Jesus The Messiah Or Not .Com

On the Mountains of the Prairie,
On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry,
Gitche Manito, the mighty,
He the Master of Life, descending,
On the red crags of the quarry
Stood erect, and called the nations,
Called the tribes of men together.
-- From Song of Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1. It turns out that we humans have two distinctively different ways of looking at, thinking
about, experiencing, the world.
2. One of these ways is “analytic” -- the other is “holistic.”

3. This functional breakdown is the result of having two hemispheres of the
brain that do, in fact, process data differently.
4. For most humans, the left hemisphere (LH) is analytic, while the right (RH)
is holistic. (For some humans, it's the other way around, but in talking about
this division of cognitive labor, I'll act as if everyone is the same as to which
hemisphere does what.)

5. At least one of these hemispheres has the ability to sense, or to imagine,
the “transcendence” that I just pointed out, and G-d. In other words, we have at least one
hemisphere that can ‘believe in magic.'
6. This belief in magic seems to be carried by the holistic right hemisphere,
but not by the analytic left.
7. In other words, and not surprisingly, when it comes to religion, we
humans are of ‘two minds’ -- each…

8. Though it turns out, that some humans are so dominated by one
hemisphere or the other that they have very little ability to appreciate the
lobe less traveled.
9. And judging one kind of thinking by the other is like judging apples by
oranges -- or vice versa. If you are highly dominated by your LH, you may
find that entertaining the viability of transcendence and G-d is all but
impossible… Which doesn't seem fair -- but what'r'ya'gonna'do?

10. In summary, we humans have two distinctive ways of thinking that arrive
at grossly different conclusions when it comes to religious sorts of things.
11. Which raises the million-dollar question: is the RH hallucinating about
transcendence, or is the LH ‘transcendence-blind’?
12. And if you have an immediate answer, you had best think again.

13. Now, in modern society, more respect is given to LH thinking than is
given to RH thinking. Science and public school seem largely responsible
for this ‘bias.’
14. Note, in addition, that concepts of the LH are much more directly, and
quickly conveyed. Concepts of the RH have to be conveyed indirectly, over
time, through a kind of 'osmosis' -- another way in which RH thinking is at a
disadvantage in modern society.
15. So, the claim here is that our “intelligentsia” tend to have difficulty
believing in G-d, but that their disbelief should not be taken as an indictment
of G-d -- because these people also tend to be highly dominated by their
LH's (perhaps because of their education), and if we look closely at the
issue, there is at least as much evidence that the LH is transcendence-blind
as there is that the RH is hallucinating (Click here). The intelligentsia may be
smart, but they are also “out of the loop."

16. And, going back to Act 2, I perceive my revelation as proof that there is such a thing as transcendence -- that transcendence is not an evolutionary artifact. The miracle of my self is proof.
17. Now, I’m always reluctant to call something “proof,” so I’ll revise that to say that my revelation sure feels like proof to me. Somehow, I exist -- and to me, that’s proof. I’ll try to explain. But, don’t expect too much just yet. (Next)