How should our church leaders begin to understand the mind—conscious and subconscious—and its workings?
Our church leaders should get their heads out of the sand and deal with the fact that God made us wondrous. They should stop basing their faith on religious sound-bytes and start realizing the wonderful array of natural tools God has given us to perceive His world and do good in it. Instead of just blanket condemning people for talents that they were given, they should teach people to use those talents for the good that can be done with them. How is the mind’s capability NOT associated with the Devil? Oh, I think that Satan can use anything and everything for evil that God gave us for good. The necessity to eat and drink can turn to gluttony and drunkenness. The ability to do anything can be turned to less-than-holy purposes. What we are and the talents we have are associated with God, but the Devil can associate himself with us through them. That is why I think that it is the church’s responsibility to stop ignoring this ability and to teach people the responsible and holy use of it.
