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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (112681)	1/14/2008 6:43:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

"And yes I have thought about it.......I have a great fondness for all animals... why would your god have given a soul to man and not the other animals he "created"? Or do you believe in special creation?" You presume wrongly. I can't explain the why's of creation but I too am a lover of animals. I don't know the condition of soul or absence of souls in other life forms. Since soul is not a material substance we are not able to make such observations in this life. What I can do is study nature, records from history, attend to that which is self evident, as well as the observable. When I was a newborn infant, I reached out my hand and grasped another’s finger. I grew and grasped at objects of play and learned to gain control over them. I learned I could control the flow of objects in my environment and of ideas in my mind and continued until I gained understanding of how things worked in the world around me. I had pets and ponds in my yard to manage and discovered how delicate natural biomes are. They operate mostly on instinct, unlike me who has few and among them this one ... to take control and cause goodness around me or allow the influence of corruption to bring ruin upon all that I see. And so I believe what scripture reports, that it is our nature to have dominion over the rest of creation. I believe that all creatures have the right to have their natures safe guarded according to our ability to care for their well being, including the well being of one another, and including the nature of the Earth herself. All creatures, therefore, have rights over us and we in turn have a responsibility to them and unto one another. A responsibility for justice and goodness throughout the world with none left behind. I'm off the computer now. Best regards, gem