What exactly is humanity? what does it mean to be human?

Question

many people have been to be considered monsters, people have been considered evil and children have been called devil child or simply demons. the definition of a demon is considered an evil spirit, so if an evil person died he is then logically a demon. some speculate that god is human, just super, more powerful, smarter and evolved, humans are the image of god, so infact we would be the evolutionary stage before god, awaiting perfection. however most media, such as tv shows and magazines show humans becoming demons from a lack of humanity, such as the tv show supernatural, h**l supposedly burns away ones humanity and they then result in becoming a demon, in hellraiser, h**l is what turns a person into a demon.

what does it then mean to be a demon, what exactly is it that is humanity for us to lose. what exactly makes us human?

Answer 1

Humans can both be evil and good, Deamons are not and cannot be human. Humans are human becuase of the way that they look (biped, natural skin tones etc) and becuase of specific personality and community traits such as love, hate, determination and hope. The ability to plan thier future and reflect on things sets them apart from the other animals on earth and makes them human.

Answer 2

What makes a fly a fly?

Notice you are dealing with subjective concepts such as evil and good. "logically" your whole idea is fundamentally flawed.  

Answer 3

Our beautiful emotional capacity makes us human.  No other species is like us.

Answer 4

Ironically, the humanity can be fully described by the sentence "One world; one dream".- the slogan of Beijing 2008 Olympic.

" One world" is about achieving the harmony of co-existence.

"One dream" is about sharing the vision and achieving the vision together. This One dream would be a problem to American because it reminded them on the Dr. Martin Luther Kings.

In fact, "One world; one dream" is a good summary for the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther Kings.