Nature of Human Beings

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NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS

FROM THE RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES

By:

Nabilah and aida


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DEFINITION OF HUMAN

BEING FROM BIOLOGY


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Biologists classify human beings as Homo

sapiens (Latin for knowing man), a

primate species of mammal with a highlydeveloped brain, belonging to the family

of great apes, along with chimpanzees,

gorillas, and orangutans .


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Theologizes describe human beings in

spiritual terms, using various concepts of

soul which, in religion, are understood inrelation to divine powers or beings; in

mythology, they are also often contrasted

with other humanoid races.


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DEFINITION OF HUMANFROM ISLAMIC

PERSPECTIVES


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Man was created by Allah SWT. Human

beings were created from the essence of

land. Then they become nutfah, alaqah,dan mudgah. Human being is the perfect

creatures that have ever made and have

varieties of abilities. Therefore, peoplemust be grateful for the gift that God has

given.


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THE CREATION OF HUMAN BEING

THROUGH THE WESTERN

PERSPECTIVE

(by: Charles Darwin)


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Darwin's evolution theory says that life

originated from non life. It further goes on to

say that the complex creatures that form a

part of this Earth developed from simpleancestors over a period of time.

To put it in other words the evolution of man

by random genetic mutation inside anorganism's genetic code causes the

preservation of beneficial mutations.


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This is done since beneficial mutations

help survival. As time passes these

mutations are passed on from onegeneration to another slowly resulting in

the accumulation of mutations and the

formation of an organism that is entirelydifferent from what it was.


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Darwin theorized that life on Earth sprang forth

through the random events such as lightning strikes

onto fertile materials, causing cells to spring into life,

reproduce and mutate.

Darwin believed that this process took billions of

years to happen. Simple life forms slowly over time,

became more and more complex. According to the

theory, evolution continues constantly, although the

changes are so small as to go virtually unnoticed.


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Charles Darwin theorized that life forms

able to adapt to changing environmental

conditions do so, and the others die out.This ensures that only those best able to

adapt pass their genetics onto the next

generation, resulting in a stronger lifeform.


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THE CREATION OF HUMANBEING FROM THE BUDDHIST

PERSPECTIVE


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The later puranic view asserts that theuniverse is created, destroyed, and re-created

in an eternally repetitive series of cycles.

In Hindu cosmology, a universe endures for

about 4,320,000,000 years (one day of

Brahma, the creator or kalpa) and is thendestroyed by fire or water elements. At thispoint, Brahma rests for one night, just as long

as the day.


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This process, named pralaya (Cataclysm),

repeats for 100 Brahma years (311 trillion, 40

billion human years) that represents Brahma's

lifespan. It must be noted that Brahma is the

creator but not necessarily regarded as God in

Hinduism. He is mostly regarded as a demigod

or devata.


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THE CREATION OF HUMANBEING ACCORDING TO

ROMAN


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The living organisms could arise suddenly and

spontaneously from any kind of non-living matter.

One of the firm believers in spontaneous

generation was Aristotle, the Greek philosopher(384-322 BC)

He believed that dead leaves falling from a tree

into a pond would transform into fishes and

those falling on soil would transform into wormsand insects. He also held that some insectsdevelop from morning dew and rotting manure


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He also held that some insects develop from

morning dew and rotting manure

Egyptians believed that mud of the Nile rivercould spontaneously give rise to many forms

of life. The idea of spontaneous generation

was popular almost till seventeenth century.

Many scientists like Descartes, Galileo and

Helmont supported this idea


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In fact, Von Helmont went to the extent

stating that he had prepared a 'soup' from

which he could spontaneously generate rats!

The 'soup' consisted of a dirty cloth soaked in

water with a handful of wheat grains. Helmont

stated that if human sweat is added as an

'active principle' to this, in just 17 days, itcould generate rats!


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The theory of Spontaneous Generation was

disproved in the course of time due to the

experiment conducted by Fransisco Redi,

(1665), Spallanzani (1765) and later by Louis

Pasteur (1864) in his famous Swan neck

experiment. This theory was disapproved, as

scientists gave definite proof that life comesfrom pre-existing life.


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THE HUMAN CREATION

FROM THE TORAH

(GENESIS)


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Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, afterour likeness; and let them have dominion over the fishof the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over thecattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping

thing that creeps upon the earth." 27 So God createdman in his own image, in the image of God he createdhim; male and female he created them. 28 And Godblessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful andmultiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have

dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds ofthe air and over every living thing that moves upon theearth." 29


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And God said, "Behold, I have given you everyplant yielding seed which is upon the face of allthe earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit;you shall have them for food. 30 And to everybeast of the earth, and to every bird of the air,and to everything that creeps on the earth,everything that has the breath of life, I have givenevery green plant for food." And it was so. 31 And

God saw everything that he had made, andbehold, it was very good. And there was eveningand there was morning, a sixth day.

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