Our bodies become the grass, and the cows eat the grass, and so, Hockey, we are all connected in the great circle of life.
Lol. Come on, Kelly. You don’t eat human meat...but I bet you eat some kind of animal meat.
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Are human beings animals?
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Lol. Come on, Kelly. You don’t eat human meat...but I bet you eat some kind of animal meat.
Well, Sayak wouldn’t answer, so let me ask you:
If a building caught on fire, and you could only save one life, your beloved pet dog or a human baby you didn't know...... which one would you save?
Hmm?
Rats would save other rats, humans would save other humans. What's the difference?
No, rats would not, if they knew the humans better! You keep avoiding the point, don't you.
So...do you eat meat?
I just pointed out the study showing that rats do save other rats. Do you have amnesia?
Curious George
Veteran Member
Because we consider ourselves better than other animals, but that does not mean we do not consider ourselves animals.
I consider some mushrooms edible and some inedible. But because I don't consider both types equal does not mean I can not categorize both types as mushrooms.
No, I dont.
(See? I answer your questions....why can’t you give a straight answer to mine?)
One more time: in my scenario, it comes down to saving something (a dog) you care for, verses something (a human) you don’t even know.
BTW, I searched online for an ethics code that rats follow, but I couldn’t find one.
Subash
New Member
As far as i know ,, yes humans are animals ,, , that is why we are given knowledge to socialise in understanding our existence and our purposes ....... EveE in our ancanci script animals are socialised with humans, n some taught human to live n respecr each others life's ... Sorry i I don't want to explain furthfur becbecau words ate autautomaticaly turnint into i ddon' wjat word iti is turintu intoi
Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
That doesn't answer that humans are not animals. I'd be in a hard position actually because Buddhists aren't speciests. This question is a rather poor attempt on your part though to pigeon hole me into a position.
Ok, thanks for responding. Wish you the best.
Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
I'll answer you, but I was hesitant to at first because I suspected you were asking me an entrapping question.
A Buddhist should save the baby, because of where humans stand in the Buddhist view of the cosmos. Not because the human isn't also an animal, or the dog's life has no inherent worth.
Humans are different than other animals in Buddhism, because we have the ability to seek spirituality and pursue the Dharma to attain liberation from Samsara. Buddhist texts say it is hard and rare to attain a human birth. Harder than making flung wet paper stick to the wall, so what a shame humans often waste this life on idleness without study.
As a Buddhist, I think I'm obligated to tell you that because of truth- so I answered you.
A Buddhist should save the baby, because of where humans stand in the Buddhist view of the cosmos. Not because the human isn't also an animal, or the dog's life has no inherent worth.
Humans are different than other animals in Buddhism, because we have the ability to seek spirituality and pursue the Dharma to attain liberation from Samsara. Buddhist texts say it is hard and rare to attain a human birth. Harder than making flung wet paper stick to the wall, so what a shame humans often waste this life on idleness without study.
As a Buddhist, I think I'm obligated to tell you that because of truth- so I answered you.
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Kelly of the Phoenix
Well-Known Member
But the fact the serpent and the donkey can speak when given the opportunity shows us animals DO think, but we assume they don't due to language barriers.
Not on purpose, but with funding cuts to the FDA and everything
Get the dog to carry the baby. I win.
(If I can only save one life, I assume that involves any other able-bodied sentient beings as well, so I save the dog while the dog saves the baby.
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Of course, we're animals. Only delusional ego and pride tries to say otherwise. We're not even "more evolved" since that's not how evolution works and real science doesn't posit ontological hierarchies. We just have complex brains and opposable thumbs which are more conducive to abstract thought and complex tool use, in combination. But that doesn't mean we're the only sapient animal or the only animal that possess abstract thought and the evidence is showing otherwise. We're only special in our own minds.
Those kind of questions encourage a form of social conformity since the socially accepted answer is obvious, so I suspect that some aren't being honest when they answer. I'll be honest, though: I'd save my dog because I have more of an emotional connection to my dog than someone I don't know and I don't really have a special emotional affinity for human children (as compared to other age groups). Ideally, I'd strive to save both, though.
ImmortalFlame
Woke gremlin
I asked you a pretty straightforward, non-dismissive couple of questions in an entirely polite way.Well I believe that this is rather self evident.
If you can read my post and respond as you have, I am left to ponder your ability to make an objective evaluation of the evidence.
If you can't answer them, or respond intelligently, I don't see how that represents a failure of my intelligence. It's clearly a failure of your logic.
ImmortalFlame
Woke gremlin
Every day, if I could.
Truthseeker
Non-debating member when I can help myself
We're animals in the sense that we are evolved from animals but mankind has an immortal soul that reflect all of the attributes of God that animals don't have. Animals reflect some of the attributes of God but not all of them.
