Humans are Animals OR are they Beings ?

[Neanderthaland]

Animals are Beings
Fungi are more closely related to Animals than Plants
Fungus are Beings too
so are Plants Beings
what about Protozoans?
are there any Non-Beings or are they Beings too?

I think plants are more distinctly "beings" than Fungi.

I'm not sure what you call something that merged with it's biological siblings to increase it's sexual desirability, as molds often do.

[Neanderthaland]

The fact that we can THINK of ourselves as either animals or above them, makes me believe we are not.

A dog doesn't think he is more or less than a dog. Neither does any other animal. We have the ability to put ourselves on a pedestal or into the dirt

Dogs no.

Cats clearly do put themselves on pedestals. And then proceed to knock everything else off of them.

[Dumb Ideologies]

We're animals. But we rightly elevate ourselves in estimation over all other animals. We're the only animals that seek to progressively uplift themselves and their material conditions through deliberate and conscious programs of action across multiple generations. We're sort of a big deal.

[Shikihara]

We're animals, arguments that we are not usually rely on the pretentious sophistry of speculative philosophy.

[Ethel mermania]

Weak hairless apes, an accident of evolution, nothing more.

[Antarctic Commonwealth of Equality]

Were just animals with the ability to share information via language.

[The New California Republic]

Weak hairless apes, an accident of evolution, nothing more.

Hairless? Have you seen some people at the beach?

[Shamhnan Insir]

Apes. That's it.

[Ethel mermania]

Weak hairless apes, an accident of evolution, nothing more.

Hairless? Have you seen some people at the beach?

....... that day with uncle Alan. (Shudder) point conceded.

[The New California Republic]

Hairless? Have you seen some people at the beach?

....... that day with uncle Alan. (Shudder) point conceded.

My source is a former BF, he was like a walking carpet, put Wookiees to shame...

[Unbeatable Onions]

Both of them are beings of an individual self as an individual life there is no above nor below on the state of equality

[The New California Republic]

Both of them are beings of an individual self as an individual life there is no above nor below on the state of equality

Huh? What? Can you rephrase that, it didn't make sense.

[Coldhammer Post]

Hello,

I am a Christian who believes in Creationism.

1. I believe in God
2. He created the Universe in 6 days
3. He created man in his likeness ( so we are not animals)
4. He gave us dominion over every beast
5. The Great flood happened (reason for extinction of dinosaurs)
6. The Earth is about 6,000 years old

[The New California Republic]

5. The Great flood happened (reason for extinction of dinosaurs)
6. The Earth is about 6,000 years old

Nope. Instant fail, as there are no signs of human remains in the same fossil areas in which dinosaur fossils have been found. So that instantly debunks the myth that humans and dinosaurs lived alongside each other. Also, the fossil remains have been confirmed by numerous different tests to be millions of years old, not thousands. Again, the universe has been shown to be a lot older than that by numerous different tests.

When Christian theology tries to account for the existence of the dinosaurs, it fails miserably. It punches a huge hole in the accounts given in the Old Testament.

[Coldhammer Post]

5. The Great flood happened (reason for extinction of dinosaurs)
6. The Earth is about 6,000 years old

Nope. Instant fail, as there are no signs of human remains in the same fossil areas in which dinosaur fossils have been found. So that instantly debunks the myth that humans and dinosaurs lived alongside each other. Also, the fossil remains have been confirmed by numerous different tests to be millions of years old, not thousands. Again, the universe has been shown to be a lot older than that by numerous different tests.

When Christian theology tries to account for the existence of the dinosaurs, it fails miserably. It punches a huge hole in the accounts given in the Old Testament.

We are not animals, as God created us in his likeness. This separates us from animals

And this is a good topic to debate about in real life, no one is going to change their opinions online. I hope to meet your in the real world one day, so we can have a real-life debate and not fell protected by the unreal internet.

That’s all folks!
So good day.

[The New California Republic]

Nope. Instant fail, as there are no signs of human remains in the same fossil areas in which dinosaur fossils have been found. So that instantly debunks the myth that humans and dinosaurs lived alongside each other. Also, the fossil remains have been confirmed by numerous different tests to be millions of years old, not thousands. Again, the universe has been shown to be a lot older than that by numerous different tests.

When Christian theology tries to account for the existence of the dinosaurs, it fails miserably. It punches a huge hole in the accounts given in the Old Testament.

