Errare humanum est - or is it?

[Ciel_Rouge]

How about a different approach to this - we have become so used to it that we automatically defend others as well ourselves in this manner. HOWEVER: don't you think there is another side to this... I mean - this saying sort of encourages clumsiness and recklessness - you are human so you are clumsy and stupid anyway so don't even bother... Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that everybody who makes a mistake should be executed or that I never make mistakes or something - far from it - but don't you think this proverb is actually toxic and discourages anyone from ever striving for perfection (or near-perfection) in anything? I mean look at how clumsy and stagnant we all are in a sense - maybe becuase of the stupid proverb clinging to the back of our heads? And how about its origins? Does it not come from ancient Rome and in particular the time when it was actually beginning to rot from the head down due to infection with poisonous Christian mentality... I would be glad to learn about the origins of this. Christianity encourages stagnation, submission etc. it hates independence and self-empowerment so how about this one... Is it really "human" to be clumsy, reckless or mean or stupid or whatever - or are we made that way by religion among other things?