- Human welfare, or man as an existential centre-focus of reality (being), has the duty to project and care for the spiritual aspects of man, since what we often disregard as the arts or humanities constitute the human spirit which utilizes its spiritual intellect to produce our scientific culture. Science and technology did not produce themselves. Without the human spirit, soul and religious beliefs, etc, there will not be science, technology, modernism and advancement in culture and civilization, since the human spirit (soul) is the seat of the human intellect, creativity, wisdom and knowledge. RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS THE BIG ONTONOMIC QUESTIONS
RESEARCH DATA FINDINGS AND SUGGESTIONS
Greek goddess of wisdom, “Pallas Athene” Hebrew, “Phalasophya) FALSE PROPHECY PRODUCED PHILOSOPHY
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What Balaam did in Numbers 23:1-end was called “Phalasophim” (Nahum 3:4, Ezekiel 13:18-20), i.e. killing seven animals as divination sacrifices in order to receive information, knowledge, or wisdom to resolve mysteries or problems. They are called Babalawos and Dibias in today’s Nigeria. Numbers 23:4 clearly proves that Balaam or Phalam’s Sephar, i.e. sacrifice attracted the gods; see 2Kgs 17; 29-31- Sepharv-i.e. burnt-offerings. RESEARCH PROOFS: “Balaam-sophi is Baalzephon or Baalzebub” to Hebrew “Phalasophim”, i.e. Balaam is Phalasu or false prophet. Hosea 9:10-, going to the high places (Sophi) of the gods to inquire and receive messages through sacrifices (Sephar). Thus, note that what Balaam did in Numbers 23:1-end, (see also Colossians 2:8) was ancient philosophy. To transliterate Balaam to Hebrew see Revelations 9:11. Also Acts 7:43, Rephan is Baal; see Jer 32:35. ABSTRACT The study looks at the Hebrew origin and true meaning of the word sacrifice compared to the actual practice of sacrifice, particularly if the basic meaning of the Hebrew “Zebah or Sephard” or “Sophel” (i.e. to spoil, slaughter or kill) actually corresponds to stereotypical or conventional definitions of sacrifice; or perhaps sacrifice has become more figurative than realistic, specifically noting from the literature review that sacrifice in Ibo tradition (interestingly called “Igba Afa” (Apha) note the Hebrew Phalasu)still retains the idea of slaughtering animals to appease, invoke or elicit favour from the gods (i.e. Phalasu or idolatry) . Though our data method of research led to findings that traditional practices (along with belief in slaughter sacrifices) are 90% fast fading out, the obvious reason being the anti-customs and traditions religions, called Christianity. Keywords: Philosophy, Linguistics, Hebrew, Sephard, Ibo, Sacrifice, Zebah FOCUS OF THE STUDY: The study points out that the Hebrew “Phalasu or Tophilaso” to Phalasaphur was sacrificing seven animals at the Sophim (sacred hill) to consult the gods (Numbers 23:3-14) is linked to the Ibo “Igba Afa” (Afar). We note the Hebrew/ Ibo linkage in ancient sacrificial divination. ANALYTICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE WORD SACRIFICE (HEBREW ZEVAH OR SEPHAR) Check Isaiah 8:19, Saphilsaphim i.e. witchcraft or sacrificial consulting of the dead (also called Asaphim or Baalzebub or Phalasophim) The Hebrew “Sephard” (Safar from the Phoenician “Zabah, Zevah to slaughter or Zabah) gave us the English “sacrifice” often erroneously attributed to Latin (Chambers, 1996) being part of the anti-Semitism whereby Latin, Greek and French manipulated and indigenized many Hebrew words. That word in ancient times was ancient philosophy which means the occultic practice of slaughtering (Zebahor Sophol) animals as sacrifice (Sephardin) to the gods (Sephur) at the high places (Sophi, Numbers 23:3-7) of Baal (vaal, vile, Phaula) in order to receive messages, information, prophecy, knowledge, wisdom or solutions to mysteries from the supernatural occultic powers called “Phili”, Pillows or Philos Ezekiel 13:18-20 I hate your “Pillows”, transliterated from Ephramite Hebrew to Greek “Philos”, i.e. magic charms or extraordinary powers; see Mathew 23:5 “Phylacteries”, i.e. tied like protective magic charms (Phylasso) (BDB, 2007). Hence, what Balaam did at the Hill of Sophim, i.e. place of consulting the gods through sacrifices Sephard: Exodus 8:8, was actually ancient philosophia of receiving messages from the gods (elemental spirits) i.e. Phalasu, idolatry condemned by Apostle Paul in Colossians 2:8, Galatians 4:8-9, 2 Corinthians 4:4. Its oldest known forms were “Baalzebub” (2 Kings 1:1-3), Baalzephon (Exodus 4:1) or Balaam sophim (Numbers 23:3-14) i.e. the Hebrew “Aphialsaphir” (Daniel 4:9 and 18) etc which means the magic (sophan) cults (sophis or sophot) of the gods of idolatry, for consulting or inquiring from supernatural powers at the mountain (saphon or northern) cults, or mountain homes of the gods i.e. where Balaam or Phalas, i.e. false prophets, go to receive false messages and false wisdom from the gods. Numbers 23:3-14 etc.
