The Seat of Man's Intellect: What Says Your God?

[Randy Carson]

Could you expand on this, Nestor?

How is the idea that the term "heart", a metaphor or idiom for that innermost place within man, problematic?

What are we really saying when we say that an athlete has "heart" or that we know something to be true in our "heart of hearts".

It's quite simple Randy. The idiom derives from an era when our most thoughtful predecessors actually believed they were thinking, deciding, feeling, etc., with their heart.. They were wrong but the notion has retained its common, albeit incorrect, usage.

Okay, but how does this reflect poorly upon God, the scriptures or believers?

If you ever tell a girl you love her with all your heart, will she be offended or unimpressed because she knows the organ pumping your blood has nothing to do with your feelings for her?

Or would she be happy because just as we speak of the "heart of the earth" alluding to its depths, so you will be taken to mean that your love for her is deep?

I'm not really looking for more conflict...I have enough in this forum already. But it just seems like much ado about nothing.