The Animal I Haven't Become

In my last post I talked about the necessity of morality for a society to function normally. For a society to function normally; it is necessary for all people, particularly leaders, to exhibit some degree of self-restraint. If they don't, then the whole society descends into some twisted coalescence of anarchy and statism. We observed this in the USSR, Cuba, Egypt, and Pakistan.

And so the question is, why is this significant? Or IS it significant?

I think it is, and for this reason: Humans are the only beings on earth where we observe this phenomenon. With regard to every animal on earth, dogs, horses, wild cats, etc; the only thing that benefits me and mine is for me to be the biggest, baddest, meanest, one in the pack.

There is one exception to this; and that is the phenomenon of symbiosis. In symbiosis, what we see is two individual members of separate species working together to benefit each other. And this is a phenomenon that we observe with humans too, though with us it is across multiple species. We provide a dog with a home, food, and water; he provides us with joy. We provide a horse with corn cobs, sugar cubes, a stable, and in turn he works for us. In doing this, it benefits us to be kind to others.

But it is significant this is a cross-species occurrence. With the exception of immediate family, (and in many cases not even then) We do not observe an intraspecies Luke 6:38 (For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you) phenomenon anywhere in nature. Humans are the only beings to exhibit this trait.

Nowhere else do we observe a relational trait that is unique to that kind. There is nothing unique in the way that cats relate to other cats, lizards to other lizards, flies to flies; what have you. Humans are the only beings in the universe that are unique in the way we relate to each other.

This is significant. Evolutionarily; this makes absolutely no sense. If you subscribe to the theory of evolution, only the strong survive; and it seems an unlikely branch on the evolutionary tree to suddenly evolve caring and kindness for the other members of your species as opposed to only you and yours. So why is this? Why is this a reality for the human race?

The answer comes in two parts:
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

 Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Put another way, God is in charge, and this is the way that He designed reality. With all the facts laid out in the previous post and this one; it seems that this is the logical conclusion.

Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,”
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.