RE: Christians, what is your VERY BEST arguments for the existence of God?
March 28, 2010 at 9:43 am
But surely altruism can be demonstrated towards any life form, not just man, therefore mans idea of 'society' is not necessary for an altruistic act to take place.?
e.g. While fishing during last winter, I found myself accompanied by a swan. I gave it bread, crushed hempseed and maggots to eat, leaving myself short of bait. Not huge on the scale of altruistic acts, I grant you, but human society/community will not benefit from it. One swan is almost indistinguishable from another, at least to me. In return I got bit. Where is human society/community going to benefit from that?
e.g. While fishing during last winter, I found myself accompanied by a swan. I gave it bread, crushed hempseed and maggots to eat, leaving myself short of bait. Not huge on the scale of altruistic acts, I grant you, but human society/community will not benefit from it. One swan is almost indistinguishable from another, at least to me. In return I got bit. Where is human society/community going to benefit from that?
''Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.'' Robert Oppenheimer
