(August 1, 2014 at 9:15 am)alpha male Wrote: You haven't made an argument with logic that would apply exclusively to a certain level of cognition and not any others.
I'm also not claiming fiat ownership over anything to the degree that god apparently does. But if you want one, here goes:
Whether we're created, evolved, whatever, the fact is that we're somewhat unique, when compared to other objects. We're intelligent, capable of making our own decisions, and by all accounts, are roughly allowed to get on with things by the god that would claim ownership over us. As a species with free will and emergent intelligence, I contend that these traits allow us to surpass god's ownership and become self-determining.
You may be inclined to argue that this doesn't exclude the animals that we own, but I would point out the vast difference between this and what we're being asked to accept with god. For one, we don't "own" animals in the sense that we get to determine their eventual fate, nor subject them to cruel treatment, and that even the ones that we kill come to that end due to our needs as biological entities, which god does not share. The two situations are not remotely similar.
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