2006-12-01 15:43:15 · 7 answers · asked by behindthesmile22 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To be human is to have the capacity to wonder "why...why did I have to be born human?"
2006-12-01 15:46:49 · answer #1 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humanity is, interestingly enough, based on genetics. It's much less crucial to existence than being a person. If your brain is put in a robot body (so to speak), you're still a person, but you're no longer a human being. Point! There's little importance on being human, and thus humanity is merely an arrogant (well, at least to those that believe in extraterrestrial life) way of putting the qualities of being a person.
As for what it means to be a person, well, that's significantly more complicated. It deals with the level of ability to communicate and interact, and to think rationally in order to solve problems, something that is crucial in the development of and usage regarding tools (hence the early ancestors of man).
2006-12-01 23:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean "human" as in a different living being than "animal" or as figurative way of saying "compassionate"?
Being human is just realizing that you're all one in the same and your fellow being (human or not) is as miserable as you.
2006-12-01 23:47:58 · answer #3 · answered by Dahlia O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to transcend selfishness, to have the ability to care for others in an honest way. Empathy, compassion, and love.
2006-12-01 23:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are a primate who walks and talks and reproduces. Not much to it.
2006-12-01 23:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To have an ego...
- Atmadeepo Bhava -
2006-12-01 23:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To embrace freedom. To be responsible. To be authentically who you really are.
2006-12-01 23:46:24 · answer #7 · answered by Good Times, Happy Times... 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