(October 31, 2017 at 8:47 am)Brian37 Wrote: Our species behaviors are not handed down to us from above, nor are they in old mythology.
Unfortunately cruelty and force can and do work in evolution. But just as much so does compassion and cooperation.
I think the more humans that view our behaviors as in us, and not handed down to us, the more we can see ourselves as being the same species and not a separate species.
Every nation worldwide has both hospitals and prisons.
The "coming from above" idea, is a limitation to the abilities of God in my opinion. I know it's a metaphor; but our DNA does ensure what behaviors and abilities we will have; our future actions are written in every cell we have in our bodies.
