Philosophy of Medicine – Lesson. 65 – Reflections on Human Nature vs Human Behavior on 25th Anniversary of 9-11 Terrorist Attacks

On Friday, September 11, 2026, the 25th Anniversary of 911 attacks on the United States, I reflect on the consonance and dissonance in human nature vs human behavior. The serenity and nobility of the site in Pennsylvania depicts the dimension of consonance and the crash of Flight 93 depicts the dimension of dissonance when the world and man are viewed as the works of God.
I define the United States using its national motto which proclaims, “In God We Trust.” For we trust in God, it is rational to claim that man is constituted as a Spiritual Being in God’s own image. I have a great problem in accounting for man’s evil thoughts and actions that cause pain and suffering. The wickedness of man got exposed on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. For God’s creation is perfect, there can never be two opposing or self-contradicting dimensions of human nature. Man’s spiritual nature reveals the consonance, the resonance of God’s nature in His work. How does the dissonance intrude into the world? How can man be estranged, separated, or alienated from his own true or original nature?