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When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
(March 5, 2013 at 11:09 pm)jstrodel Wrote: In the end I think you realize that you have what is basically an ad hoc view of morality, that fails to capture the human spirit and brilliance of the uninhibited soul as it acts on its divinely given impulses.

Oh and you were doing so well up until here.

Can you tell me what difference it makes that the human spirit and uninhibited soul act on impulses that are divinely given, rather than naturally? Any poet will tell you that all the best impulses are whispered in the ear by little birds .. a point that Genkhaus refuses to acknowledge.Tongue
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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - March 5, 2013 at 11:59 pm

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