What is "Mind" According to the Scriptures?
I have been thinking lately a lot about so-called "Artificial Intelligence" and androids and in order to really understand them and the deception that will accompany them, it is imperative that we understand Biblical anthropology, that is, the make-up of a human being according to the One who made us. The Bible teaches that we are body, soul, and spirit. The scripture tells us that the word of God "pierces even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit" (Heb 4:12). This teaches me that by means of study of the word of God we can distinguish between what is a soul and what is a spirit. Furthermore, there is mind and heart as components of the human person. So this is not simple. Before we can say what is different between an android and a human being, we must have a good understanding of what is a human being! So at first I wanted to try and tackle the question of mind, asking, "What is a mind?" both in itself and in relation to these other component...