[[Therefore, humans are animals,]]
False- animals were not created with an eternal soul or a free will to choose eternal life- only mankind holds that distinction- God didn’t create animals in His image- only man- No animal created has the capacity to secure eternal life with it’s creator- The dictionary’s secular definition of animals is too general- it includes mankind when it is very clear from God’s word that mankind was created separately from animal kind- man was created after ‘God’s kind’ Not animal’s kind- animals were created after their own kinds-
You can stick to your narrow secular definition if you wish- but as for Me- I was created after the image of God- not animals- While i might share SOME physical characteristics with animals, I am certainly not an animal as I possess a soul which will live in eternity with my Creator whereas mere animals will not- and Animals do not share the same attributes of humans that God created uniquely in us humans- that is what separates us from the animal kinds. God didn’t die for animals- He died for people created in His Image
I certainly will do so in matters of biology, just as I do so in matters of astronomy, geology, physics, chemistry, etc.