Is Human a kind of animal?

[IndigoChild5559]

Bohoo....but can I do this?
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You win

 

[1213]

No, it means the decision making is unconscious.

Interesting, to me it is not.

 

[1213]

If you don't think something like flinching is instinctive, then what is it?

It is a reflex. And by what I know, reflex and instinct are not the same.

 

[1213]

Source please.
I ask because I am curious just how much "older" a definition you are claiming:

Ok, I accept that, the definition may be the oldest. Bible doesn't seem to use word animal. So, you can use it the way you like.

 

[1213]

Faith is unwarranted belief;

Not in the Bible. And I don't see why any Christian would use any other definition than what is in the Bible.

There is no more objective evidence for Christian mythology than there is for ancient Egyptian of Norse myths.

I think that things go as told in the Bible, is objective evidence for Bible.

The word stems from Latin "anima," meaning breath. I breathe, so does my cat, and the moths flitting around my porch light.

Ok.

 

[1213]

Or did you just intuitively / instinctively in a split second figure it all out without thinking about it?

If it happens instinctively, why little kids can't do it?

 

[1213]

Walking. You don't think about where and how you place your feet, it is just hidden from your consciousness most of the time. Most of what you do and why you do it is just on auto pilot.

If babies would walk right after they are born, I could think it is instinct. Because it is learnt skill, I think it is based on thinking. However, after one has learned it, there is not much need to think it actively.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

If it happens instinctively, why little kids can't do it?

Because they still need to further develop their hand-eye coordination. Instinctively, I might add... They don't need it "explained" to them or "taught" how to develop that. It just happens as they grow older.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

If babies would walk right after they are born, I could think it is instinct. Because it is learnt skill, I think it is based on thinking. However, after one has learned it, there is not much need to think it actively.

That is absurd.

I didn't teach my kids to stand up and walk. They did that all by themselves automatically, as they grew and developed the muscle strength to be able to do it.

When my cat had kittens, they weren't jumping around on day 1 either.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

It is a reflex. And by what I know, reflex and instinct are not the same.

what's the difference?

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

I think that things go as told in the Bible, is objective evidence for Bible.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I think that things go as told in the Bible, is objective evidence for Bible.

I think if I write a book that’s says I’m God and God’s word is truth, then it’s objectively evident that I am God because God wrote the book, and the books says that I’m God.

 

[Valjean]

Not in the Bible. And I don't see why any Christian would use any other definition than what is in the Bible.

Then you'd be treated for dementia, for speaking in a word salad and not comprehending normal speech. Words have multiple meanings, they change, and develop. Here we're speaking of a biological category.

I think that things go as told in the Bible, is objective evidence for Bible.

No, you don't. You feel things go as told in the Bible; big difference.

Objective evidence? Do you understand what objective evidence is?
The Bible does often refer to real persons and places, but events and quotations are just stories, and many clearly could never have happened.
Please cite some of this objective evidence you mentioned.

 

[Valjean]

what's the difference?

Habits, drives, instincts, reflexes -- all different, none initiated by conscious calculation. Some bypass conscious choice completely.

 

[1213]

I think if I write a book that’s says I’m God and God’s word is truth, then it’s objectively evident that I am God because God wrote the book, and the books says that I’m God.

But, why would anyone keep you as their god, if that is all you got?

 

[1213]

what's the difference?

Instincts are inborn complex patterns of behaviour that exist in most members of the species, and should be distinguished from reflexes, which are simple responses of an organism to a specific stimulus, such as the contraction of the pupil in response to bright light or the spasmodic movement of the lower leg when the knee is tapped.

Instinct - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[SalixIncendium]

But, why would anyone keep you as their god, if that is all you got?

Precisely!

 

[Heyo]

But, why would anyone keep you as their god, if that is all you got?

Good question. Why do people hold on to a god that hasn't done anything positive lately? (Or ever.)

 

[PearlSeeker]

Some humans identify as a non-human animal:

 

[Valjean]

But, why would anyone keep you as their god, if that is all you got?

Well, they do with all the other Gods....