Are Humans Animals?

[The Free American Republic]

So, obviously science (or at least what the world dreams as science) says that humans are animals. However some might argue that animals can’t feel or think on a human level. I for one think that humans and animals differ. Of course I’m aware of the same cell makeup and similarities but since I am Christian I believe that God set us apart from animals to be more special. I think that animals are important but aren’t the same as humans as they don’t have souls and can’t be saved. Nations of NS what do you think?

[Floofybit]

Coming from another Christian standpoint, all animals have souls, and WILL be saved. And yes, humans are animals, just more gifted.

[Stellar Colonies]

yes

[Socalist Republic Of Mercenaries]

Coming from another Christian standpoint, all animals have souls, and WILL be saved. And yes, humans are animals, just more gifted.

based fact

[Bewaffnete Krafte]

So, obviously science (or at least what the world dreams as science) says that humans are animals. However some might argue that animals can’t feel or think on a human level. I for one think that humans and animals differ. Of course I’m aware of the same cell makeup and similarities but since I am Christian I believe that God set us apart from animals to be more special. I think that animals are important but aren’t the same as humans as they don’t have souls and can’t be saved. Nations of NS what do you think?

Animals can feel, for one. "Animal" is just a living thing minus plants and eukaryotes and prokaryotes and a few other things. Humans are clearly distinct from the rest of the animals (maybe not literally but from a practical purpose). Maybe there should be a distinct word for "All animals besides humans". Maybe like Ananthrops or something, I'm not a linguist.

[Luxize]

From an animist-pantheist standpoint, yes. Love your neighbor as yourself, and then some.

[Tallbedo]

The simple answer, coming from a purely scientific standpoint? Yes. Humans are simply highly evolved apes.

[Redeeemed Black League]

Humans have trascended as an specie to another level, now they're not only animals, but another category must be named, humans are they're own category, not animals.

[Ci Arovannea]

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So, obviously science (or at least what the world dreams as science) says that humans are animals. However some might argue that animals can’t feel or think on a human level. I for one think that humans and animals differ. Of course I’m aware of the same cell makeup and similarities but since I am Christian I believe that God set us apart from animals to be more special. I think that animals are important but aren’t the same as humans as they don’t have souls and can’t be saved. Nations of NS what do you think?

Dreams as science? Tf you mean by that mate?

Plenty of non-humans have a fair bit of human-like intelligence (dolphins, chimps, parrots, octopi, etc) and many more display some pretty complicated behaviors (slime molds my beloved) when you'd really think they shouldn't.

There's no proper, concrete proof for the existence of a non-hypothetical "soul" as far as I'm aware, so... yes, humans are animals, specifically the most recent and only surviving species of the hominins (not hominids, there's more than one species of those), a bunch of mammals originating out of eastern and central Africa often defined by high intelligence, adaptability, opposable thumbs, and frequently extensive tool usage.

For that matter: since chimps at least can go to war, count, and use tools they should be taxable full citizens.

[Second Dimetrodon Empire]

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
Tribe: Hominini
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens

[Existential Cats]

Humans are animals, and anthropocentrism is pretty silly.

[Dumb Ideologies]

no.

you're a mineral, harry.

[Bradfordville]

Nah man. We're fungi.

[Bradfordville]

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
Tribe: Hominini
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens

Teenage boys when they say no homo, but are reminded that they're a homo sapien: https://youtube.com/shorts/ImQ7K9iIupg? ... 7tz7ZK6TnX

[Floofybit]

Nah man. We're fungi.

I disagree. I'm unfortunately more of a boringgi

[Dumb Ideologies]

Nah man. We're fungi.

I disagree. I'm unfortunately more of a boringgi

well we have to keep one of you around as a non-fungible token

[The Astral Mandate]

So, obviously science (or at least what the world dreams as science) says that humans are animals. However some might argue that animals can’t feel or think on a human level. I for one think that humans and animals differ. Of course I’m aware of the same cell makeup and similarities but since I am Christian I believe that God set us apart from animals to be more special. I think that animals are important but aren’t the same as humans as they don’t have souls and can’t be saved. Nations of NS what do you think?

I recognize multiple definitions of the term, some inclusive of our kind, some not.

[Galmat]

Coming from another Christian standpoint, all animals have souls, and WILL be saved. And yes, humans are animals, just more gifted.

This is the complete opposite of what I was told when I was younger. Guess I was taught total heresy...

[The Free American Republic]

Coming from another Christian standpoint, all animals have souls, and WILL be saved. And yes, humans are animals, just more gifted.

What denomination are you?

[Bewaffnete Krafte]

Coming from another Christian standpoint, all animals have souls, and WILL be saved. And yes, humans are animals, just more gifted.

This is the complete opposite of what I was told when I was younger. Guess I was taught total heresy...

Most American christians believe in very contradictory ideas from both non-americans and other americans. This is mainly because the teaching of church doctrine was dedicated to individual churches instead of wide-spread ones like in Europe, and so every pastor or priest or what have you gets to teach it however they want. It's also, however, because American christians often make up "christian" beliefs instead of taking it from bibles or churches, etc. like in the rest of the world. I went to church for most of my life and we mostly sung gospel and watched the priest ramble about The Father instead of reading the bible and learning scripture.

[The Free American Republic]

This is the complete opposite of what I was told when I was younger. Guess I was taught total heresy...

Most American christians believe in very contradictory ideas from both non-americans and other americans. This is mainly because the teaching of church doctrine was dedicated to individual churches instead of wide-spread ones like in Europe, and so every pastor or priest or what have you gets to teach it however they want. It's also, however, because American christians often make up "christian" beliefs instead of taking it from bibles or churches, etc. like in the rest of the world. I went to church for most of my life and we mostly sung gospel and watched the priest ramble about The Father instead of reading the bible and learning scripture.

That’s basically Protestantism (low church authority) vs Orthodox and Catholicism (high church authority)

[Shamhnan Insir]

no.

you're a mineral, harry.

This almost made me cry.

[Bewaffnete Krafte]

Most American christians believe in very contradictory ideas from both non-americans and other americans. This is mainly because the teaching of church doctrine was dedicated to individual churches instead of wide-spread ones like in Europe, and so every pastor or priest or what have you gets to teach it however they want. It's also, however, because American christians often make up "christian" beliefs instead of taking it from bibles or churches, etc. like in the rest of the world. I went to church for most of my life and we mostly sung gospel and watched the priest ramble about The Father instead of reading the bible and learning scripture.

That’s basically Protestantism (low church authority) vs Orthodox and Catholicism (high church authority)

The first part, sure, but the second part isn't really down to Protestantism. There's very little bible reading in the churches I went to, (Baptist, btw) its mostly just the pastor talking. I don't know if that's universal in the US though.

[The Free American Republic]

That’s basically Protestantism (low church authority) vs Orthodox and Catholicism (high church authority)

The first part, sure, but the second part isn't really down to Protestantism. There's very little bible reading in the churches I went to, (Baptist, btw) its mostly just the pastor talking. I don't know if that's universal in the US though.

Yeah I go to a Baptist church which I agree the pastor doesn’t read loads of scripture but that’s usually just cause we focus on a few verses for the day. I’ve never been to other Baptist churches so I wouldn’t know how they do it.

[The House of Wisdom]

HUmans were gifted intelligence by Allah and with that they are then, knwing how to farm and control animals, then set over them.