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...what he's really about is "Don't say or believe anything that will deny the animal.."
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... and I can really understand that, but another something else that i don't wish to deny myself is an understanding the true nature of the total Universe (perhaps of even more importance ?) and not choosing just a limited view on the nature of what it is to be human...

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... and "Why should we?" (try to understand) ... because we can...