Religion:The Arrogance of Human Beings?

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Permalink Reply by Dre Smith on September 15, 2009 at 10:43am

Depends on how you want to look at it. If we say we are animals then it kind of does suck the humanity out us as a species to a degree. If we say we are not then we are totally lying to ourselves in that was have no animal instincts or desires. The joy we sometimes feel from killing things, or sex, violence, anger and rage, these things are instinctive. As we progress as a species I think we learn better to control and harness them to the point where they do not override our actions and thoughts, but without them we would cease being human all together and become something else entirely. I would certainly argue it's one of the final steps in our evolution left to go.

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Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 15, 2009 at 11:47am

Isn't it a bit arrogant saying that humans are above animals?

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." (Winston Churchill)

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Permalink Reply by x Secular X Combatant x on September 15, 2009 at 12:26pm

did you know that humans, many, are the only animals that do not properly stretch in the morning; I am sometimes guilty of this

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Permalink Reply by Dre Smith on September 15, 2009 at 12:32pm

whats that?

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Permalink Reply by Jaume on September 15, 2009 at 12:40pm

And did you know that humans, for a yet unknown reason, sense the smell of cucumbers better than any other species known for reacting to it, including dogs?

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