If an act of un-utterable evil is committed, the term 'in-human' is often ascribed to it. In conjunction with this, does a 'human' do nothing other than good? Does the term 'human' mean a being incapable of making mistakes? A being completely unable to cause pain to those they love, to always place the needs of others before their own, to know what is wrong and what it right and without fail have courage to act upon the latter? If so, then I for one would be forced to raise my hand and proclaim, for all the world to see, that I am not human. However, I feel that I am almost certainly not alone.
For, what I am speaking of is human nature. That part of each and every one of us which tells us to not do that which is considered 'right', which instinctively guides us in the wrong direction under the false, though often subconsciously acknowledged, pretence that it may be the right one.
Whether one likes it or not, all human decisions are based on a sense of self-sufficiency, on whether or not that person stands to gain anything from their actions. Many people would indeed die for their true love, but the question we must ask is: why would they do such a thing? Perhaps the guilt they would have to face for the rest of the their life had they not may play a bigger part in their decision than they would care to admit. They give their life to save themselves from one of guilt.
This idea may be stretched to its furthest limits. Surely, one may assume, a priest follows the way of God not for his own ends, but to help others for no reward and to live an honest and good life. To these people I must put this question: would a priest still live by the way of God if he knew, for certain, that when his time on Earth came to pass he would spend the rest of eternity not in heaven, but being punished in hell? For some, to say a man of the cloth only follows the way of God to get a definite place in heaven may be rather too much to swallow, yet the argument cannot be ignored.
Thus, it is my opinion that in a way it is our mistakes which define us and ultimately make us human. Also, bear in mind that this can then give birth to such positive ends as forgiveness, redemption, wisdom and learning.
It is this acknowledgement of what makes us human that forms the core of what we aim to achieve here at Realision. To strive for perfection is futile. To create an intelligent, emotional and free-thinking life-form, we must first learn to make it fallible. We must give it the ability to get things wrong and allow it to figure our for itself what is right. Behind the science, synthetics and syntax lies this main idea. To create a human, we must first realise what being a human really means. And thus, allow me to introduce Rich…