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 \nby Gerald A.Larue,FREE INQUIRY senior editor andprofessor emeritus of Biblical Archaeology  \nMuch of our daily life is routine.We get up in the morning.Wewash our hands and face.We eat breakfast—sometimes thesame breakfast cereal day after day.We clean our teeth.Weleave our home,and,following the same daily route,we arrive atour destination.Some will go to school;others will go to a job;and still others will have errands to run.We eat lunch,often at thesame place with the same people.In the late afternoon we gohome following a regular route.We eat dinner.We talk.We watchtelevision or we read or we do homework.Then we go to bed.Next day we follow the same routine.  \nFor many,the weekend is a time to break routine,but so oftenwhat we do on the weekend is what we did the last weekend!Ofcourse,there will always be some variations in our routines,but,for the most part,we are truly creatures of habit.  \nBoring?Maybe not.  \nThere is nothing particularly wrong with habits,especiallywhen they are good and healthful habits.For example,the stu-dent who walks to school or rides a bike is getting the exerciseso important for healthy growth.The person who pays attentionto what he or she eats and focuses on a healthy diet also con-tributes to good health.Regular check-ups with the doctor anddentist are equally important.  \nThere are some people who become impatient with routinesbecause they assume that routines tend to blunt the opportunityto develop new ideas.We get stuck in ruts.But even that is notnecessarily true.At times,something as routine as attendingclasses can provide the opportunity for new insights and forsocial and intellectual growth that go far beyond what is found inthe textbooks.And when these insights come,they often impacton us in ways that can be life changing.  \nMy friend David Alexander,who wrote Star Trek Creator,theauthorized biography of Gene Roddenberry,shared the following\"impact\"story with me.He wrote:  \nIt was in my junior year in high school that John Goddard came tolecture.A world-class explorer,Goddard had made his living by  \nT H E N E W S L E TT E R O F T H E S E C ULA R FAMIL Y N ET W O RK  \nSuperhumanism  \nby Robert M.Price,professor of Biblical Criticism atthe Center for Inquiry Institute  \nMy favorite philosopher,Friedrich Nietzsche,looked forward tothe coming of what he called the Superman.He meant,I think,a new type of human being who would live up to the full humanpotential,who will decide for himself(and herself)about thereal meaning of life and choose standards of right and wrong.This Superman would throw off all the chains that have boundmost of us for the whole history of humanitySome of thestrongest are the chains that religion has clamped on the mindsof men and women,telling us not to think for ourselves,tellingus to believe whatever the church says without evidence ordoubt.Scientific knowledge has always had to fight against reli-gion's threats that to know too much is to forfeit salvation andto go to hell.The Superman s the courageous human beingwho will laugh at such empty and childish threats,and who willhave the daring to pursue the truth wherever it leads.  \n'l bet you have not been able to read this far without thinkingof the comic book character Superman,Kal-el from the planetKrypton,just as no one can now hear the William Tell Overturewithout thinking of The Lone Ranger,since most of us heard thatgreat piece of music for the first time when it was used as thetheme music for the masked man's TV show.And why not?TheLone Ranger is just as much a genuine hero as William Tell,eventhough probably neither one of them actually existed as historicalfigures.And it is just as appropriate to think of the KryptonianSuperman when we read of Nietzsche's Superman.That'sbecause one is a great symbol for the other.  \nlam thinking of a favorite Superman comic book I read back in1967.In it,Superman has to defeat an enemy with powers equalto his own.He is twice Superman's height with a flaming red","cbCaiqJwUmNED0v8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqJwUmNED0v8","pdf",2182954,"English","# Impact\n## Habits and routine\n## When routines enable insight\n## “Superman” as symbol","[{\"question\":\"Why does the essay challenge the idea that routines are always boring?\",\"answer\":\"It contends that habits are often beneficial and that routines can create opportunities for new insights, social growth, and intellectual development.\"},{\"question\":\"What examples does the text use to show that habits can be healthful?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights walking or biking to school, focusing on healthy eating, and getting regular check-ups with doctors and dentists.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the essay connect Nietzsche’s Superman to cultural references like comic characters?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that readers naturally associate Nietzsche’s Superman with familiar heroes, treating each as a powerful symbol for the other.\"}]","Impact - Superhumanism | PDF",1790674705,11]