Or: What makes us HUMAN?
Please relate your answers to the brain, its processes, etc.
Thanks!!
(e.g. is it memory? or intelligence?)
Please defend your answer.
2007-08-30 00:43:35 · 11 answers · asked by Naomi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
To live, not just exist or survive--to feel--to care--to remember. That's what makes us human.
2007-08-30 02:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by psyop6 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The intelligence has to be such that you can balance the stability of the inner you, with the shadow of diversity that is always presenting us with change. In a human, both sides need to come into balance.
Inner stability is being neglected by many in these modern times. A good free read on restoring the light of stability for a better balance is explained in this online resource.
2007-08-30 08:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human is just another species. Other species can be better than us in just about anything and everything, apart from intelligence where we excel and that's what makes us unique and special.
So, to be human is to be the most intelligent species that we know of. Also, the only species that can destroy our planet, an unfortunate potential result of our intelligence.
2007-08-30 09:15:44 · answer #3 · answered by Stamatios D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
human has an enlarger hemispheres plus something called a core, which is absent from other animals. That probably gave a human an ability to think. Thats why we are so wrong about so much stuff - we judge from the way we see it and we assume that everything else is like that. Then we fight....
2007-08-30 08:22:29 · answer #4 · answered by IggySpirit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be a human is weird
ok lets get serious
Humans are noted for their desire to understand and influence the world around them, seeking to explain and manipulate natural phenomena through science, philosophy, mythology and religion. This natural curiosity has led to the development of advanced tools and skills; humans are the only known species to build fires, cook their food, clothe themselves, and use numerous other technologies.humans have a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning,
2007-08-30 07:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humanity is not measured by intelligence (thankfully) otherwise mentally handicap people would be treated as sub-human.
I believe humanity is defined by purely by our DNA.
We are really not that different than the animals around us.
2007-08-30 12:59:47 · answer #6 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The battlefield of the human being is in the mind. We must overcome and master the human mind. We are made in the image of God.
My favorite promises, John 10:27-30 NKJV, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I (Jesus) and my Father (God) are One."
We have been given the Holy Spirit. What Christ started in us when we believed Him and surrendered to Him, Christ is more than able to finish. Once we've put our hand to the plow, we must not turn back. Forget the past and keep on a straight path to Jesus. Keep the eyes of your soul on Jesus and His righteousness. Let the soul follow the Holy Spirit's guidance. He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world. When Christ is for us, who can be against us.
Jesus said, "Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." As much as we are human we are spiritual.
When we are His, we cannot be taken from Him. When we know that we are His and the Holy Spirit has confirmed to the human mind that we are His; then the soul has surrendered to the Spirit. What can Satan or man do to us? Nothing. Job said, even though they slay me, I will trust Him. Paul said, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. And he said, the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom. The human mind has been preserved by the Lord. The human mind has the peace that surpasses all understanding. The human mind has no fear of death. The human mind has been mastered by the Master.
We lost connection with God at the Fall in the Garden of Eden. When we believe in Jesus and we are reconnected by the Holy Spirit back to God, then the battle ceases and we know our destiny.
2007-08-30 08:31:15 · answer #7 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to be human:
to think
to make mistakes
to make war
to kill
to be selfish
to hurt other people for selfenjoy
Animals kill to eat, we kill for joy,
Animals don´t pass in the same stone twice, we do we make big mistakes.
Animals have no reasonning but due to it, they are not selfish.
Animals could never make a war, they´re brains are up to other things than fighting with each other, thank God they don´t think!
2007-08-30 11:08:07 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Madison♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
human is a race
it is a classifaction
to be human is to be simply
born into what you are
are you asking: what makes us
superior beings to all other
2007-08-30 07:54:51 · answer #9 · answered by Ashleyfoll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make mistakes. because that is the one thing every human does.
2007-08-30 15:36:22 · answer #10 · answered by stinky_pitts_101 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