The Magnetic Resonance Imaging discoveries of the 1970’s has done much in helping to map out the human brain, especially identifying many functions of the human intellect. Brain scanning according to Dr Mark Lefco of the University of London analyzed on BBC Discovery 2/6/2010, has even helped this writer (Nnaji Charles Ogundu) to introduce Neuro-theology which uses brain scanning Magnetic Resonance Imaging to try to discover how brain functions (especially Neurochemistry) influence or produce religious behavior since FMRI scans show that emotion, anger, telling lies, general human moods etc. are controlled by complex biochemical and tissue activities in peoples brains. SUMMARY OF BIOCHEMISTRY – RELIGION DEFINITION
ALSO NOTE: When Apostle Paul went about destroying early Christians before his miraculous conversion, his brain was strongly deceiving him that he was doing God’s work by helping to kill Christians (as Jewish and Hellenist heretics). THE TRUTH: It takes very strong miraculous Intervention to convert violent and hypocritical religious people who strongly believe they are doing the right thing. Their actions come from their brains not from God:- See Isa. 29: 13, Mk 7:6, Matt. 15: 8-9: These people worship me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me: They worship me in vain: Their teachings are but rules taught by men: 1 Tim. 6:5; “Men of corrupt mind think that being religious is a …… means to financial success”.
How Brain-chemicals produce Religious, violent and hypocritical behavior in massively religious, yet massively corrupt and criminal-minded religious societies.
(See Mann and Stanley cited by Ogundu (2000) Stanley, et al “Psycho biology of suicide). (See Meyers Stephen (2000) Neurotransmitter precursors. (See Ackerman (1992) The Human Brain. (See Watch Tower, 1995; Evolution and creation). BASIC RESEARCH DATA – HYPOTHESIS The Human Brain Produces and controls religious behavior
(1) The Amygdala of the brains Limbic system has much to do with aggressive behavior and dangerous human emotions. This system is deep at the centre of the human brain, unlike the outer cerebral – cortex. (3) No 2 proves that few humans have good conscience and intelligence since the cerebral context is a late brain development, while most humans are corrupt and criminal since the limbic zone was carried over from the aggressive and unconscious animal stages of human evolution. (4) The cerebellum balances and stabilizes human behavior.
