Religion is usually defined with in the context of human kind. The "belief in and warship of something superhuman" or "the service and warship of god or the supernatural". The basis of these definitions is something more than human, human plus, the anthropomorphic "New Coke". The first eight entries for human in a thesaurus are all different variants of imperfect. One can then draw a correlation that to believe in religion is to believe in human imperfection. Nietzsches Ubernmensch, the profit Mohamed, Superman, Joseph Smith and Jesus all have one thing in common; their incapacity for failure. This is the classic "can god make a rock so heavy he can’t lift it" or, in the logic of Homer Simpson "microwave a burrito so hot he himself cannot eat it." Dose it matter? God will always win, because that is all that god is. This should not mystify us for it is not amazing, it is consistent, the same way it should not amaze you that your car is the same color every day or that Tuesday fallows Monday and proceeds Wednesday. This is not suggesting that we should be impressed with failure. Failure with consistency is just as god-like as perfection with consistency; it is not the act (failure or achievement) but the regularity of the action that establishes its superhuman status. What is remarkable is our inconsistency. I'm o.k. at life. Not exceptional, not horrible. At times I have been both. There are a lot young women, collection agencies and teachers that will attest for my capacity to drop the ball at the most inopportune moment. I almost didnt graduate college because I wouldnt do my English homework. I had my car impounded (a few months ago) because of three "fix it" tickets that ended up costing me around $2000. I have ended many relationships by seeing to return phone calls because I had forgotten to show up for some important event. I am that guy. I have also done some good. If you know me, you know that I am not absolutely worthless. I vote and volunteer. Ill help you move and buy you dinner. If you think your heart is making funny sounds I will band aid my arms around your back and suction cup my ear to your chest until we get things working right. I am consistently inconsistent, we all are. This is what makes us a little cooler than god. We will be fired, feed homeless, fail tests and lose months of our lives to the mundane. We will remember the valleys and forget the peaks. For this we win no matter what the score because we were able to experience the fear of failure and the hope of victory. It's nothing brilliant, but that is what makes it brilliant.