When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'

Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!

Current time: July 24, 2025, 4:13 am

Thread Rating:

0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
1
2
3
4
5

Thread Modes

When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'

GordonHide Offline

Newbie

Religious Views: Atheist

Posts: 10
Threads: 0
Joined: April 4, 2013
Reputation: 0

#83

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'

April 9, 2013 at 4:08 am

(April 8, 2013 at 4:01 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(April 6, 2013 at 8:45 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: Bring a single other species that was able to develop something (habit) over history
You won't be able to find but very simple try and error simple behaviors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5wFMqeTun8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-euMlL9O1Kc

A whole range of social insects have found ways to modify their environment to their advantage. Termites are still the only creatures that operate air conditioning systems controlling both temperature and humidity without the need for an artificial power source.

There are many creatures that perform what we would think of as intellectual tasks without the need for a complex brain. How do you think salmon find their way across thousands of miles of ocean to return to the stream of their birth in order to breed?

Only by thinking in anthropomorphic terms can you postulate human superiority. Many species have already survived much longer than human beings and human beings are currently following a pattern, followed by other species before, which may well lead to their own extinction.

Find

« Next Oldest | Next Newest »

Messages In This Thread

When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by TaraJo - February 6, 2013 at 10:20 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Jergus Baca - February 6, 2013 at 11:07 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Shell B - February 6, 2013 at 11:19 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by TaraJo - February 6, 2013 at 11:48 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by festive1 - February 6, 2013 at 11:50 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - February 6, 2013 at 3:35 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by paulpablo - February 6, 2013 at 4:58 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - February 6, 2013 at 5:03 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Nine - February 6, 2013 at 5:06 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by CapnAwesome - April 13, 2013 at 12:11 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by StatCrux - April 13, 2013 at 12:28 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Neo-Scholastic - March 22, 2013 at 6:22 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - February 6, 2013 at 12:15 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by ManMachine - February 6, 2013 at 12:33 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Nine - February 6, 2013 at 3:06 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Annik - February 6, 2013 at 4:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Nine - February 6, 2013 at 4:16 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Annik - February 6, 2013 at 5:17 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Zone - February 6, 2013 at 4:21 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Zone - February 6, 2013 at 5:00 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - February 7, 2013 at 1:59 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - February 6, 2013 at 5:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Nine - February 6, 2013 at 5:16 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - February 6, 2013 at 5:22 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Minimalist - February 6, 2013 at 5:15 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by My imaginary friend is GOD - February 13, 2013 at 3:58 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Zone - February 13, 2013 at 4:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Anomalocaris - February 13, 2013 at 4:01 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Gooders1002 - February 19, 2013 at 8:58 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Question Mark - February 19, 2013 at 9:17 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Severan - February 27, 2013 at 10:37 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by PyroManiac - February 28, 2013 at 11:05 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - March 4, 2013 at 2:25 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 12:57 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Anomalocaris - March 5, 2013 at 1:56 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 2:10 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Anomalocaris - March 5, 2013 at 3:10 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 6:17 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by genkaus - March 5, 2013 at 9:04 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Severan - April 4, 2013 at 6:02 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by xXUKAtheistForTheTruthXx - March 5, 2013 at 2:40 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - March 5, 2013 at 3:25 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Gabriel Syme - March 5, 2013 at 4:16 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Anomalocaris - March 5, 2013 at 4:21 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 9:08 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by genkaus - March 5, 2013 at 10:18 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 11:09 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - March 5, 2013 at 11:59 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 6, 2013 at 12:10 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by genkaus - March 6, 2013 at 12:12 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - March 6, 2013 at 12:35 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by genkaus - March 6, 2013 at 1:01 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - March 13, 2013 at 2:13 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 20, 2013 at 6:06 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by ideologue08 - March 21, 2013 at 6:51 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by ManMachine - March 21, 2013 at 11:19 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by TaraJo - March 21, 2013 at 1:46 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Simon Moon - March 21, 2013 at 6:43 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - March 23, 2013 at 2:43 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - March 21, 2013 at 6:13 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by fr0d0 - March 21, 2013 at 7:34 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - March 21, 2013 at 8:01 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by KichigaiNeko - March 22, 2013 at 11:06 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by jstrodel - March 22, 2013 at 1:26 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - March 22, 2013 at 1:55 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - March 24, 2013 at 2:45 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Cato - March 24, 2013 at 3:22 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 6, 2013 at 5:31 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Silver - April 6, 2013 at 5:33 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by GordonHide - April 4, 2013 at 8:31 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 6, 2013 at 5:34 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - April 6, 2013 at 7:08 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 6, 2013 at 8:45 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by downbeatplumb - April 8, 2013 at 4:01 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by GordonHide - April 9, 2013 at 4:08 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 10, 2013 at 5:04 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by GordonHide - April 10, 2013 at 1:31 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 12, 2013 at 4:40 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by GordonHide - April 12, 2013 at 5:39 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 13, 2013 at 5:45 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 13, 2013 at 7:17 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 15, 2013 at 9:44 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 15, 2013 at 11:32 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 17, 2013 at 10:20 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 17, 2013 at 11:09 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 18, 2013 at 9:22 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 18, 2013 at 12:20 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 20, 2013 at 10:22 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 20, 2013 at 2:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 22, 2013 at 5:15 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 13, 2013 at 8:36 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - April 13, 2013 at 1:39 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 15, 2013 at 8:50 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 12, 2013 at 10:23 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by GordonHide - April 7, 2013 at 1:22 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 8, 2013 at 2:04 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by GordonHide - April 8, 2013 at 2:32 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 9:27 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 5:50 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Cato - April 4, 2013 at 6:08 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 5:58 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 6:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 7, 2013 at 6:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tex - April 8, 2013 at 4:25 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 10, 2013 at 8:50 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Whateverist - April 10, 2013 at 9:45 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Violet - April 10, 2013 at 3:07 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by MORETORQUE - April 12, 2013 at 3:59 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by StatCrux - April 13, 2013 at 8:53 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 13, 2013 at 9:55 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by StatCrux - April 13, 2013 at 10:13 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 13, 2013 at 10:24 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by StatCrux - April 13, 2013 at 10:38 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 13, 2013 at 11:23 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by StatCrux - April 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 14, 2013 at 9:47 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 16, 2013 at 4:07 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 16, 2013 at 11:52 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 17, 2013 at 3:12 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 17, 2013 at 11:54 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Muslim Scholar - April 17, 2013 at 3:28 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Esquilax - April 18, 2013 at 1:06 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by LastPoet - April 15, 2013 at 8:53 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - April 16, 2013 at 2:57 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 18, 2013 at 9:31 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Little Rik - April 18, 2013 at 9:58 am

