If there is no God, we are surely puppets of nature, without human rights, choice of bride, or even extra chilli. But we have it all.
Without human rights. Right to life, among many other, are most important. If there is no God, there is no such thing, for life is not a choice, but a condition arbitrarily imposed to us, without anyone's consent, particularly parents. Life would not be beautiful, for we surely will live in despair, for our morals will only entrap us. But morals are flowers of our love towards God and others.
Choice of bride. When we will to live together, we, man and woman, choose, and this choice depends on free will. If you do not will it, it is not a true marriage. You are married only when you consent. Against this view is utilitarianism. Utilitarianism holds that marriage is about its functions, its fruits, its use to the person involved and to persons around. Such a view views man and woman as something which can be used, i.e. tools. In this case, it is to the society. It is true that families are supporting society. But it must be consented, and must be loving instead of using.
Back to the topic, putting these considerations together, it must be done either through free will, or through nature. But if it is to be through nature, it lost its meaning, for it is without incentive. It does not hold any promise but scientific ones. Scientific incentive fails for it does not account for anything human. Human can be watered down to nature, but nature cannot rise by itself. No monkey can love, they only know how to reproduce. They do add to nature, but not to each other. What is added is the inner life of the soul. You can give a monkey book, but he will surely not read it, for they do not care. They do not know. But a human wants to know, even that which is not related to his everyday life. For example, “kepo” is a human thing.
Chill. When you added chilli to your hot dog, you will to add either: as much as you like, as much as you can handle, or just add a little to the taste. When in nature, however, they do not care. They only care about: can this feed me? Can it chill me? They also do not care about taste. They only care whether this was fish, or meat, or plants. All they care about is nourishment fitting with their nature. But only human wills to eat junk food, or food in excess and luxury, for example, our hot dog.
You may say that pet animals eat junks too. You may say that they, just like us, are one step closer to civilisation. But only a man can retain a bad habit, despite conditions. A pig which escaped the farm will become just like their wild brethren. But humans do not, sometimes. Some would wish for hot dogs out there in the nature. That is why a certain mountain in Indonesia are littered with trash. We change nature, even natural creatures. That is true, animals do not change by itself, we did it. We tame animals. No animals became tame by itself.
Therefore since we have it all, that is related to a person, then we must be personal indeed. We are not tests or accidents. Although accidents are said to make babies, we are not spawns. We have dignity from the very start. We are not part of nature, in the sense of level. We are one step above, but only to see clearly. We are humans, and we always desire to see. But what do we seek? Do we seek our own destruction in fierce suicide? Or do we seek life, even in this earth?
You can pierce the waters,
But will its secrets be open to you?
You can cleave an oxen heart,
Read it, as if we had eyes that soars to the future,
But will you taste the delicious meal?
Or will we continue to observe,
Just like the Pharisees with the law,
Without taking part with the soul?
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