How in the world does this raise or lower our standards? I've heard similar arguments before. In fact, we have a long history of people arguing for exceptional

How in the world does this raise or lower our standards? I've heard similar arguments before. In fact, we have a long history of people arguing for exceptionalism, only to find that those views are not worth believing. We should not grant voting rights to women because rather than elevating their position it will lower the exceptional position of men. We should not grant freedom to black slaves because rather than elevate their position it will lower the exceptional position of white people. Atheists and apostates reject the the behavioral code set by divine sources and think that humans are mere animals, not exceptional beings endowed by divine sources as good stewards of the Earth. They abdicate responsibility so must be punished. We are at the center of the universe, and those who say the Earth revolves around the Sun are trying to destroy our exceptional place in the cosmos. Your argument sounds equally as faulty as those sketches.