robinrohan
But the Christian or whatever does not believe that. He believes that everyone is monitored by God. I suppose one might say that the Christian is conceited about the entire human race, but that's not egotism
So what does it mean that you are conceited about the human race? How does this affect how you interact with your fellow man? Terrorists who sacrifice themselves on the belief that they are to be rewarded for the death of those who do not believe as they do are included in that human race you speak of? Are Transexuals ?, child molesterers?
Is everyone in your view entitled to equality in all aspects of human relationship?
Now it is true that evolution tells us that we are no more significant than a snail. (Gastronomically speaking, we are inferior to the snail--if you care for escargot). What we do or don't do matters not in the least in the long run, in the objective run. It is of no more importance than any other natural event.
Evolution does not employ significance. Significance is a matter of human convention based on comparison of one or a few aspects of an animal with others of another species. Do you beleive humans to be superior RR?
But I do find it very strange that my great-to-the-nth grandfather was a lizard, large or small. That's the part I find mind-boggling.
So you have traced your family tree back far enough to conclude what your ultimate ancestor was?
But I realize now that these people were not in science; they didn’t understand it. They didn’t understand technology; they didn’t understand their time.