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Does the Heart "think"? Or is it just a mechanical pump? What does the authoritative Word of God says?

The wording of Genesis 6:5 makes it sounds of as if the human heart is capable of thinking, or at least of having some sort of emotional capacity: “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of THE THOUGHTS OF HIS HEART was only evil continually.” Critics deem this expression to be unscientific, since the heart is viewed as a purely mechanical pump. However, the science journal Discover, in a review of the book A Man after His Own Heart by Charles Siebert, reported that Siebert’s book recognized

“that the heart is no mere pump, as some physicians still insist, but a sophisticated participant in the regulation of emotion. The heart has a mind of its own: It secretes its own brain-like hormones and actively partakes in a dialogue among the internal organs―a dialogue on which cardiac researchers are only beginning to eavesdrop...hear more at http://www.rae.org/heart.html

Does your heart sense your emotional state? Stressful feelings may increase your risk of developing heart disease. Researchers at the Institute of HeartMath explain the connectionhttp://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/11023208/ns/today-today_health/

Yes, the Heart Really Can "Think" 
...the Heart Really Can Think and Have Emotions! Amazing New Scientific Evidence Corroborates Biblical Teaching Yet Again! Time was when such biblical...
...describes the heart as the seat of our souls and personalities is it just using a poetic/romantic idiom? 'For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he...'...
http://www.ukapologetics.net/biblicalheart.htm


For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
(Mar 7:21-23 KJV)

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
(Pro 4:23 KJV)



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