Not really. "What do you think it means to be human" is a reflective question. You jumped to the conclusion about what a human being is. Once you do that, you closed off all possibilities to being human, and lock the question's focus on your definition of a human being.
You believe that you are what you have read in a science book.
@sree251 I don't have faith in science; I trust it. That's where people like you make the mistake of thinking that science is a religion. It's not - it's the opposite of a religion.
I took the question at face value and answered it according to my own opinion. All you did was turn it around and ask the OP to provide his own definition of being human, I suppose just so you could disagree with him.
Why aren't you willing to allow people to speak for themselves instead of putting words in their mouth? Maybe you should log off SW and just ask yourself the question and answer it without involving yourself here.
I don't have faith in science; I trust it. That's where people like you make the mistake of thinking that science is a religion. It's not - it's the opposite of a religion.
If someone tells me that he doesn't have faith in Jesus but he trusts him, what would I make of that weirdo? Does he even know what he is saying?
Science is based as much on doctrines as Christianity is. A doctrine is a set of beliefs. The word comes from the Latin doctor for “teacher,” so think of a doctrine as the teachings of a school, religion, political group, or intellectuals in the field.
A belief is a fact, a living truth to the believer. Do you believe in time, space, and mass? None of these so-called absolutes of science can be verified without the senses. In other words, they are subjective and dependent on the observer, namely you, the asinine killer of people.
I took the question at face value and answered it according to my own opinion. All you did was turn it around and ask the OP to provide his own definition of being human, I suppose just so you could disagree with him.
The OP did not provide an opinion. You answered his question according to your own opinion of what it means to be a human being as defined by science.
I did not ask the OP to provide his own definition of being human. It would be the intelligent thing to do: clarify, to avoid putting your foot in your mouth.
@sree251 You literally asked him what his definition of human is.
He was asking an open-ended question. You can define "human" any way you want. If it's too vague for you, put up your own post where you ask the question in a specific way to get the answers you want.
You literally asked him what his definition of human is.
I did. "The Closing of the American Mind" is a book written by Allan Bloom. We Americans are mentally dead.
One can't tell if he is asking an open-ended question. After all, what else can a human be? But his question in the OP seemed loaded.
He was asking an open-ended question.
Was he? He has not contributed to this thread and had not engaged in discussion.
You can define "human" any way you want. If it's too vague for you, put up your own post where you ask the question in a specific way to get the answers you want.
I don't think anyone here is capable of defining "human" different from what science has decreed.
My answer to his question would depend on his definition of "human".
