2012

"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all".

That sums up myself.

You and everyone else, kid!

Disregarding the God of my fathers is my abandonment of the Catholic faith, disregard for the desire of women is my choice to never pursue romantic relationships, and I look down upon religion: believing that the individual is in itself more important than an organized group such as a religion or cult. Hence I do hold myself above all. If I believe all humanity is one, then we as a race are superior to everything, individually and together. We are, if you should put it this way, gods in and of ourselves.

Of course, this could also apply to anti-religious gay egomaniacs.

Just another example of the broad range of interpretations anything not literal can hold for any given individual.

If I believe all humanity is one, then we as a race are superior to everything, individually and together. We are, if you should put it this way, gods in and of ourselves.

We're mammals. Nothing more, nothing less. You don't want to have a relationship, that's your choice, but don't deny yourself your basic biological impulses. You're going to be a grumpy old man.

I agree we are mammals. Nothing more, nothing less.

We do, however, have a more complex thinking process than, say, a cat. That makes us superior. Intellect is our power.

I'm never grumpy - I merely loathe the responsibility involved in dealing with others. And to be intimately involved with someone is to bring in responsibility. I don't want that. And I'm happy with it that way it is.

I'm one of those people who does get disgusted with humans in general, however. If we do have this intelligence, why should we revert to these horrible animalistic qualities we evolved out of? We are capable. imo

I'm one of those people who does get disgusted with humans in general, however. If we do have this intelligence, why should we revert to these horrible animalistic qualities we evolved out of? We are capable. imo

That's a fallacy if I ever heard one. People like to believe that we've transcended our basal instincts. It's simply something that makes us feel better. We've done nothing of the sort. Our intelligence is merely a tool we use to carry out our instinctive functions.

Okay.

I'll disagree one last time, though. Our intelligence isn't merely used to carry out instinctive functions, it allows us to create as well. (Art, music, the like.) Those aren't instincts. Learning to play an instrument is not instinctual.