TABLE 1: Endogenous and Exogenous chemicals of the Nervous system and their functions. Examples of Endogenous and Exogenous chemicals Endogenous chemicals are naturally produced in the human body, while Exogenous chemicals are Introduced into the body from outside (See the Oxford Dictionary of Biology (1995) Oxford University Press. EXAMPLES OF ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS CHEMICALS
POLITICAL AND CULTURAL RIVALRY IN THE ORIGINS OF RELIGIONS. Boer, 1976 noted that the origins of Islam lie deep rooted in the cultural rivalry between Jewish and Canaanite Political histories going back to the Abrahamic questions of “who did the seed of promise pass through?” According to Yusuf Ali (1970, Curson) The Arabs have had to consistently throughout history challenge the Jewish claim to being God’s Channel of mediation of blessing to mankind, a claim which have historically been attributed to the Jews. Note that when a prophet of an opposing Religion brands other prophets as “False” then Political Sentiments and Psychological claims to revelation come to play. Hence, in any study of the origins of revealed Religions, Political and cultural rivalries or factors cannot be wished away, which means that such people can develop Holy Scriptures wrongly attributed to divine revelations. STIMULATING MUSIC IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS Eliade (1989) on Shamanism, noted that ancient music (Particularly drum beats) created Spiritual ecstasies and frenzies that stimulated religious behavior. Certainly, the origin of music in ancient Africa are strongly tied to the origin of Religious behavior among the black race. The inspiring nature of music consistently proves that music tones are touching or stimulating Brain Chemicals which in – turn stimulate spiritual ecstasies, this which researchers are yet unable to explain, relating to biochemical processes involved. In an interaction with a professor of Biology (Omotoye Olorode,) the eminent professor Highlighted the Ogburo Festival of Ogbomosho of Nigeria; he noted that the stimulating effects of music on the undertakers led some of them to eat raw meat which is related to some ecstatic Nsukka traditionists of Nigeria, who tears off the heads of life Chickens (Nnaji C.O, Data Theology 2007, and 2014). PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MUSIC IN ISLAM. The Quran (i.e Holy Book of Islam) is silent on the rightness or wrongness of music; while the traditional (Sunnah) or Islamic position on music is that the Holy Prophet (Muhammad) disapproved of music on the basis of its bad stimulating Psychological effects. The Islamic Sunnah believes that music stimulates undesirable and wrong sensual thoughts and cravings which can be dealt with by completely rejecting music; Sometime ago “(2011), a BBC World- service presenter interviewed an Islamic scholar on music in Islam which the Scholar confirmed that Islam has no fixed position on music, since the Quran is silent on it, while the Prophet (Muhammad ) rejected it in his Sayings and practices contained in the Hadith (i.e traditions of the prophet) (See Bukhari or Muslim) ADDITIONS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF BIOCHEMISTRY RELIGION (Note: Bilical citations of Psychologic Worship of God) (see pp 25 – 28) Biochemistry-Religion isolates, analyzes, and explains how brain chemicals deceive people that God is talking to them BIBLE CITATIONS: (a) Prov. 23:30-35, “Those who linger over wine ---- v33, your eyes will see strange sights and your mind will imagine confusing things” etc. (b) Jer. 23; 21-25 – I did not send these prophets – I did not speak to them vs 25, “They claim I had a dream … delusions of their own minds. (c) Isaiah 29:13, Mk 7: 6, Mat. 15: 8 “These people praise me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me”. BASIC – DEFINITION OF BIOCHEMISTRY RELIGION
(Biochemistry – Religion explains how brain-chemicals decieve many people that God is talking to them or that they are children of God). Prov. 23: 30-35 alcohol, hard drugs and brain chemicals make people to hear and see strange things. Jer. 14:14-15, Jer. 23: 21, 25-end. Mtt 15:8, Mk 7:6; Isiah 29:13, 2 Thess 2:11 (Delusions) ACADEMIC RELEVANCE OF BIOCHEMISTRY – RELIGION; Biochemistry – Religion rejects human reasoning and philosophy of Religion. Biochemistry Religion thus presents itself as a better method of investigating religion since it empirically investigates brain chemicals believed to be deceiving people that God is talking to them. Hence, Biochemistry-Religion identifies, Isolates and studies brain chemicals which produce and control religious and related behavior. SYNOPSIS: (Please also see this study’s research findings) The human brain is caged or protected inside a hard shell where it cannot be destroyed easily, because the brain intelligently controls man including producing Religious belief. Biochemistry Religion simply studies, to identify, isolate and consistently analyze and explain brain chemicals which produce and control religious behavior. These brain Neurotransmitters constantly deceive religious people that God is talking or appearing to them, or that they are children of God: Jer. 14: 14, “Then the Lord said to me,….......... (Jer. 23: 21-25). The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them, or appointed them, or spoken to them: They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations (i.e. ancient philosophy) idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. I did not send them…” (See Prov. 23: 31-35) Hence, Biochemistry – Religion identifies, classifies, analyzes, and constantly explains to people how brain chemicals (called Neurotransmitters) constantly produce and control religious, corrupt and criminal behaviors in man, often wrongly attributed to God and evil spirits. See King Saul’s mental problem- 1sam 16; 14-end, including (Prov. 23: 31-35).
(e) Biochemistry religion thus states, that brain chemicals are deceiving many Christians, (especially corrupt and criminal minded people) that they are children of God. (f) These are highly corrupt and bruthal minded people who claim born-again, yet they seriously hate others, while bearing wicked grudges and planning evil against others, while also claiming to be born-again: This is a mental – problem. EXAMPLE OF HOW BRAIN CHEMICALS INDUCE BEHAVIOR IN MAN
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY RELIGION.
