For those with deep belief in a creator, we have a soul that is unique to being human

[BidenPresident]

According to the major monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—humans have a special nature and destiny, different from and superior to those of other animals. Created by a divine power, humans resemble it in not belonging entirely to the natural world. They exercise a freedom of will no other animal possesses and, thanks to the afterlife, are exempt from mortality.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/202...-body-problem/

[BidenPresident]

As Melanie Challenger writes in How to Be Animal:

For those with deep belief in a creator, we have a soul that is unique to the human body. For secular humanist thinkers, we have soul-like mental powers that are unique to the human brain. Each is a reason for why humans aren’t truly animals. At least, not in any crucial way.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/202...-body-problem/

[Matt Dillon]

As Melanie Challenger writes in How to Be Animal:

For those with deep belief in a creator, we have a soul that is unique to the human body. For secular humanist thinkers, we have soul-like mental powers that are unique to the human brain. Each is a reason for why humans aren’t truly animals. At least, not in any crucial way.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/202...-body-problem/

Secular people do not believe in Divine power. Yes, God gave human beings dominion over animals. That doesn't mean that power should be abused. You secular humanists do not have power like people that follow the Creator's path.


By your own hubris, you don't and will not understand the inner workings of this world we are all in.

It's all been laid out in you know..The Bible. IF you paid attention.

[BidenPresident]

Secular people do not believe in Divine power. Yes, God gave human beings dominion over animals. That doesn't mean that power should be abused. You secular humanists do not have power like people that follow the Creator's path.


By your own hubris, you don't and will not understand the inner workings of this world we are all in.

It's all been laid out in you know..The Bible. IF you paid attention.

I am not a secular humanist.

[Hawkeye10]

I am not a secular humanist.

Do you have a point or is this all about stirring the shit?

[BidenPresident]

Do you have a point or is this all about stirring the shit?

Get lost you goddam stupid piece of shit.

[ThatOwlWoman]

According to the major monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—humans have a special nature and destiny, different from and superior to those of other animals. Created by a divine power, humans resemble it in not belonging entirely to the natural world. They exercise a freedom of will no other animal possesses and, thanks to the afterlife, are exempt from mortality.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/202...-body-problem/

But of course we have no way of knowing if this is true, since we -- despite our belief in ourselves as Earth's superior species -- have yet to figure out how to communicate with other species to the extent that we can discuss such philosophical concepts.

Elephants place grass and leaves and branches over one of their kin who has passed. They return to that spot and pay homage there. I have seen corvids do the same; they even attended a "funeral" that I gave for one of their kin who was hit by a car. If they have both the emotional connection to other beings and the conception of death as we do, who can say that their spirits are not as we imagine ours to be?

I know that they are.

[Hawkeye10]

Get lost you goddam stupid piece of shit.

Your emotional response is interesting.

[BidenPresident]

But of course we have no way of knowing if this is true, since we -- despite our belief in ourselves as Earth's superior species -- have yet to figure out how to communicate with other species to the extent that we can discuss such philosophical concepts.

Elephants place grass and leaves and branches over one of their kin who has passed. They return to that spot and pay homage there. I have seen corvids do the same; they even attended a "funeral" that I gave for one of their kin who was hit by a car. If they have both the emotional connection to other beings and the conception of death as we do, who can say that their spirits are not as we imagine ours to be?
I know that they do.

Descartes said that animals do not have reason. There are a lot of humans who do not have reason. Bad argument.

[Matt Dillon]

But of course we have no way of knowing if this is true, since we -- despite our belief in ourselves as Earth's superior species -- have yet to figure out how to communicate with other species to the extent that we can discuss such philosophical concepts.

Elephants place grass and leaves and branches over one of their kin who has passed. They return to that spot and pay homage there. I have seen corvids do the same; they even attended a "funeral" that I gave for one of their kin who was hit by a car. If they have both the emotional connection to other beings and the conception of death as we do, who can say that their spirits are not as we imagine ours to be?
I know that they do.

You have no way of knowing what's true because you're full of bullshit. Others notsomuch.

Just look at ya, equating animals to human beings, Get real, puta!

Do I think it's wrong to take elephants you're not going to eat? Absolutely!


Do I think it's wrong to take them to feed people? No.

Wtf is a Corvid?

[BidenPresident]

Your emotional response is interesting.

Trolling is for dimwits. Is that how you see yourself?

[BidenPresident]

You have no way of knowing what's true because you're full of bullshit. Others notsomuch.

Just look at ya, equating animals to human beings, Get real, puta!

^^God fearing soul calling a woman a whore.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Descartes said that animals do not have reason. There are a lot of humans who do not have reason. Bad argument.

It's pretty easy to choose an attribute, assign random meaning to it, then declare that it's only possessed by oneself and maybe a few other enlightened, special beings.

[ThatOwlWoman]

You have no way of knowing what's true because you're full of bullshit. Others notsomuch.

Just look at ya, equating animals to human beings, Get real, puta!

Do I think it's wrong to take elephants you're not going to eat? Absolutely!

Do I think it's wrong to take them to feed people? No.

Well, isn't that a special response by a short bus-riding loser?

[BidenPresident]

It's pretty easy to choose an attribute, assign random meaning to it, then declare that it's only possessed by oneself and maybe a few other enlightened, special beings.

The distinction between animals and humans was reason, for Descartes. Thus animals only had instinct. But where does instinct come from? Nature? Where does reason come from? God?