Saw this the other day and Timmy's story made me think back to it:
"Why wouldn’t God have a unique purpose for every created soul? Why create replica souls? What does it do to the value of one soul if God were to issue a replica with which it could be replaced?
What makes a soul special is its irreplaceable uniqueness—the more in touch with your own soul you become, the more your unique insights, talents, aptitudes, etc can be rendered into works that no one but you could create. If God made you to be one-of-a-kind, then how could it be otherwise?
Modern society treats human beings, more or less, as if they were replaceable parts of a machine, rather than unique beings whose essence can never be replicated precisely because it prejudicially denies all concepts related to teleology and metaphysics. The fact that psychopaths ALSO view human beings as mere objects—as accessories or obstacles to their own purposes, and nothing more—is highly significant."
Saw this the other day and Timmy's story made me think back to it:
"Why wouldn’t God have a unique purpose for every created soul? Why create replica souls? What does it do to the value of one soul if God were to issue a replica with which it could be replaced?
What makes a soul special is its irreplaceable uniqueness—the more in touch with your own soul you become, the more your unique insights, talents, aptitudes, etc can be rendered into works that no one but you could create. If God made you to be one-of-a-kind, then how could it be otherwise?
Modern society treats human beings, more or less, as if they were replaceable parts of a machine, rather than unique beings whose essence can never be replicated precisely because it prejudicially denies all concepts related to teleology and metaphysics. The fact that psychopaths ALSO view human beings as mere objects—as accessories or obstacles to their own purposes, and nothing more—is highly significant."