(February 20, 2016 at 12:24 pm)abaris Wrote:(February 20, 2016 at 12:18 pm)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote: On the problem of evil, other species are much worse. When a bear is seeking a mate, and finds a female with cubs, he kills off the cubs because a bear doesn't want to just sow his genes - "There Can Be Only ONE!!!" is it's philosophy (actually, She-Bear won't mate with him while she has cubs to raise).
Why's that worse? Because our social structure says so? Bear's evolutionary system tells him to pass on his genes. If bearess doesn't want to mate with him because of previous offspring, it's only natural to get rid of it. Lions are the same, by the way. Nature's way. We aren't superior to that. It's only more hidden behind what we call civilization. But in some cases that layer breaks. Such as with that woman, who drowned her children because her lover didn't want them.
The point is not to say that we are better than animals - we aren't, so please don't go bringing the wrath of the animal-worshiping front down on me! Bears are not sociable animals, that is not how they survive, therefore they need not behave sociably like we do. The point is that violence, of the most horrific and unjust sort is common throughout nature. The human species is the only one which actually discusses reducing it's own violence among its own members, and against other species too. Therefore, the premise that we as a species are the one which is "fallen" and "sinful" is ridiculously misanthropic.
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