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Humans = Animals?; Religious Topic *WARNING*
Topic Started: Nov 3 2005, 08:04 PM (557 Views)
Curry
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My sister has a way of thinking that you're not a pure Christian unless you think that humans are not animals, but rather special creations of 'God'. Do you think like this, or do you think there is proof that humans are indeed animals?
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cwetheri
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Humans are obviously animals, I mean just because we may have a higher brain capacity and opposible thumbs doesn't excuse the fact that we are merely just animals. Take a look at our ancestors for instance, primates, a.k.a. animals. In all honesty, thinking that we are not animals is merely self-centered, egocentric, and just plain idiotic.
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Curry
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She does not believe that we evolved from primates, so telling her to look at our ancestors would be pointless.
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cwetheri
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Well, I still stand by my statement that it is merely self-centered, egocentric, and just plain idiotic.
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Yes, we are animals. If I recall god made everything, including animals. What makes us so different? Unless there's a reason to her thinking this, then you can't really convince her elsewise.

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i agree, humans are animals, we evolved from primates. all because we have a higher brain capacity, does not make us different from primate, or any other type of animal.
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Humans, without any question at all whatsoever, are animals. They are part of the "Animalia" kingdom after all, so they are classified as animals.
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I'm not Christian, but I still think we are special, animals, but nonetheless very special ^^
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Charlo
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It's hard to believe that anybody could think that humans are not animals. We share a lot of characteristics with animals. Anybody who says Humans are not animals obviously does not grasp the concept of "logic".
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i dont think that anyone will ever proove we are not animals or if we are :/ no one can ever know, animals might think we are animals and they are not :P
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Nov 3 2005, 04:04 PM
My sister has a way of thinking that you're not a pure Christian unless you think that humans are not animals, but rather special creations of 'God'. Do you think like this, or do you think there is proof that humans are indeed animals?

Your sister is taking this from scripture in the Bible in the book of Genesis. God created all of the animals. (If you read through the story of creation, it happened in a span of 6 days. He created different things each day.) He created humans last. Humans were created above all of the other animals, and were made very special, because unlike the other animals - we are created in God's image. This means that we have a body, a soul, and a spirit.

This does not mean that we aren't animals - but like Myr said, we are very special nonetheless.
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John
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Humans are animals. :/
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I beleive we are animals, but with much higher brain capacity and therefore are special.
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We are animals that had a little bit of luck and mentally evolved (Not physically, just one person discovered what all other animals didn't.)

We are animals. I do not believe in evolution.
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I'm sorry, I just can't grasp the logic of that statement, Shroud. Hypothetical scenario;

All the animals, including humans, are at a low level of intelligence. What did homo sapiens discover or do to make them more intelligent?

Any possible example will do.
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