What makes us human? is it our weaknesses? Our sins? No. Our immortal souls that have a rational intellect and a free will are what makes us human and what makes us created in the image and likeness of God. Those who claim that the sinlessness (also called impeccability) of Christ makes him less human are incorrect because it is not the ability to sin that constitutes human nature. The ability to reason and to make freewill decisions is human. Animals act out of instinct and computers operate on programming. Only human beings can reason and make moral choices that re either good or evil. Jesus' inability to sin does not diminish or negate His humanity or human nature or even His human free will. As Pope John Paul the Great once said, "Freedom is not license." It is not the ability to do anything you want, but the opportunity to do what you ought to do - the power to do the right thing for the right reason.
- From The Catholicism Answer Book, answering Question 36 "Could Jesus sin?"
Aiyah, being human not just about sinning what. Running away from irritating people, laughing at Sid the Sloth, spending my meagre income on a present when i know i won't get one back, feeling like dying while pushing the bike cause someone puncture the wheel, writing strange remarks in other people's blogs...quite like being human...
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