Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, abantu baba inkolo. (Umuntu angase aphikise ngokuthi kungaleso sikhathi lapho okhokho bethu baba khona ngempela abantu.) Mhlawumbe ngaphambi kwalokho babekhathazeke kuphela ngezinto ezingokoqobo, ezingokwenyama ezifana nokudla nokukhwelana nokusinda. Kodwa kukhona okwenzekayo. Baqala ukuba nemibono engokomoya. Kunezindawo zemivubukulo lapho abantu bangcwatshwa khona nempahla yethuna - cishe okubonisa ukukholelwa kokuphila kwangemva kokufa - okweminyaka eyi-100,000 edlule. Futhi, baqopha imifanekiso yezidalwa ezicatshangelwayo -- ingxenye yomuntu, ingxenye yesilwane.
Lezi ntuthuko emphakathini wesintu zibonwa - ngabavubukuli kanye nezazi ze-anthropologists - njengentuthuko. Umqondo womuntu wawusuthuthuke kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lapho wawungase ube nokuqaphela okwengeziwe okungokomoya.
Qhathanisa lokho nanamuhla. Manje, ukukholelwa ezintweni ezingokoqobo zikamoya abantu abaningi bakubheka njengento ehlehlele emuva; into okufanele ihlehliswe yizingqondo ezingokoqobo, zomzimba, nezesayensi.
Ngakho-ke, kwakuyini - isigaba esidlulayo manje esingase sihlukane naso? Noma intuthuko yangempela, yamanzi esiyidingayo, kodwa esizibeka engcupheni yokulahlekelwa?
(Futhi zibuze... iScrewtape ingathanda ukuthi ucabangeni?)
