@FinsterniS:
Do you respect the animals, bugs, and bacteria as equals to you?
You know, all this about animals is crap… really. Nobody here have a reason to treat animals as inferior. Why someone believe that ? Because it make him feel good when he eat meat ? That’s hypocrisy ! Because animal are “less intelligent”, well wy not eating idiots ?
There is not a single argument for this kind of reductionism, it is only a pratical conclusion. Sure if they are inferior, no need to feel guilty when we eat them… Pratical, but without any basis.
Is there someone here that is able to make an argument for this thesis ?
About God not caring about the world, if he didn’t care then why rebuild it?
We must admit that if god care about the world he is caring by a very strange way… Sure some religious people (like CC) are clearly working for humanity, but not BECAUSE they are religous. I am sure if CC was an atheist he would have make the same contribution to humanity. So following a religion can help people feel good, it certainly not help the world. How many people die for all those fantaisies ? How many discoveries were torn apart and how many incoherent “theory” are around because of religions ?
I’m not saying animals are inferior and we should not feel remorse in eating them, I’m saying that the relationship between humans and animals is similar as between living creatures and God. To an animal, say a squirrel, we appear to be omniscient and omnipotent. WE built these huge, strange box-like things that we go in and out of all the time. WE have these huge things that move that release all this gassy stuff. The animals see us as all-powerfulbecause of our great ability to create things such as structures. WE cna decide if the animals and plants shall live or die by how we run the world. Do we cut down this forest, or not? It is very similar with God. God has the power to create things that we cannot and can decide whether we will live or die. Does that make him a fascist? If so, then all people are fascists too, because we are like Gods ot the animals.
I believe that following a religion does help the world. Many religions encourage good relations between people, I know mine does. Religion also helps to inspire people to do things. When you are being taught to help people in your religion, will it not influence you to do so?