{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jesus Creed","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed","author_name":"RJS","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/author\/rjs1\/","title":"Science and Christian Virtue 2 (RJS)","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aNkuvJiviX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/09\/30\/science-and-christian-virtue-2\/\">Science and Christian Virtue 2 (RJS)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/09\/30\/science-and-christian-virtue-2\/embed\/#?secret=aNkuvJiviX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Science and Christian Virtue 2 (RJS)&#8221; &#8212; Jesus Creed\" data-secret=\"aNkuvJiviX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I put up a short series of posts just about a year ago that dealt with the science of sin, Christian virtue, and the importance of viewing ourselves as fully embodied persons. You can find the posts here: Science and Sin 1, Science and Sin 2, Science and Christian Virtue 1, and Science, Worship, and Fasting. Now, just about a year later, I would like to come back to the thoughts I was developing in these posts - and especially the thoughts in the third, Science and Christian Virtue 1. There are several key ideas that we need to take seriously. The most important is human embodiment ... we cannot separate soul, spirit, mind and will from the human bodies that contain said soul, spirit, mind or will. Scot's book on fasting is a wonderful biblically based commentary on one of the consequences of our embodiment. The second important idea is that the human mind or will is malleable \u2013 assuming that we believe in some level of free will (and I do) there is research that demonstrates that the human brain contains a conscious self-regulatory system. One of the researchers quoted in the article from Discover Magazine forming the basis for the first two posts on Science and Sin said: \u201cThis network provides us with the evolutionarily unprecedented ability to control our own neural processing \u2013 a feat achieved by no other creature.\"","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/files\/2010\/09\/wright-and-enns-ds.jpg"}