Ignite Your Heart and Soul with Sara Troy and her guest Mark Springer, on air from January 30th

Examining the Extraordinary Relationship Between Words, Faith, and Science

“We live in a time when the word-created world has morphed into the information age — a time not only of great acceleration of written communication, but of expansion of the nature of language into both that of the logic of computers, and more-recently the unveiling of the biochemical words of DNA,” says Springer. In an interview, he can talk about:

• What if we can uncover the DNA of words and find a genetic basis for our thoughts?
• What if an algorithm can turn words into DNA and the DNA of someone like Shakespeare could be implanted or injected into people today?
• What if there is a thought genome and we can edit out certain thoughts or ideas?
• What if we could preserve our thoughts and memories and commercialize their sale?
• What if books can be turned into living souls?
• The concept that our lives give way over time to the words we have said, or that have been said about us; the memories others have of us

Flesh Becomes Words is a story about the technological breakthrough of finding a technology that can translate the natural “flesh” language of DNA into the words of the English language. It pits Science versus God as a way of not proving the existence of one at the expense of the other, but instead, shows how the facts in science reveal the truth of God’s words. “The truth of God’s words endures, while the observable facts of science are subject to change. Facts are from the visible sense-bound world. Truth comes from the eternal spiritual world. Flesh Becomes Words chronicles how scientific discoveries in the invisible molecular world, such as DNA and its applications in the science of life, are metaphors for underlying invisible spiritual truths.”

For example, the two strands of the double-helical structure of DNA are referred to as the sense and nonsense strands, or the coding and non-coding strands. This is representative of the spiritual strands of good and evil intertwined in our souls, with us being left with the decision of choosing which strand to express in the words we speak.  

“The thought life is the essence of who we are as people,” shares Springer. “It is our soul, which is our mind. Our mind is often associated with our brain, but in Flesh Becomes Words, memory or thoughts have been discovered to have a genetic basis in the blood; the DNA of white blood cells. This is significant because it expands the mind or soul to being the intersection of body and spirit rather than a physiological attribute of the brain.”

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Mark Springer has three decades of experience as a senior-level writer, and editor of technical and scientific documents. He also has crafted promotional content for the medical device, biotechnology, and life science industries. For the past seven years, he has been working for Gilead Sciences, including the last five as the manager and technical editor in labeling operations.

Prior to that, he served for two years, as the senior technical editor for BD Biosciences, editing all customer-read documents to meet factual, legal and regulation requirements. He received a Special Achievement Recognition Award there.

His career began as a senior technical writer and managing editor of all technical publications for change management software at a startup company. The biggest portion of his career consisted of 19 years at Life Technologies, where his positions varied from senior science writer in brand marketing, senior manager in public relations, to senior writer in technical communications.

He is the author of Flesh Becomes Words, his debut novel that blends science fiction with spirituality.

Along with a colleague, he developed an online magazine in the late 1990s called BioBeat Online Magazine. For about six years, he wrote articles for this publication and other trade publications that were associated with a life sciences company in the Bay Area. The articles were related to significant research and medical applications related to the use of DNA sequencing and genetic analysis technologies. He and his colleague won numerous Apex Publication awards for the content over this six-year period.

Springer graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a BA, double-majoring in Cell Biology and English Literature. He is deeply devoted to his faith, reading the Bible two to three hours daily. His book reflects both his science acumen and his dedication to faith. Born in Albany, NY, he now resides in San Mateo, California.

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