we are animals with a highly evolved sense of conscience, which however redeeming, also causes us to have dellusions that we are actually not animals, and are in fact the center of the universe and the reason for all existance.
In line with PVS, off course we are animals, we are merely 'blessed' with more evolved brains and mental capabilities and emotions. The human characteristics that come with this do not separate us from the animal world, it only specifies our species.
One time I asked how come when you swat at a fly it keeps coming back, and some dude replied, "it's too stupid to know any better. You can't train a fly."
It depends on what you define 'animal' to mean....
If you define animal to mean an organism with organs, muscles, brain, needing to eat, breathe and reproduce etc etc....
Then sure we are...
But if you're asking are we 'merely' animals... then I'd say no.
I think we're better than every other animal on this planet. We're blessed with intelligence and creativity that nothing else in the world has exhibited.
I believe that we were created alongside the animals but also above them.
I believe that animals are on this planet not only to provide for us with clothing and food, but also to teach us compassion and responsibility by looking after them as well as piqueing our natural and healthy curiousity about the world.
Animals are great. They're great as pets. Great to study and look after. Great even to eat.
But I think humans are superior to animals.
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Superior?
Most Animals have adapted to live completely in synch with their environment.
Human Animals cannot.
There are thousands of animals that are proportionately (if not actually) stronger, faster, stealthier and longer lived than human animals.
There are many animals that can fly under their own power.
Human animals cannot.
There are species of animals that exhibit emotions, compassion and cognetive/problem solving abilities. Although ours is much further advanced, they are not abilities unique to us, just abilities that we excel at.
Many of the world's animals are superior to us in many ways.
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