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Old 01-07-2007, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by emptypepsi View Post
Are humans any different from other animals? I've heard arguments such as a dog will give it's life to save an owner, which gives it compassion and choice. I've heard that squirrels save nuts for the winter, giving them the ability to plan -- all traits that we have. But is there anything that really makes us different? If so, what do you think that is? Common answers tend to be logic, the ability to belief, consciousness, greed, malice. I'll post my opinion, but I'd like to hear others first.

You can sum it all up in a connection with God. There is, of course, the matter that man has control over the animals of the earth and that they were created for man, but that is linked back to God.
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