There is a fable about a motherless tiger cub who was adopted by goats and brought up by them to speak their language, eat their food, and, in general, believe that he was a goat.  One day a king tiger came along and when all the goats scattered in fear, the young tiger was left alone with the king tiger.  All that the young one could do in response was to bleat. 

The king tiger carried the motherless tiger to a pool and forced him to look at their reflections side by side and draw his own conclusions.  When this failed, he offered the cub his first piece of raw meat.  Truth gradually became clear.  Lashing his tail and digging his claws into the ground, the young tiger finally raised his head high and the jungle trembled at the sound of his exultant roar. 

If the tiger who thinks he is a goat could really be a goat then he would not have a problem.  So it is with human beings.  There is something we can be but will never be apart from an intimate relationship with God.