Keywords: Bio-chemistry, Religion, Christian, psychology. LITERATURE EXTRACTS: Popa Radu (2004 p12 Watch Tower 2010): a Microbiologist and anti-creationist, contradicted biological evolution in 2004 when he said that the intricacies in mechanisms needed for the functioning of living cells are so enormous that chance evolution is not possible. These human cells are so extra-ordinary and complex in their molecules that the DNA and RNA proteins exhibit elements of design. Brain cells (or Neurons) are part of these over 100 trillion tiny cells in the human body. These cells are not necessarily preprogrammed to make someone genetically predestined to be religious, rather brain chemicals stimulated from external forces like music, sickness, hardship, psychotropic drugs, trauma, or by internal forces, like tissue- damage or chemical distortion, can produce religious, criminal or moral behavior; i.e misery in someone’s life induce the brain to secrete body or brain chemicals e.g Acetyline, dopamine, the GABBA – related Adrenalin (Agents for ecstasy); or serotonin shortage which can induce serious depression, sober religious-Mood or aggression etc. LITERATURE ANALYSIS TRADITIONAL BACKGROUND TO BIOCHEMISTRY OF RELIGION
DIAGRAM OF BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN BRAIN 
(Watch Tower: 1985, pp 170-174)
Prov 23:31-35 “Do not gaze at wine when it is red Vs 32 in the end it bites like a serpent Vs 33 your eyes will see strange sights (i.e delusions). (See 2Thes 2:11) And your mind will imagine confusing things. Vs 34 “you will be like one sleeping on the high sea” Vs 35 “They hit me; you will say, but I’m not hurt; they beat me, but I don’t feel it. When will I wake up so that I can find another drink. (Prov. 23: 30-35) The above is clearly a Biblical description of how alcohol and psychotropic drugs alter brainchemicals which in turn alter human-behaviour. (See also Jer. 14:14 and Jer. 23:21-25). “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name: I have not sent them: they are prophesying false visions --- and the delusions of their minds”. The above directly corresponds to Biochemistry – Religion which clearly states that people’s brains are deceiving them that God is talking or appearing to them. Going over to 2 Cor. 13; 1- 3, Apostle Paul tries to make a demarcation between people whose brains are deceiving them that God is talking to them from those who are truly hearing from God. 2 Cor. 13: 1 “This will be my third visit to you; Every matter must be established (stathesetai) by the evidence of two or three witnesses”. Vs 3: “…since you are demanding proof (Dokimen – Document) that Christ is speaking through me. The above passages overwhelmingly prove Biochemistry – Religion that for over two thousand years, people have consistently being deceived by their brains those spiritual forces are either talking or appearing to them. Such accusations were levelled against Apostle Paul by people who believed that (Paul) was under the delusion and hallucination that God was communicating with him. Before Apostle Paul, the issue of brain – delusions was addressed when Aaron and Miriam seemed to have murmured against Moses. See Numbers 12: 1-8. V1: “Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite (Ethiopian) wife: for he had married a cushiite” V2 “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses; they asked: Hasn’t he also spoken through us”. And the Lord heard this: V 6 “….. Listen to my words- When a prophet of the Lord is among you I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. V7. ….my servant Moses …v 8 …. I speak to him face to face clearly and not in riddles: He sees the form of the Lord” The problem with the above Numbers 12: 1-8 is found in 1 John 4: 1-3 which addresses the obvious fact that wrong or evil spirits can appear in the form of God, or that your brain – can deceive you that God is talking to you. a. 2 Cor. 11:13, “for such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ: v14, “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. b. 1 John 4:1 “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. c. From Matt. 12: 24-29 Jesus encountered the Pharisees who were insinuating that (Jesus was deceiving himself that he was working miracles through the power of God. Jesus said to them, if I cast out Satan through Satan, does that make sense. How can Satan cast out Satan; that is definitely a house divided against itself. The truth is that the Pharisees had brainchemicals deceiving them that Jesus could not have been a true prophet, so far Jesus remained against their hypocritical antics.