We are not animals, as God created us in his likeness. This separates us from animals

And this is a good topic to debate about in real life, no one is going to change their opinions online. I hope to meet your in the real world one day, so we can have a real-life debate and not fell protected by the unreal internet.

That’s all folks!
So good day.

You didn't answer any of my criticisms, preferring to just regurgitate what you said previously, so I assume that you do not have an answer for any of them?

[Murray land]

Well..I got faith. But. Humans are just a bunch of wicked sentient mammals. So yeah. We may think we're the shit. But in the end all we become is shit.

[Luziyca]

Going based off the title, since the OP seems confusing AF, we are both animals and beings.

We may be wise, and we may have consciousness, but we are still animal-like in our behavior.

[Suicune]

Yeah we're animals. Due to evolution, we're currently the most sophisticated animal on the planet.

[Neutraligon]

You’re assuming it’s a fact that we are animals, but in reality really the only trait we share with animals is our classification-mammals-and certain DNA markers we share. Really, nothing else.

Social groups, communication, building, farming, tool use, getting intentionally drunk. All things we share with animals.

....Don't forget the biggest thing we share with other animals....we have to eat to survive.

[Old Tyrannia]

I am a believer in cladistic phylogenetics. According to this system of taxonomic classification, organisms may be categorised according to their descent from a common ancestor. If one acknowledges, say, chimpanzees as animals, and dogs as animals as well, then by definition all descendants of the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and dogs must, by definition, be an animal.

Obviously Animalia is not limited to the common descendants of dogs and chimps, but if two species are regarded as members of the same clade then any other species belonging to that clade must therefore be a member of that clade as well. As such, it is easily demonstrated that humans are animals by taking any two animals whose last common ancestor is also an ancestor of Homo sapiens. We know Homo sapiens shares a common ancestry with chimpanzees and a whole host of other animals once you go back further in the family tree because we have fossil and genetic evidence to support the hypothesis.

Basically, this is a long-winded way of saying that modern science unambiguously regards humans as animals. All the pseudo-philosophising on the internet isn't going to change that.

Yeah we're animals. Due to evolution, we're currently the most sophisticated animal on the planet.

By what measure are we the most "sophisticated?" We certainly don't have the most sophisticated genome, and there are many animals capable of doing things we are incapable of. "Most sophisticated" implies we are the most "advanced" of animals, a concept alien to our current understanding of how evolution functions, or at the very least the most complex- an assertion that requires some pretty impressive evidence to support.

[Salandriagado]

As I have said before, there is people that have a hard time admitting were animals. Typical of those that do is the Creationists, who insist on God and Genesis as truth.

You’re assuming it’s a fact that we are animals, but in reality really the only trait we share with animals is our classification-mammals-and certain DNA markers we share. Really, nothing else.

Yes, the only thing that we share with animals is literally the definition of being an animal.

[Suicune]

Yeah we're animals. Due to evolution, we're currently the most sophisticated animal on the planet.

By what measure are we the most "sophisticated?" We certainly don't have the most sophisticated genome, and there are many animals capable of doing things we are incapable of. "Most sophisticated" implies we are the most "advanced" of animals, a concept alien to our current understanding of how evolution functions, or at the very least the most complex- an assertion that requires some pretty impressive evidence to support.

Sophisticated was a poor choice of word. I'm not sure exactly what word I meant to use, I was generally referring to our intelligence and society in general.

[Sovaal]

Hello,

Hey.

I am a Christian who believes in Creationism.

K

1. I believe in God

K

2. He created the Universe in 6 days

Uh huh, sure.

3. He created man in his likeness ( so we are not animals)

Guess he’s the guy I’ll go to about all the design flaws then, yes?

4. He gave us dominion over every beast

K. Bad choice, but alright.

5. The Great flood happened (reason for extinction of dinosaurs)

I’m going to question this. If that’s is true, why have no human remains been found in the same strata as dinosaurs, not even a smidge related to us?

6. The Earth is about 6,000 years old

Where did you get this information? Where in the Bible does it state the age?

[ImperialistSalvia]

Of course humans are animals; Man is the king of animals, and it's up to us whether or not to be despotic

We are not animals, as God created us in his likeness. This separates us from animals

Doesn't necessarily separate us as much as it does elevate us