Posted on 09/15/2016 7:56:34 AM PDT by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
i understand the theology. but the more time I spend with dogs, cats, and horses... the more I come to the realization that they are at least as intelligent and soulful as humans, and more so in some ways
Slightly off topic but it amazes me some acquaintances actually believe Great White sharks have feelings and won’t bite if you communicate. This a conversation in my church parking lot a couple months ago. Their brains are the size of a 5.56.
Good morning.
The more people I meet the more I love my cats.
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The difference between humans and other animal species is that humans have the ability to make tools like primates, but do it at a vastly higher level than gorillas and chimpanzees. I think cetaceans like dolphins and the closely related killer whale have the brain capacity, but not the tool making ability to really advance themselves.
I remember Jacques Cousteau saying yes, dolphins are very smart but they do not possess human intelligence - otherwise they would jump over the cork line of the tuna nets rather than drowning.
In Genesis, when God breathed into Adam....”man became a speaking spirit.” No matter how desperately these quacks attempt to lower the human race, and elevate the evolution crock, they will continue to fail. Because only mankind have and eternal spirit.
Dolphins are border collies with fins.
I agree. I had a horse that had a very high awareness of himself, and was very intelligent (Arabians usually are). And when I think of Secretariat, who loved posing for the cameras and KNEW he was something special, I am in awe. But, animals can only go so far, no matter how special they are. Humans have an added dimension that was given by God.
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I guess I just have changed my mind about animals, I see THEM has having an “added dimension given them by God”
your Arabian (horse, that is) had self-awareness, shared love and affection, was loyal, and never tortured or murdered or threatened anybody.
horse superior creature. end of file.
Well, YOUR cat, maybe. Mine loves beautifully harmonic music. She also senses when humans are in prayer and comes over to sit with us.
We have to agree to disagree, I think, but it’s a family debate. :-D When God breathed into man, that made him unique. Jesus did not die on the cross to absolve the sins of animals (who have none and do not, therefore, need a saviour). I do believe our animals (perhaps all animals) go to heaven. I would hate to think my beloved friends would not be there when I arrive!
Praise God for HIS creation! Amen.
Dolphins taste real good between 2 slices of wheat bread a some mayo.
I must agree with Monsignor Pope on this statement. This was really the title of a scientific expose? LOL! Just the word "may" proves it is not scientific.
and you just made my point!!!!!
the non-human animals are far superior to people as they do not transgress God’s Law and they do not require any help getting into Heaven (they go direct, don’t need any tickets punched)
your pets will be with you in the next life....
Isaiah 65 (and Revelation 19) both envison non-human animals in the world to come
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They don;t say what a dolphin is in this article. I fish for what some say are dolphins. We call them Mahi-mahia. The Flipper dolphins are not. The commercial tuna boats I know of, DO catch the mahi-Mahi and include them in their catch. PETA and other liberal groups say “They are catching dolphin!!” which is not wrong, BUT it IS. I guess it’s like calling tuna fish in a can, albacore. Both taste good, fresh, but a tuna is not an albacore. Sorta like a rabbit and a woodchuck. Same family, but different. (I’d eat’em both.)
If they were far superior to people, they would not have been sacrificed to God (at his command, as a foreshadowing of the Messiah’s death)) while people who killed people were under the death sentence. Man was made in God’s image, animals were not. To say that animals are innocent, I wholeheartedly agree with. To say they are superior I cannot agree with.
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