Re: Uh....
Baby Gorilla,
I can understand and appreciate your religious beliefs, although I'm personally not a Christian, Muslim, etc. However, I personally believe that there isn't such as thing as hell or heaven, that one's feelings as to what is right from wrong is based on many factors from religion to what's been taught to them, their past experiences, etc. I do believe that animals do make choices based upon their experiences as well, and in many ways this can go into the right or wrong theory. For instance, if I continously tell my dog not to pee in the house, he's learning that he's not suppose to do this. Now, I'm teaching him this, just like someone taught us this or we've experienced something that taught us this, etc. My dog generally gets along with other dogs, but as you know, some dogs don't like anything. So, in a sense, he's getting along with other animals (most of us would consider this right), while other "bad dogs" are attacking and killing other dogs (such as what we see in humans - or what most of us consider wrong). I didn't teach him these "right" or "wrong" things.
That's my opinion on the subject.
Justin
Baby Gorilla said:Major flaw with all of that....
ANIMALS HAVE NO SENSE OF "RIGHT" VS. "WRONG."
That's why man can go to Hell for eternity. He was told was was correct and incorrect and given a choice.
Animals have no concept of "sin" so they are not accountable for acting like animals.
Baby Gorilla,
I can understand and appreciate your religious beliefs, although I'm personally not a Christian, Muslim, etc. However, I personally believe that there isn't such as thing as hell or heaven, that one's feelings as to what is right from wrong is based on many factors from religion to what's been taught to them, their past experiences, etc. I do believe that animals do make choices based upon their experiences as well, and in many ways this can go into the right or wrong theory. For instance, if I continously tell my dog not to pee in the house, he's learning that he's not suppose to do this. Now, I'm teaching him this, just like someone taught us this or we've experienced something that taught us this, etc. My dog generally gets along with other dogs, but as you know, some dogs don't like anything. So, in a sense, he's getting along with other animals (most of us would consider this right), while other "bad dogs" are attacking and killing other dogs (such as what we see in humans - or what most of us consider wrong). I didn't teach him these "right" or "wrong" things.
That's my opinion on the subject.
Justin