Patterned After God (4)
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 1:24-31
Back in the summer of '05, the London Zoo opened a new exhibit. The sign in front of the enclosure read, ''Warning: Humans in their natural environment.'' The exhibit featured 8 humans in a sealed enclosure next to another sealed enclosure of assorted primates (monkeys).
The humans on display were chosen from an online contest. They spent their time sunning on a rock ledge, playing board games and waving to spectators. A signboard gave detailed information about their diet, habitat, worldwide distribution and threats.
According to Polly Wills, the Zoo's spokesperson, the exhibit's goal was to downplay the uniqueness of the human species. ''Seeing people in a different environment, among other animals teaches members of the public that the human is just another primate,'' said Wills.
Tom Mahoney, who was part of the exhibit agreed. He said, ''A lot of people think that humans are above other animals. When they see humans as animals here, it kind of reminds them that we are not that special.'' (Humans on Display at London Zoo; yahoo news, 8-26-05)
Unfortunately, the sentiment expressed by Mahoney and Wills is shared by many others. Listen to...
• Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, (1856-1939), who said, ''I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all.'' - Sigmund Freud, in a letter to Oscar Pfister (10-9-1918)
• Harvard physicist Paul Horowitz responded this way when asked why he has dedicated his career to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, he said, ''I feel nearly certain ... that any civilization we contact will be far wiser than we. To think we are the best the universe could manage--the mediocrity of it all!''
There is a stark contrast between what think and say about the value and dignity of human life and wha ...
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 1:24-31
Back in the summer of '05, the London Zoo opened a new exhibit. The sign in front of the enclosure read, ''Warning: Humans in their natural environment.'' The exhibit featured 8 humans in a sealed enclosure next to another sealed enclosure of assorted primates (monkeys).
The humans on display were chosen from an online contest. They spent their time sunning on a rock ledge, playing board games and waving to spectators. A signboard gave detailed information about their diet, habitat, worldwide distribution and threats.
According to Polly Wills, the Zoo's spokesperson, the exhibit's goal was to downplay the uniqueness of the human species. ''Seeing people in a different environment, among other animals teaches members of the public that the human is just another primate,'' said Wills.
Tom Mahoney, who was part of the exhibit agreed. He said, ''A lot of people think that humans are above other animals. When they see humans as animals here, it kind of reminds them that we are not that special.'' (Humans on Display at London Zoo; yahoo news, 8-26-05)
Unfortunately, the sentiment expressed by Mahoney and Wills is shared by many others. Listen to...
• Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, (1856-1939), who said, ''I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all.'' - Sigmund Freud, in a letter to Oscar Pfister (10-9-1918)
• Harvard physicist Paul Horowitz responded this way when asked why he has dedicated his career to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, he said, ''I feel nearly certain ... that any civilization we contact will be far wiser than we. To think we are the best the universe could manage--the mediocrity of it all!''
There is a stark contrast between what think and say about the value and dignity of human life and wha ...
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