We are, at this stage of human knowledge, merely myths created by religion. Viewed scientifically, the death of a human being is of no more significance than that of any other animal on earth. Superior human intelligence is no mark of divinity. Empirically, it reveals a superior savagery. No other animal on earth is so inclined to slaughter it own kind in regular global conflicts, apparently subject to the Orwellian expedient that some people are made more in the image of God than others.
The Moores Murderer, Ian Brady.