Human being
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Human being is a term for a human that empasizes the role of a human not merely as a social animal, but a thinking person. Human beings were created in the image of God, according to Judaism and Christianity. "Male and female He created them." (Genesis 1)
Scientists, educators, philosphers, and sociologists who embrace the perspective of philosophical naturalism deliberately overlook man's spiritual nature, and methodogical naturalism deliberately overlooks the possibility that human nature is dictated, controlled, or influenced by any influences that cannot be measured.
Academic scholarship related to human beings falls under any of the following fields of study, which collectively are known as the "social sciences":