AMD: But my physical body and physical brain have no need of supernatural intervention for their formation and function.
Spirited: Metmom asked “What’s keeping you alive?” If not the “working” (Bede) of God the Father then an “unseen” force within AMD’s physicalized mind.”
Obviously “something” is “causing” the “physicalized mind” of the mechanical-man AMD to “think” it is “thinking.”
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
The mind and the body simply CANNOT be separated from each other and compartmentalized. They are inextricably combined. It's a well known SCIENTIFIC fact that the state of mind of a person can affect the physical workings of the body. Stress, as the easiest and most obvious example, can cause any number of conditions or exacerbate any of them.
If one believes that we are body, soul, and spirit, then there is no way to disengage them from each other. They are all us.
It's glaringly inconsistent to compartmentalize our lives and say that the physical body is only subject to the physical forces in this material existence while the non-physical side is subject to only non-physical influences not part of this world.
It in effect hogties God and his ability to work in one's life if one denies His ability to do so.
The supernatural imposes itself on the natural regularly. Jesus did it time without count when He healed people of disease, calmed the sea, multiplied the loaves and fishes. To erect a dividing wall between the two and put terms and limitations on God is to effectively cut oneself off from any opportunity for God to work in their life. Even Jesus couldn't do miracles in some places because of the people's lack of faith.
In effect, it is denying the omnipotence of God and calling Him a liar when our beliefs contradict the clear teachings of the Bible. Who of us knows better what the cause of something is? Certainly not any *scientists* who make claims of their own omniscience in making blanket statements about things of which they know nothing.