Traces of What Man Once Was?

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What was man like as originally created - before sin started taking its toll on his mind, body and the world in which he lives?

Are there hints around us of the original capabilities of the human brain? Keep in mind that each of us has different strengths and weaknesses. The so-called idiot-savant has a low IQ, yet is capable of incredible mental feats.

"K," at the age of 28 has a mental age of 11 and a vocabulary of only 58 words. But he could remember the population of every U. S. city of more than 5,000 people, every county seat in the nation and the names, locations and number of rooms in over 2,000 hotels.

Leslie Lemke is a musical genius. He can play any music after hearing it only once. He once played every note of a 45-minute piece perfectly after hearing it for the first time! We might be reminded that at 14 the young Mozart was taken by his father to hear the famous Miserere. He memorized it note for note, wrote it down and a few days later played it at a concert causing a sensation. But Mozart was no idiot-savant.

God created man in His own image and, whether genius or idiot-savant, these are living evidence of man's continuing regression from a once-noble origin.