RE: Evolution V Creation
February 9, 2010 at 10:26 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2010 at 10:27 am by rjh4 is back.)
(February 9, 2010 at 10:08 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: We are animals by the same criteria(s) that other animals are I presume.
It seems to me that it all boils down to this, Evie. Whether or not one considers mankind as an "animal" or not clearly depends on the criteria one uses to define "animal". If one goes with the classification system used by biologists, then certainly we would fall within the animals. However, that is not to say that biologists could not have classified mankind differently by coming up with different criteria. But they didn't. It is all manmade. I am not coming from a biologists point of view but am looking at it from a Biblical point of view (see my other comments regarding my presuppositions). From a Biblical perspective (criteria) we are different from and greater than the animals and the criteria is because the Bible says so.
So, I think our different answers are due to different perspectives on the issue, that is all.
(February 9, 2010 at 10:18 am)Darwinian Wrote: I know it's an unsafe starting point for the same reason that I know Greek, Roman or Norse mythology is an unsafe starting point or anchoring all your inquiries on the opinions of a chatty 3 year old is unsafe, lovely as she may be.
That is doubletalk...not an answer.