[In response to "Creationists, do you at least agree that humans are primates?"]
People are not animals. People are people. We are not mammals, we are not any part of the "animal kingdom".
People are created in the image of God. People are infinitely higher than all the animals combined. There is really no comparison.
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Riiiiiight, people run slower, see and hear poorly, and in general can have their asses whipped by lowly animals. God has a low opinion of himself.
except for all the proof that we are indeed animals, decnded from Apes.
Although, i'm thinking you're not quite fully evolved, wel, your brain isn't anyway
I have a cat that could take you out, arsehole. Hell, I have a wasp that could take you out. Well, I don't actually have the wasp, it just lives around my house.
Anyway, in its own environment, it is far more powerful than you. It can fly, for a start: can you do that? My cat can lick its own anus: can you? (Much as you'd probably like to).
You are indeed an animal, and a mammal to boot. Just not a very intelligent one. If you did some book-larnin', you might find yourself in a better position vis-à-vis my wasp.
fergus
"There is really no comparison."
Except at the chemical, biochemical, genetic, cellular, physiological and anatomical level. Beyond that we're, like, totally different!
"Creationists, do you at least agree that two plus two equals four?"
Two plus two does not equal four. Two plus two equals two plus two. They are not natural numbers, they are not any elements of the "set of real numbers".
Two and two are created in the image of God. Two plus two are infinitely higher than all the numbers combined. There is really no comparison.
Some people missed biology class... the bit about mammals being warm blooded, vertabrates, that carry their babies in the womb, suckle them.
I was born like any other placental mammal, with the exception that my birth took place in a hospital. If a slow animal with poor hearing and smell and only fair eyesight compaired to most birds that is prone to skeletal injuries from walking upright is the likesness of God, then he is an underachiever.
@Doctor Whom:
You mean Eccles 3:18-21?
"It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top."
I'll explain again:
You belong to a warm blooded species of vertebrates who feed their young with milk they produce in their own bodies. Whether or not you can personally do it is irrelevant. The fact is that mammals share these traits.
You are, in fact, genus mammalia.
A mammal. Deal with it and try to move on from this whole 'I am not an animal' thing.
"People are not animals. People are people. We are not mammals, we are not any part of the "animal kingdom"."
Oh, good. Once again I'll offer my challenge:
Please reclassify humans outside of the animal kingdom. You may create an entirely new kingdom or any other classification you desire but you must explain why humans and humans alone occupy it . Any references to "spirit", "soul", "god-breathed" and other such terms must be accompanied by documented, verifiable, scientifically valid, objective and empirical evidence in favor of such a thing existing and existing only in humans so as to make us distinct from "animals". No Bible verses, nor excerpts from any holy text may be used for obvious reasons.
Good luck.
"People are created in the image of God."
Prove it.
"People are infinitely higher than all the animals combined."
Define "higher" in some sort of meaningful way that excludes us from the animal kingdom.
"There is really no comparison."
Obviously. Humans = Animals, Animals = Humans; therefor it's pointless to compare them as they're the same fucking thing .
Yeah, because we have the guns and can shoot the animals, right? Feh! If you ran into a tiger without a gun you'd get pwned so hard.
Most people are worse than animals--disgusting, self-centered, violent assholes.
Chris, do have warm blood, hair, tits? Does your girlfriend have breast? When you were born, did you come out a live baby, or did your mother hatch you out of egg? You're a mammal. Deny it all you want, it's true.
So god is a primate who may not be very fast, but can certainly keep up with the rest when it comes to endurance running, has the main waste pipe located next to the amusement park, has a sinus that clogs way too easily so it gets in the way of efficient breathing, and might need his wisdom teeth removed because there is not enough room in his mouth for them.
Good to know.
Actually, you can blame/credit a man named Carl Linnaeus for classifying humans as primates on the basis of our biological similarities. (This was long before Darwin, by the way.)
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