You know that song "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles? Of course you do ;) But have you ever thought about how true those words really are? In my Sociology of Religion class last week my instructor started teaching us about the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche...interesting man he was. His philosophy was basically that we are all animals and should behave like them, and should not condemn evil practices because really and truly evil does not exist. Evil is something we human beings have made up, and that natural instincts have over many many years become immoral or evil acts. For example, you wouldn't say that an animal killing another animal is evil would you? Isn't it just another act of nature? Nietzsche, I might also add, was a very respectful man; he respected Jesus Christ and what he stood for, and simply did not believe that Jesus was the Son of God.
Nietzsche might have had a point...if I believed that all we humans really are is animals...no different than our own pets. One might say that it is possible that society has changed us over the years, and that the only difference between human beings and other animals is that people have created moral values or societal rules that go against the grain of nature, keeping us one step ahead of any animal on the planet. My question to this is simply..."What is it then that lies inside of us human beings which makes us feel the need to create these moral boundaries if there is no real need for them?" Now you may have a different answer than mine. And if you do, that is completely fine, and I respect whatever that may be.
But my answer is simply....our souls.
They thirst for something more. Something bigger than ourselves. Something bigger than this world. Our souls are the difference between us and the animals of this earth. They are what set us apart. They were given to us for that very reason. We were made to wonder "What does it all mean?". We were created to live for something bigger than ourselves. We were made to search for something...or really someone. We were DESIGNED to crave our own creator. And because of this...we were created to live a life filled with the love of our creator.
Love is a beautiful thing if you think about it. It means being vulnerable, and trusting one another. Some, like Nietzsche, might say "Why do we need love?". And my answer to that is simply...Love is what will allow us all to survive with one another. Refusing it is what will destroy us.
We were designed to live in love because we were designed by Love itself.
Nietzsche might have had a point...if I believed that all we humans really are is animals...no different than our own pets. One might say that it is possible that society has changed us over the years, and that the only difference between human beings and other animals is that people have created moral values or societal rules that go against the grain of nature, keeping us one step ahead of any animal on the planet. My question to this is simply..."What is it then that lies inside of us human beings which makes us feel the need to create these moral boundaries if there is no real need for them?" Now you may have a different answer than mine. And if you do, that is completely fine, and I respect whatever that may be.
But my answer is simply....our souls.
They thirst for something more. Something bigger than ourselves. Something bigger than this world. Our souls are the difference between us and the animals of this earth. They are what set us apart. They were given to us for that very reason. We were made to wonder "What does it all mean?". We were created to live for something bigger than ourselves. We were made to search for something...or really someone. We were DESIGNED to crave our own creator. And because of this...we were created to live a life filled with the love of our creator.
Love is a beautiful thing if you think about it. It means being vulnerable, and trusting one another. Some, like Nietzsche, might say "Why do we need love?". And my answer to that is simply...Love is what will allow us all to survive with one another. Refusing it is what will destroy us.
We were designed to live in love because we were designed by Love itself.
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