I'm a Birdbrain

[quzah]

Originally posted by Whit
We're just on top of the food chain. We eat, we shit, and we die, just like they do. You're both so busy being holier-than-thou that you forget the only reason we don't live in caves and hide from carnivors is we got smart enough to kill their asses. What's more, we will continue to do so, as a part of nature. Not because we are better than them, as your arrogant asses suggest, but because we are them. We just kill better.

Thanks for reminding me that I need to type as if I'm speaking to the narrow-minded masses. Let me state this slowly and plainly so you can understand, since you've obviously missed the vein of this thread.

You can have it one of two ways, not both.

First, the "soul" view of things, as it's been discussed in this thread.

1) We are assuming or granting all things souls.
2) We were speaking of reincarnation, in that, you may possibly be coming back as anything.
3) We've determined that the only difference in killing a human as opposed to any other animal is the personal value placed on it.

Now, if that is given, then it would be stupid to kill anything, since they would all have the same value. Killing a mosquito would be like killing your brother.

You can modify this slightly, and give everything a soul, but give them different "levels" of souls. Thus, when you reincarnate, you either move up a level or down. Here again it would seem foolish to go around killing things, since this may affect how your soul evolves.

You can modify this even more, and remove souls from everything except humans. In which case, what does it matter if I go and kill your dog? I'll pay you the $300 bucks he cost and we'll call it even. I mean, it's just a soul-less piece of flesh. I was hungry. No big loss. And hell, if it was a pound-puppy, you made a few bucks off my meal.

You can modify this more, and remove souls from humans, in which case we're just "smart animals". In which case, who gives a shit what I kill. They're all equal. Seriously, if we're all just animals, then what of "morality"? There is no point, since we're all just beasts. It's survival of the fittest. Thus, if I have better firepower, I can simply terminate all of you and it'll make me leader of the pack, if I so choose to leave any of you alive.

Basicly we as people just pick whatever one we we think fits best. Take your pick.

Quzah.