(June 9, 2014 at 7:28 pm)mickiel Wrote:(June 9, 2014 at 7:23 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Even rats express regret so human consciousness is not unique among animals. Do you think that rats "sin" because they express regret? Do they have a rat savior that died for their sins?
Animals are not conscious, they are instinctly aware.
Is this one of your "facts" or "evidence"? What's your source for this "fact"?
How are you defining consciousness? Self-awareness? The ability to empathize? Reason?