Posts: 1121
Threads: 53
Joined: February 5, 2013
Reputation:
15
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 21, 2013 at 11:19 am
(March 13, 2013 at 2:13 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: (February 6, 2013 at 10:20 am)TaraJo Wrote: So, let's suppose we could go back and get samples from different time periods and clone babies from all along the evolutionary tree from apes to modern humans; where would we draw the line between beast and man? NEVER
Because we were not Animal at any time
Evolution is a big Hoax
So, thousands of scientists, hundreds of acumulative years of study, millions of pieces of empiical evidence to produce a theory is not acceptable to you but one book written by one man making absolute statements about the existance of a God with no evidence is acceptable?
Interesting.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
Posts: 2844
Threads: 169
Joined: August 24, 2012
Reputation:
46
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 21, 2013 at 1:46 pm
(March 13, 2013 at 2:13 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: (February 6, 2013 at 10:20 am)TaraJo Wrote: So, let's suppose we could go back and get samples from different time periods and clone babies from all along the evolutionary tree from apes to modern humans; where would we draw the line between beast and man? NEVER
Because we were not Animal at any time
Evolution is a big Hoax
Simplistic answers deserve simple responses.
You're an idiot.
I live on facebook. Come see me there. http://www.facebook.com/tara.rizzatto
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
Posts: 23918
Threads: 300
Joined: June 25, 2011
Reputation:
151
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 21, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Per the OP I generally cross the line between person and animal midway through my 4th drink. But then I was always a lightweight when it came to alcohol.
Posts: 3634
Threads: 20
Joined: July 20, 2011
Reputation:
47
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 21, 2013 at 6:43 pm
(March 13, 2013 at 2:13 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: (February 6, 2013 at 10:20 am)TaraJo Wrote: So, let's suppose we could go back and get samples from different time periods and clone babies from all along the evolutionary tree from apes to modern humans; where would we draw the line between beast and man? NEVER
Because we were not Animal at any time
Evolution is a big Hoax
"Scholar'...
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
Posts: 935
Threads: 16
Joined: July 3, 2011
Reputation:
5
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 21, 2013 at 6:51 pm
(March 20, 2013 at 6:06 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: (March 13, 2013 at 2:13 am)Muslim Scholar Wrote: NEVER
Because we were not Animal at any time
Evolution is a big Hoax  Whoever laughs last laughs hardest.
Posts: 14259
Threads: 48
Joined: March 1, 2009
Reputation:
80
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 21, 2013 at 7:34 pm
Doesn't human = moralistic = selfless = acts in a way contrary to the proliferation of the species?
*sips more coffee*
Posts: 29559
Threads: 116
Joined: February 22, 2011
Reputation:
159
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 21, 2013 at 8:01 pm
(March 21, 2013 at 7:34 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Doesn't human = moralistic = selfless = acts in a way contrary to the proliferation of the species?
*sips more coffee*
No.
![[Image: D7612546_2932214_6123483]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.sugarsync.com%2Fpiv%2FD7612546_2932214_6123483)
Posts: 12512
Threads: 202
Joined: January 3, 2010
Reputation:
107
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 22, 2013 at 11:06 am
The first the capacity to learn. If one cannot learn, how can it be sentient? The second is the capacity to reason. A dumb animal cannot reason, setting it apart from those that can reason between the choices provided it. And the third principle is the ability to self-sacrifice. If one can override the rules of fight and flight to sacrifice themselves for a cause, a friend, a loved one, that is in itself the highest form of sentient life.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar - B5
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
Posts: 1062
Threads: 9
Joined: March 1, 2013
Reputation:
6
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 22, 2013 at 1:26 pm
I think atheists just make up differences between people and animals and there are many different ways to do this because no one has any definitive proof according to the atheist standards that people are different from animals.
Posts: 23918
Threads: 300
Joined: June 25, 2011
Reputation:
151
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
March 22, 2013 at 1:55 pm
(March 22, 2013 at 1:26 pm)jstrodel Wrote: I think atheists just make up differences between people and animals and there are many different ways to do this because no one has any definitive proof according to the atheist standards that people are different from animals.
I think the shoe is more often on the other foot. Unless you believe in something like creation, why would you doubt man is a mammal? Atheists have no problem with that. It is more often Christians who have had a problem with that designation since their taxonomy more often goes: A) creatures created in god's image -vs- B) all other creatures.
|
![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zf86M5L7/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg)
