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June 26, 2024
<p class="Textbody" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Are humans dualistic beings – two part beings, composed of a material body plus an immaterial soul? The reason some have this idea is the belief that matter cannot be organized to think, and therefore, the thinking ability of humans must be attributed to something immaterial. This is then used as a basis for the belief in the soul's naturally immortality. If it's immaterial, it has no parts, so it can't be destroyed and must endure forever. While that might *seem* to make sense, it depends on the idea that the mind is immaterial. And the apparent necessity for that vanishes if matter can be organized to think.</span></p> <p class="Textbody" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> In this study, we continue looking at a pamphlet written by SDA pioneer D. M. Canright called "Matter and Spirit," which was taken from his earlier series of articles called, "<em style= "mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Can God Organize Matter to Think?</em>" published in the Signs of the Times by James White.</span></p> <p class="Textbody" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Canright made a second set of arguments in regard to the premise that humans have an immaterial part of them that is responsible for thought. These arguments point out the difficulties involved in coming up with a coherent conception of this supposed immaterial part of humans. On one hand, people claim this part is immaterial, but then, when attempting to say specific things about this immaterial part, they often end up saying things that would logically imply that it is material after all. Join us as we unpack this.</span></p> <p class="Textbody" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> For further study see:</span></p> <p class="Textbody" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Part 1 of this 2 part series - "Can Matter be Organized to Think? | Early SDA D.M. Canright"</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <a href= "https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/31758605"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/31758605</span></a><br /> <br /> "MATTER AND SPIRIT, OR, THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN THOUGHT" A PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT. BY ELDER D. M. CANRIGHT. <a href= "https://www.bdsda.com/matter-and-spirit-the-problem-of-human-thought/"> <span style= "color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">https://www.bdsda.com/matter-and-spirit-the-problem-of-human-thought/</span></a><br /> <br /> "The Early SDA View of the Nature of Man | Are We Dual Beings or Unitary Beings?" <a href= "https://youtu.be/dVp_VPkjYxw?si=6fEb5S7N-3ueF2HE"><span style= "color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">https://youtu.be/dVp_VPkjYxw?si=6fEb5S7N-3ueF2HE</span></a><br /> <br /> "What is Materialism? The Seventh-day Adventist Foundation" <a href= "https://youtu.be/iIEoLnNr71g?si=ruDQlazn6vqLHEKn"><span style= "color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">https://youtu.be/iIEoLnNr71g?si=ruDQlazn6vqLHEKn</span></a></span></p> <p class="Textbody" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 2024 Sabbath School, Quarter</span> <span xml:lang="en-US" lang= "en-US">2</span><span xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US">:</span> <span xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US">The Great Controversy</span> <span xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US">– Week</span> <span xml:lang= "en-US" lang="en-US">11</span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> A Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist perspective on the Sabbath School lesson. </span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> www.bdsda.com </span></p> <p><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Email us [email protected] for comments and study requests</span></p>
June 16, 2024
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;">Can matter be organized so that it can think? Or is there an immaterial part of humans that is responsible for thought, reason, and emotion?</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;">The SDA doctrine of the non-immortality of the soul is very well known among SDAs today, but what is less well known is the core reason behind this doctrine. This core reason is really the foundation on which the non-immortality of the soul rests, and it was plainly understood and explained by the SDA pioneers. If we don't understand this foundation, we're prone holding other beliefs that are actually in conflict with it, without even realizing it.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;">One such conflicting belief is that although the soul is not immortal - although the soul cannot live on after death separate from the body, there is an immaterial part of humans that is responsible for thought, reason, intellect and emotion that resides inside the body. In other words, it is thought that there is a conscious <span style="color: #050505;">immaterial something inside</span> of humans that just becomes unconscious upon death. It's the idea that humans are dualistic beings – two part beings, composed of a material body plus an immaterial soul. <span style= "color: #050505;">Not all SDAs conceive of human nature in this way, but some do.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">The pioneers, though, did not</span> believe that humans are dualistic beings. They often wrote that humans are unit beings, or unitary beings – singular beings made of matter, with no immaterial part. They believed <span style="color: #050505;">that it is the body, and in particular the brain, that is conscious during life and that becomes unconscious upon death, not that there's an immaterial part of us that is conscious during life and that becomes unconscious upon death.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;">And a great publication on this subject is a pamphlet entitled "Matter and Spirit" by D.M. Canright. He argues in favor of <span style="color: #050505;">the unitary materiality of human nature</span> from a philosophical perspective, using logical argumentation and empirical facts. Join us as we go through Canright's reasons for believing that matter can be organized to think.<br /> <br /> For further study see:<br /> <br /> "<span style="color: #282828;">MATTER AND SPIRIT,</span> <span style="color: #282828;">OR, THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN THOUGHT</span><span style="color: #282828;">"</span> <span style= "color: #282828;"> A PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT. BY ELDER D. M. CANRIGHT.</span></span></span> <span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><a href= "https://www.bdsda.com/matter-and-spirit-the-problem-of-human-thought/"> https://www.bdsda.com/matter-and-spirit-the-problem-of-human-thought/</a><br /> <br /> "The Early SDA View of the Nature of Man | Are We Dual Beings or Unitary Beings?" </span></span><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><a href= "https://youtu.be/dVp_VPkjYxw?si=6fEb5S7N-3ueF2HE">https://youtu.be/dVp_VPkjYxw?si=6fEb5S7N-3ueF2HE</a><br /> <br /> "What is Materialism? The Seventh-day Adventist Foundation" </span></span><span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><a href= "https://youtu.be/iIEoLnNr71g?si=ruDQlazn6vqLHEKn">https://youtu.be/iIEoLnNr71g?si=ruDQlazn6vqLHEKn</a><br /> <br /></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US">2024 Sabbath School, Quarter</span></span></span> <span style= "color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang= "en-US" xml:lang="en-US">2</span></span></span><span style= "color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang= "en-US" xml:lang="en-US">:</span></span></span> <span style= "color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang= "en-US" xml:lang="en-US">The Great Controversy</span></span></span> <span style="color: #000000;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US">– Week</span></span></span> <span style= "color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang= "en-US" xml:lang="en-US">10</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">A Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist perspective on the Sabbath School lesson. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><span style= "color: #000000;">www.bdsda.com </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">Email us [email protected] for comments and study requests.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p>
May 23, 2024
<p class="Standard"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Who is benefited by Jesus' priesthood in the Heavenly Sanctuary? Many are under the impression that people are benefited by just professing Him as their lord and savior, or accepting that He is the savior of the world. But is this the case? In this study we are going to take a look at a book which has Jesus' priesthood as the central theme – the book of Hebrews.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> For further study, see:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> "What Jesus Taught About Doing Right and Wrong," by Trent Wilde, <a href= "https://www.bdsda.com/what-jesus-taught-about-doing-right-and-wrong/"> <span style= "color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">https://www.bdsda.com/what-jesus-taught-about-doing-right-and-wrong/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> “What Are The Streams of Water In Psalm 1?" </span> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <a href= "https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/30057238"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/30057238</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <br /></span><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">2024 Sabbath School, Quarter 2: The Great Controversy – Week 8,</span> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> "Light From the Sanctuary"</span><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> A Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist perspective on the Sabbath School lesson. </span><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"> </span></p> <p class="Standard"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"> www.bdsda.com </span></p> <p class="Standard"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"> Email us [email protected] for comments and study requests.</span></p> <p class="Standard"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"> </span></p>
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