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Our Divine Potential

     I look at nature and I am amazed at how balanced it is.  The life cycles of the various food pyramids feed each other and keep each other in check. It speaks to me of perfect, omniscient creation. It's not until humans involve themselves, directly or not, that things frequently fall out of harmony. And I think that speaks to the reality that humans are something more than just animal.       We certainly have a great deal of commonality with animals. We share quite a bit of DNA. The basic components that create us are pretty consistent across the board, at least for vertebrates. We have most of the same organs in quite similar placement, same general large bones, although the specific layout varies a bit. We share a lot of basic brain chemistry and instincts. Humans are animals, but we aren't just animals.     Humans aren't just animals because no other animal has the ability to both create and destroy on the scale of magnitude that ...