Humans Are Magnificent

So why do we humans have dignity? Because we are and have something that does not exist anywhere else in the visible creation: spirit, consciousness, the ability to ask moral and aesthetic questions. Why do we humans have all this? A purely biological view of human beings cannot answer this question. And why should it? Ultimately, biology only looks at all living beings in terms of their natural characteristics. However, we humans are not obliged to see ourselves as merely biological beings. On the contrary, often choosing the ethical good means directly avoiding the choice that is in accordance with the law – and this choice might be the obvious one from a biological perspective. Human beings also belong to a different order of being, that of the spirit. Where biology must remain silent, religious interpretation begins. An image of the Creator himself – this is how the biblical creation stories see our place in the cosmos. Read Full Article »