Look at me, I'm human

I'm as human as human can be. I've been thinking more about The Moviegoer, which has somehow burrowed under my skin, swam through my arteries, and somehow lodged itself in my brain. Somehow, Percy is able to bring up the topic of sin in a nonreligious sense; he seems to insist that violation of ethics is also sin. He also says that we're human because we sin.

But I'm wondering, are we human because we sin, or do we sin because we're human?

If agreement with the former half of that thought is the ethical position, then it seems that agreement with the latter half must be the religious position. It seems that we have a coin on which ethics makes up one side and religion the other. Which is right? Toss the coin. I haven't a clue.

All I know is that I'm a human and I sin. I'm a liar, a hypocrite, an idolater, a manipulator, and a ne'er-do-well. Can you expect me to be any better than that, though? I know I've disappointed my fair share of people recently, but remember that you are no different than I. Don't hold me to standards neither your nor I can ever meet; to do so would be illogical and cruel.

That said, I won't lament the fact that I'm human. It sucks, but there's a lot of us to bear the shame.

I know it's been a while since I posted. I won't say that I'm going to be more regular, but I want to. Tempus narrabit.

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