Quote Originally Posted by xspy4u View Post
Not any less human than someone who lacks a relationship with their parents.
I've known a few people who have not had a relationship with their parents. They are perfectly normal people. Their parents were abusive, bad people. They walked out and never looked back. And they are just as human as anyone else.

I disagree as I do not subscribe to tabla rosa. Many things are beyond an individual's ability to achieve - so we are at least "pre-destined" to not be certain things. And the one thing we know about this world...there is no such thing as "always" and "never."
I agree with that last line, at least. But no one is predestined either to be something or to NOT be something. We may be limited by our lack of ability, unless we can find a way around that lack. We see people all the time overcoming limitations which others thought insurmountable. People losing their legs, yet able to strap on prostheses and run races! That uncle I mentioned was "predestined" never to walk, to die before he was 20, to be a constant burden to his family. Yet he learned to walk, he is now in his mid-60's, he held a job and, while sometimes being a burden, has also sometimes been a joy to his family. All in spite of his "destiny".

Faith is belief in the absence of proof. "love for our children" may be that divine guidance you have overlooked. I think that it is the "human" qualities that we attempt to apply to the "divine" is the core reason why people stop looking.
Love for our children is a genetic imperative, a way to insure the survival of our species. And it is faith and dogma that cause people to stop looking for answers. When you declare something to be the work of God, there's no reason to search for another cause.