RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
May 21, 2018 at 2:54 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2018 at 2:54 pm by Huggy Bear.)
(May 21, 2018 at 1:25 pm)Khemikal Wrote: My dog understands right and wrong and systems of punishment about as well as most of the believers on the boards. She does what I say to get a reward, and steers clear of what I dislike to avoid punishment. I;ve seen her gripped with shame and quiver in fear..and I;ve also seen her proud and looking to please me. She strikes me as a very christian creature.
That's called conditioning.
(May 21, 2018 at 1:38 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(May 21, 2018 at 1:23 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Animals do not do not have any concept of right/wrong or good/evil or any system of justice (punishment for immoral behavior) for that matter, if you say they do then provide your source.
Right or wrong is just grandiose self-indulgent titles our facility for language allowed us to give to assessment of appropriateness of social actions the reflects underlying behavioral mechanism bequeathed by evolution. Reflections of similar underlying behavior mechanisms can be found in the group building behavior of prides of big cats, troops of chimps, pods of dolphins, even groups of farrel house cats.
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Again, provide your sources.