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 18, 2013 at 10:26 am

Re: RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by frz - April 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm

Re: RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by frz - April 18, 2013 at 5:18 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Angrboda - April 18, 2013 at 6:10 pm

RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by The Grand Nudger - April 20, 2013 at 10:44 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread		Author	Replies	Views	Last Post
	As a nonreligious person, where do you get your moral guidance?	Gentle_Idiot	79	12165	November 26, 2022 at 10:27 pm Last Post: The Grand Nudger
	Name one objectively bad person	ErGingerbreadMandude	57	17916	October 16, 2017 at 3:47 am Last Post: Ignorant
	Is it possible for a person to be morally neutral?	Der/die AtheistIn	10	2953	October 15, 2017 at 7:14 pm Last Post: brewer
	Pressuposition Apologetics Cross Examined	Soldat Du Christ	48	7882	October 19, 2016 at 1:27 pm Last Post: Mister Agenda
	Would you kill the person who is about to kill?	brewer	63	11795	December 10, 2015 at 2:07 pm Last Post: Whateverist
	a bad person	Sappho	30	7045	December 8, 2015 at 7:59 pm Last Post: Neo-Scholastic
	In regard to the rational person's choice	Mohammed1212	23	7521	April 27, 2015 at 5:44 pm Last Post: noctalla
	What makes a person bad?	Losty	53	17259	December 3, 2014 at 6:38 pm Last Post: Losty
	what is a good person?	shortbusgangsta3	26	11382	June 29, 2014 at 8:00 pm Last Post: Thumpalumpacus
	Animal Slavery	John V	109	20384	April 3, 2014 at 7:02 pm Last Post: John V

View a Printable Version

Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)

Login
Username:
Password:	Lost Password?
	Remember me