The origin of man and roots of his
Introduction
The man since the beginning of his existence, has always raised the question of how I get to this world. Subject that was soon associated with religion. With the birth of primitive cultures, empirical religions arrive whose objective was to give us an explanation (myths) to everything and calm our terrors and confusion fed by the ignorance of that man. At that time not all religious mysticisms who talk about the origin of man are clear, even some make the family man of the god.
Developing
It is with the passage of time, that man and religion change and begin to have more complex ideas about the origin of man, however, that idea of kinship with the God is maintained, from philosophical persuasion the affinity of the soul is derived human with divinity. In this period we can highlight myths such as the Sumerian that expresses the idea that man has been created to replace the gods at work; We also find other similar myths at that time.
In the era of Greek culture, philosophy was born and with it great thinkers like: Plato (who believed that the soul was locked in the body) Socrates and Aristotle (believed that the body was the natural headquarters of the soul). In summary, we can say that the common anthropological conception among Greek philosophers is what sees man as a being composed of a material body, heavy and inclined to passions, and of a soul, immaterial or made of a more subtle matter, which is the headquarters of its higher activities, intelligence and contemplation.
The biblical conception of man’s origin is another way of seeing our origin: in the book of Genesis: God creates man modeling him with earth and infusing him with a breath of life, typical of the human being is also the distinction of the sexes and The fact of being put in charge of all creation. But the main characteristic of him, by which he is substantially distinguished from all creatures, is to be created in the image and likeness of God. In addition, man is free, being able to obey or transgress the commandment of God.
We notice above all that man, unlike what happens in Greek philosophy, is always considered in his unity; But perhaps the most remarkable is the fact that the concept of spirit allows to express the idea of the opening of man to God. The relationship with God refers to the totality of man and is constitutive of being. The center of the anthropological conception of the Old Testament is the idea of the transcendence of man.
conclusion
In general, speaking of the biblical conception about the origin of man, we can say that currently science (so persecuted by religion in the past) has radically ruled out this thought, including in many aspects until religion itself. However, from another perspective, religion will always be necessary for the human being, because it gives us comfort, hope and faith, and helps us better cross the path of life.
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