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Originally Posted by trekchu
That is certainly not wrong, but stating that Darwinism puts everything on the same level is. ( at least in my opinion. ) I am a Darvinist by heart and my belief about this matter is:
I think that animals are simply that, Animals. They are living and feeling beeings and deserve the respect that every living beeing deserves, but nothing more than that as we still need them to feed ourselves, and I happen to like BBQs. Humanity is not divine, but it is seperated from the animals by the simple thing called self-consience (sp?) that Animals do not have. When and how we got this is a question that cannot be answered, but it separates us from our closest relatives in the Animal Kingdom. The fact that we can use tools is just a neat side-effect that allowed us to develop a technical civilization.  |
You are like me - you are not a purest. You accept that it is a theory with flaws. Our differences however divide when you start to talk about the man upstairs.
We live in a world of grey no matter how people want it to be black and white.
-S
PS. Animals have been proven to be aware of their surroundings and self conscious by the way. I have something for you to read if I can find it.