When someone has "God's law written on their heart," what happens to it when they undergo a hear transplant?

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I don't mean this sarcastically. I've heard lots of people refer to their actual heart as a place where God has spoken to them.

If the heart is the organ of such memory, what happens if they receive a donated heart?

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For those who need an example, see "Capri 1230's" answer.

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Answer 1

That's when they have " a change of heart" of course!

You're a brilliant man so I know that you are making a point. Unfortunately we both know that the ones who most need to see it will argue with you about it, or ignore it all together.

Yes, when I refer to my feelings and beliefs "of my heart" I am speaking metaphorically. For the record I see most, possibly all of the bible as a giant metaphor. I even asked once how if Jesus spoke in parables how were we to know that the rest wasn't a metaphor... I think you can guess the type of answers I got.

Answer 2

That is a very good question. God has told me that he does not approve of heart transplants. The bible is clear that God reads the heart and knows the heart of a person; the heart is the center of who we are. People who have had transplants report that they can now do things, both positive and negative, they could not do before their transplant, and even have different likes and dislikes. Proverbs 2:2 tells us the ear is for hearing but the heart is for understanding. Proverbs 3:1 tells us that the heart keeps the commandments. So we know that biblically the heart is the essence of the person, and if you undergo a transplant you lose your essence. The bible does not speak of the brain at all, or the mind in this manner.

Answer 3

What I want to know is what happens when they get a heart with a god shaped hole in it. DO they have to start over?

I'm a Christian, by the way. And I've always been under the notion that the heart was a figurative thing.

Answer 4

The word "heart" in the original language means the center or core of a person's personality. It is that to which the Bible refers, not the physical blood pump. In fact, the word "heart" was not applied to the physical blood pump until centuries after the Bible was written, when science mistakenly thought that it was the "core" of a person personality.

Answer 5

I've always wondered exactly what was a meta for? I mean, it certainly isn't for any practical purpose I can think of. To answer your question, it's like when you reinstall an operating system on your computer. You have to back up all your data because when you install a new OS, you're going to lose everything you had before. Same with a donated heart. The heart is like the operating system and the body is like the computer. The IP Address is like the access to God. Once you get everything up and running, you can start uploading all the data you backed up on disks. That's like praying that it's going to work.

Answer 6

I have never heard anyone say that before Wright. I am sure some of America's enemies have said it, but I have never heard it and chances are they never said it in public. I personally think an American would have to be eaten up with hatred to say that in a public forum, especially from behind a church pulpit. @Nana(above)You are a Liar and cannot back up anything you have said.

Answer 7

Grace us ppl don't need a heart transplant, as
such have a good heart, e-stablished in grace.

Only "both good and evil" hearts get attacked, by
"Thine own words condemneth thee, and not I".

I wonder what 'attacks' ppls hearts in a heart 'attack'?
Could it be laws are "against" us: Colossians 2:14?

Why does James 4:8 speak of
plural "hands" as "sinners", and
plural "hearts" as "doubleminded"?

Could it be allegory & mystery: allegoric mystery?

Why does Hebrews 8:10 first speak of
putting laws into "their" minds; And then later on
Hebrews 10:16 of putting laws into their "hearts";
But Hebrews 10:22 speaks of a singular "heart"?

Grace --> Mercy ---> Peace with you all. Amen.

Answer 8

In Hebrew the word for heart connotes the person's conscience. To harden one's heart is to become insensitive, likely to what God has made known of himself in one's conscience, not change the pulmonary organ.

Answer 9

They instruct the surgeon before hand to remove the writing from their old heart and transplant it on the new heart.

Answer 10

It's a metaphor, just like the heart is the source of love is a metaphor.