What is man? What could possibly lead me to ask that question?
Such is the evidence of a doubt of one’s own existence. Do we need to know why we are here in order to be here? Is that something we must fulfill to exist? Some say the nature of existence is to find out why you exist. Do you exist? What justifies existence?
Questions are abound. False idealism attempts to clam them. Bringing ideas like “God” and “Sin” to “right” the majority. But when man succeeds to a new plane of thought, those idealisms are questioned. Only those blind to logic and simple orders continue to follow their “faith.” I guess it makes me wonder if those who are religious are of a lesser kind of man.
That’s bound to start a flame war, but so be it. You do it anyway. Every time someone errs in a way that defies the traditional bounds of the so-called morality, you call them less of a person. Pseudo-friend of mine (not really my friend but though networks of family and so on) got into a situation. He and a few of his “buddies” were drunk and ended up having sexual relations with an underage girl. She was 16 or 17, he and one of his friends were 18. (Of course news from the grape vine insinuated later that she was a whore–like 10+ guys that week) They got arrested and my pseudo-friend was charged with statutory rape. Thus, he has to register as a sexual offender at the police office anywhere he moves.
He was giving me a ride back to college one weekend and we were talking about that. He was saying about how he could go into a police office to register and the secretary at the front desk would be nice and kind at first but the moment you mention sexual offender they automatically assume you are the spawn of the devil and molested a kid… thus making you seem like less of a human.
So it brings me to question… what is a man? What constitutes being human? Following the rules and laws the “majority” assumed were just and fair? I guess that means no one is human.
So then, what are we?
Being a believer in Jesus, the bible, and all that good stuff… You gave me a good laugh *grin*
I personally think the laws regarding sex offenders is set up wrong and needs to be modified. Too many people get their life ruined by a mistake. Yea there are guys out there that should be locked away and tracked for life… but I don’t think your friend should be one of them. If anything just let him prosecuted for aiding in underage sex. but not a sex offender.
As for what we are, Aside from a biblical spew, I couldn’t give a decent response as to what we are or why we exist.
Perhaps there is no ultimate definition of man besides the biological definition. Perhaps we just exisit because…well we do. This could be like inquiring why birds or deer or wolves exist. They just do and make the best out of their short lives. Humans in power claim to define what makes a greater and lesser human but that talk is just so their power is sustained. But in reality, when power is stripped from authority: we just exist because we do like every other animal on this planet. Man is another species although that does not want to be accepted by a majority. And since we merely exist, the only thing to do is to make the best of it I suppose…