“This doesn’t seem to be a part of standard Christian or Jewish theology,”
~Actually even if there is no outright statement in the Bible, through the years, it is commonly accepted that human supremacy is stated in Genesis 1:26 - “Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image’”. Man is created in God’s image—making him superior to all. Also in Gen. 3:22 - “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil”. Man is like a God—the only difference is that they are not immortal.
Not necessarily my opinion, just what I believe the theology says, and what I have heard from theist friends that the theology says.
that is sad—I know a friend in rural Nebraska who is in a similar predicament (college) and he says if it wasn’t for LW, he might have just concluded that people were just un-awesome.
It is sad that demographics limits potential awesome-seekers. That is another reason why I admire Eliezer so much for making this online community.