RE: The Reasons why "Just Following Jesus" Doesn't work
April 28, 2016 at 3:00 am
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2016 at 3:05 am by TheRocketSurgeon.)
LINNAEAN CLASSIFICATION OF HUMANS:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Primates
Suborder: Anthropoidea
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: sapiens
LINNAEAN CLASSIFICATION OF CHIMPANZEES:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Primates
Suborder: Anthropoidea
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pan
Species: troglodytes
Note that the only place they fall into a new category is at the Genus and Species level.
You might be interested to learn more about the various classifications of our near relatives, and why they are classed the way they are. Note the bottom row of the chart, where it shows what Redbeard was trying to tell you about human and other great ape classification.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/primate/table_primates.htm
Edit to Add: It should also be noted that there's not really enough evidence, under the standards for classifying things by the Linnaean system, to keep humans and chimpanzees in separate Genuses, so there is debate over it among the scientific community. At the moment, I think no one wants to ruffle as many feathers as reclassifying them to belong to the same Genus as us would likely cause. See article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...092615.htm (or if you prefer National Geographic, instead: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...nzees.html)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Primates
Suborder: Anthropoidea
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: sapiens
LINNAEAN CLASSIFICATION OF CHIMPANZEES:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Primates
Suborder: Anthropoidea
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pan
Species: troglodytes
Note that the only place they fall into a new category is at the Genus and Species level.
You might be interested to learn more about the various classifications of our near relatives, and why they are classed the way they are. Note the bottom row of the chart, where it shows what Redbeard was trying to tell you about human and other great ape classification.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/primate/table_primates.htm
Edit to Add: It should also be noted that there's not really enough evidence, under the standards for classifying things by the Linnaean system, to keep humans and chimpanzees in separate Genuses, so there is debate over it among the scientific community. At the moment, I think no one wants to ruffle as many feathers as reclassifying them to belong to the same Genus as us would likely cause. See article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...092615.htm (or if you prefer National Geographic, instead: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...nzees.html)
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
