Crush Puny American Burger!
I would like to draw everyone's attention to first, the sidebar, where I added my life rating, which I am quite fond of, thankyouverymuch. Then, scroll all the way to the bottom to witness my ultimate impurity! I would like to point out that Peter's score was aproximately 93%. Additionally, Adnan has promised me that he would obtain for me a copy of the Kama Sutra, which will further reinforce my belief that I am a sexual tyrannasaur.
So, as I was reading blogs, the young miss "fiery resurrection bird" prompted me to dig up my Alpha Centauri Quotebook and skim through it. I noticed one of my favorite quotes from the game (ironically, another Nietzsche quote from "Thus Spoke Zarathrusta")
"Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks--those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Thus Spoke Zarathustra"
It makes me think about the statement, "playing God..." Was is it such a bad thing to tamper with the duties of creation? Popular culture is rife with films, novels, and general colloquiolisms about the dangers of meddling with this divine right. Why is the thought of an artificially concieved child so horrifying? One that is born from the copied DNA of another healthy, productive, and admirable citizen of human society. Here's another Alpha Centauri quote along those lines (please note that Chariman Sheng-ji Yang is a fictional character and he and his work "Dynamics of Mind" do not really exist, but I find the quote provocative nonetheless)
"We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?"
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang
"Dynamics of Mind"
I am not a religious person; hell, I don't even think I'm all that spiritual. I behold the wonders of nature and life and creation, and I hold it in the utmost respect. So much that I want to emulate, like a child that looks upon a parent or older sibling and is so impressed they strive to achieve what they percieve to be only something better. In reaching for divinity, we may find that it will always be out of our reach, but then again, isn't that the point? Shouldn't mankind remain humble in the face of all creation, yet still strive for greatness, because it is the struggle itself that forges beauty, genius, and all of the ambiguous ideals we assign to our precious humanity.
Does God look for hordes of worshipping livestock, or does He wish for an equal, something to compare His own work against. Like I said, I'm not religious, so, I can't really imagine how any diety would feel. Then again, maybe that's half the battle anyway.
