Alas, akenaton, the book on "natural laws" has been ripped up, re-written, changed and changed again by Homo sapiens, much for their own benefit at any given time in history. I firmly believe there is far more 'nature; in Mankind than Mankind wishes to acknowledge sometimes.

The murder of children is not uncommon in nature, for instance, especially when they are not your own children. Infanticide is rife in many social animal communities, as is rape. I am not putting forward an argumjent here for accepting these things but I am saying that what seems unnatural often is just the opposite. We would hope that Mankind is moving away from such things and evolving ways now not to do such 'natural' acts.

Bill D hits the nail on the head when he says it is not easy being human BUT, given the alternatives, I suspect it is easier for us than it is for many animal species. We probably are the only species on Earth that can presently change their future (and that of other animals) for the better. Whether we chose to do so I believe will depend on developing some of our better traits such as showing compassion and treating others (other species too) humanely and symbiotically almost.

I remember in the film "Contact" the line, "You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other"

How true is that?

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