“Fear Not, Thou Worm, Jacob”

This verse came to me in the book of Isaiah. And, it occurred to me, "What is the intelligence of an Earth Worm." I wanted to know, so I could accurately gauge my intelligence with regard to comparison with God. Not for pride---but, to get an estimation of what my intelligence is compared to God.

It became apparent to me, that an Earth Worm has a little cluster of cells, that are somewhat similar to the human brain. Yet, that pathway is mostly used for instinctual operations in the Earthworm. It doesn't think, so to speak, but rather moves with a sort of instinctual intelligence. It may even have some form of memory.

It became clear to me, however, searching another database, that Darwin and a philosopher relegated them to having an intelligence incomparable to that of a human's. That a dog and man had more in common, and had certain reaches of intellect similarly. Such thing may be mystically referred to the Cherubim, something like comparing a man to an elephant or dolphin. Yet, a man and a worm are two, incomprehensibly different forms of intelligence. It's the difference between a little cluster of cells which form complex behavior, and an entire neural synapsis developed for memory, problem solving, speech and higher rational functions.

A human and worm are so far removed from one another, that they are two entirely different forms of intelligence. The one being only moves in a reactive pattern, is far different than the complex thinking patterns of even a lower functioning invalid. Even being able to understand speech in a logocentric way, as opposed to a cat or dog which only understands phonemes which harken it to behavioral reactions. Or an elephant able to do basic levels of art. Even a mentally handicapped child, with severe disability is more intelligent than a cat, per say, for they have the ability to understand strings of sentences. Whereas, this same individual is so far removed from a worm, which hasn't even the ability to do much of anything, beside perhaps remember sensations. Sort of like a tube of flesh.

Which, gets to the picture of the analogy in Isaiah. Humans have flesh. Their flesh makes them weak, prone to fear, and much unlike God Who is a purely Spiritual being; even Christ in His resurrected body is of a matter much different than our own. It's the best way to understand it, how human beings likened to a worm---not even an ant or caterpillar, which have some level of functional IQ. Not likened to a vegetable or tree which probably has a higher ability for cognitive thinking than even a worm. Some may say trees are incredibly intelligent due to their communication through roots, and have memories, which even that, we are not compared to. We are compared to a worm. Which is smarter than a single celled microbe. Which, perhaps an animal like a dolphin is like this microbe. And perhaps a worm, at the very bottom, is something like strands of DNA, in this comparison I'm making.

Which, is interesting to think about, how our intelligence cannot even be compared to God's. It is fundamentally different in nature, as different as a worm's and man's. It is so far beyond the scope of our imagination. Though, God is infinitely wiser than the comparison I've drawn. A man and worm are distanced in intelligence in a finite way. God's intelligence is distanced from us in a manner infinitely greater. Should a man and worm be a line segment. The man, being a point, wouldn't even be a ray reaching out to God's intellect. We'd be like that point on a one dimensional plane, and God would be in a dimensional plane more complex than a graph of infinite dimensions. Humans, being that point on a one dimensional plane. God is even further beyond us than that; it is something my mind, in all its creativity, couldn't even fathom. That is the depths of God's wisdom.