Thursday, January 22, 2009
Killer Angels
We recently talked about what makes man the killer angel in class. As we sat there and thought over the question I felt it necessary to see why man would be considered an angel to begin with. Why would man be considered an angel? We don't fly, we aren't perfect, no glittering halos, so what could possibly have us be considered divine? One of the few reasons I could come up with is our ability to reason. Although we're animals, our minds still set us apart from other animals. Is that what makes us "divine"? Our ability to reason, being able to think and talk situations out? What hit me next was the sad reality that although we have such amazing thought capabilities, we're still the most violent creature on this planet. Rather than talk out and reason with each other to solve our situations peacefully, we go to war, afraid of losing what's kept us comfortable.
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Frankie I believe that we have to protect what is ours otherwise it will be taken. When talking things out does not work you must resort to other things and violence just happens to be one of them. We as humans will never be divine, not even close. I have to agree with you in the fact that our angel aspect come from our ability to reason and think things through. We must be careful with this because with our ability to reason comes the ability of doubt. With doubt we might make the wrong decision and it could cost men lives or even our own.
Humans are called humans for a reason. We are not divine and will never be. There may be divine figures that represent themselves in human from like God (Jesus) but not vice versa. You can look at it in a funny way I guess - we are all killers. Whether it be ants, the environment, people every now and then, or even in imagination, we are all killers. Angels, I feel that we can have some attributes that make an angel but not nearly enough to create a parallel between us and angels
i believe the term "angels" has nothing to do with human divinity. you must rememeber that while humans are capable of rampant cruelty, they are also capable of kindness and goodness. The playing of the words "killer" and "angel" reflect the struggle that goes on in all humans.
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