(June 13, 2013 at 1:41 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I've skimmed, but aren't you proposing that the mind is what is judged on its own, and not the actions of that mind? That's what justice is served on in my understanding (the actions).
I agree. It's the actions, but the underlying assumption is that only "self-aware" minds will be judged i.e. humans, because (at least to me) it seems like religion only concerns humanity, the "self-aware" immaterial minds.
Quote: Also, i didn't see where you established that animals weren't self aware.
Again, it's all part of the underlying assumption that religion seems to be aimed at humans only. That an animal is self-aware or not is fundamentally a moot point, because can an animal surrender itself to Jesus Christ? Can an animal even read the Bible? Clearly not.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
