[_ Old Earth _] Are humans animals?

[reznwerks]

Just a quick question, do you think humans are animals or sperate beings. Why?not

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Are you just ignoring science or what? If man shares all the same biological traits OF ALL OTHER MAMMALs then he is an animal.

 

[Highlander]

In gen 2v7 it says And the lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrilsthe breath of life, and man became a living soul. It doesnt say anywhere in the bible about God giving animals a soul. We were created in the image of God (gen 1v26) The soul is like the heart of your spririt, It pumps.

WHAT? Plants have a set of traits that define them as plants. Humans and other animals have a set of traits that define them as animals. It's taxonomilogical, not metaphysical.

True but my point is that there all living things that God created.

But! Maybe it was in one of the books that were left out of the bible? See, that's the problem, people chose what info to leave out and include, so it's all gobbledegook-not a reliable source of solid information.

 

[Wertbag]

get any non-human to write a book...

But those people could learn english or spanish or french or any language they wanted if taught. But how could an animal?

Also how come animals dont wear clothes?

how come humans can speak and other animals cant

All of these types of statements points to the only difference between humans and animals being intelligence and education. If that is the only deciding factor then is a stupid person no longer human? How uneducated do you have to be to lose your humanity?

 

[goliwog man]

How uneducated do you have to be to lose your humanity?

Thats an interesting point. A long time ago scientist thought blacks to be inhuman. I think they used to believe that a negro at tops could only have the intelegence of a 12 year old. this seperated whites from blacks. but were they any different? of coarse not

But! Maybe it was in one of the books that were left out of the bible?

LOL I'm afraid the only book i have access to is the bible. But your right people do tend to ignore what they dont like. everyone has some type of bias. E.g an athiest would look for reasons that the bible is phoney but a christian would say its true.

reznwerks: Hey science probably says we are mammels but God made us in his image. How can both points be correct?

 

[Dave Slayer]

Are humans animals? I have wondered that myself. I have been told that humans are apes, I disagree. with that.

 

[Barbarian]

We, like other animals, are from the dust of the earth. But that's not all we are. Besides a mortal body, we have an immortal soul. A little lower than the angels.

If God could for the love of us, become man, then it is presumptuous of us to be offended that we are animals.