Boer (1969) in A Brief History of Islam treated “sufi”, i.e. mysticism in Islam, which has records of Muslim mystics claiming contact with the divine: Al Halaj was executed around 922CE during the Abassid eraaround Basra for abnormally claiming that he is “the Truth”, which means he had achieved unity with God, that which is complete insanity in Islam for someone to claim he is united unto God. (Boer, 1969, p 81) EVALUATION OF LITERATURE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY; IS GOD REALLY TALKING TO ANYBODY? The literature –background to this study says it clean and clear, that for centuries gone past, the problem had been how to draw a line of demarcation between madmen and Prophets, especially people whose brains had deluded and deceived them that God or spiritual forces were communicating with them. “Biochemistry Religion simply calls claims to contact with divinity, “products of chemical stimulations of the human brain”, which produce hallucinations delusions and distorted human behaviours and perceptions which deceive the people in question, that God was speaking to them; being the reason why Jer. 14: 16 comes to focus: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name – I did not send them”, I have not spoken to them. They are prophesying false – visions and delusions of their minds” Delusions simply means false visions i.e., things people thought they saw and heard, which are not true, but which are traced to distorted brain chemicals that deceive such people that spiritual forces (especially God) are speaking to them. OBJECTIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY RELIGION
METHOD OF RESEARCH. Biochemistry – Religion is not human reasoning, but empirical investigations and analyses of brain chemicals to ascertain their functions and to what extent they are implicated in religious, moral, deviant, ascetic, suicidal, and criminal behaviours etc. EXPERIMENTAL-GENETICS IN THIS STUDY? Biochemistry- Religion proves that Religious behaviour is Biochemical and Genetic, not extra – Sensory: Also, immoral – behaviour can be Genetic: Brain chemicals are 90% stimulated to produce religious, moral and Criminal behaviors.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM OF BIOCHEMISTRY RELIGION
ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF BIOCHEMISTRY – RELIGION
THEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOCHEMISTRY – RELIGION The theological importance and significance of Biochemistry – Religion is that currently, nothing is capable of investigating truth in the origins and genuiness of Religious claims except brain research which questions mental states of those who claim to receive revelations; that tool must be objective scientific dissection and psychobiological experiments on the origins of religious behaviour, rather than subjective philosophical human reasoning which has already condemned Religion as senseless before it began its very faulty speculative investigations. FOCUS OF BIOCHEMISTRY – RELIGION Biochemistry Religion is focused on killing philosophy of Religion which is an outdated, very faulty and aimless philosophical investigation of Religion that depends mainly on faulty human reasoning to investigate transcendental Religion and God: This which is not possible since human reasoning without experimental scientific-research cannot investigate or verify God and Religion. POINTS TO NOTE IN BIOCHEMISTRY – RELIGION In Biochemistry – Religion, we fully well understand that the physical cannot investigate the spiritual, so far there are indisputable evidences that there exists intelligence higher than man. Man does not have tools capable of investigating things that are higher than him. See Ecclesiastes 8: 16-end. “Then I saw all that God had done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun; Despite his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning: Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it!, (see also Ecclesiastes 9: 1, and 7: 27-28 (etc)”. I hope that optimist – scientists will not get me wrong that I have concluded that man cannot verify existence: Not at all: The point is that current scientific research has barely scratched the surface, and just as it will take 100,000 years at the speed of light for man to travel from our Galaxy (Milky-way) to the next Galaxy, in a universe with thousands of Galaxies, and trillions of planets, then you will start understanding that even if it takes man 100,000 years to travel to just one Galaxy out of thousands to see if God is there, then you will need to wonder if it is really possible for physical and perishables like man to verify the infinite that we call spirit: It is like fighting something which you cannot see, but that thing sees you. DEFINITION OF TERMS
(b) The word “Chemistry” is from the New – Testament Greek, “Stoicheia or Stoicheon”.Stoicheon – entered Latin as Chem to chemistry; Stoicheon means Foundamental – principles or elemental spirits responsible for existence (Col. 2:8) (Bromiley 1985) – Hence, Chemistry is meant to be studying fundamental – elements or compounds which combined to produce existence. (c) Biochemistry, thus means the chemical – compounds which bonded together to produce the human body (also animals) while those chemical – elements also have different functions in the human body, including brain chemicals which produce and control religious behavior.
SEE BELOW THE HUMAN BRAIN AND ITS FUNCTIONS DATA ANALYSIS Note: The cerebral cortex makes man higher than other animals because it is the seat of the human mind, conscience, consciousness, reasoning, and intellect (watch Tower 1995, pp 121-270). Yüklə 0,98 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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