Yes, yes, but do you suppose the work of the Holy Spirit improves intellect? Especially over generations?
“Yes, yes, but do you suppose the work of the Holy Spirit improves intellect? Especially over generations?”
Lamarck, it that you?
Sorry, I couldn’t resist that one.
;-)
Your question seems to confuse genotype with phenotype. While the civilizing impact of “the work of the Holy Spirit”, as you so eloquently stated, can only help the behavior of a believer, there is no evidence it can impact the actual IQ. IQ seems to be largely genetic in origin.
How the individual’s IQ is expressed can be, and I would argue should be, positively shaped by the moral and ethical aspects of “the work of the Holy Spirit”.