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1 | Animal Intelligence Isn't Rational | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 20458 | ||
Animals obviously do not think, Sir Pent. For if they did we'd be in trouble! At least I wouldn't wearing leather shoes! | ||||||
2 | Animal Intelligence Isn't Rational | Gen 3:1 | Sir Pent | 20675 | ||
Confusion ....................................... Dear Lionstron, I must admit that I am very confused by your continuing to post that animals are incapable of thinking. I can only come up with 3 possible explanations. 1. You are using the word "thinking" to mean something other than its typical definition in the dictionary. If this is the case, please share the definition that you are using. 2. You are joking around with me. The "leather shoes" comment was kind of humorous, so maybe this is it. 3. You just want to have the last post. If this is the case, just let me know, and I'll stop responding for you. I really am curious what the original idea was that you were trying to make, but I seem to have lost it in the whole discussion of whether animals had the ability to use their brains. |
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3 | Animal Intelligence Isn't Rational | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 20725 | ||
Is 1:3 "An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel does not know, My people do not understand." Confused you are, dear Sir Pent! 1)Your definition of rational is acceptable. Your problem is that you confuse what animals do instinctively with rationality. 2)I meant my comment to be humorous, but I was serious about the implications. Let me confuse you even more, Sir Pent. "Using ones brains" is only a metaphor for thinking. Further, our (man's) mental processes can be called thought, while those of animals cannot. Maybe this is a further confusion on your part, to think that any mental process is rational. (Refer to the Scripture given above on the non-rationality of animals.) The mental processes of animals are instinctive and non-rational. Contrary to your belief stated above, tigers do not calculate angles and dogs do not associate things in an orderly manner. These things are a--I don't know the right word--personified description of what animals instinctively do, but they are truly not done rationally. You already understand my original idea: animal intelligence is not rational. You don't, however, agree with my reason for making this point explicit, that the image of God is rationality. If you did, we wouldn't be having this debate. You say that the image of God is more than rationality. Maybe, but even if it is, it does not mean animals have it. But if you're still not convinced, teach your dog English and how to type, and I'll carry on this debate with him! Peace, Lionstrong |
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4 | Animal Intelligence Isn't Rational | Gen 3:1 | Hank | 20756 | ||
Lionstrong, your suggestion to Sir Pent to teach his dog English and typing so that you could debate with his dog struck me as being hilarious. Having seen debates on this forum by people who obviously neither knew English nor typing, Sir Pent may have in his dog the makings of a rising star of the forum :-) I am not in the least directing my observations at you, Sir Pent, or your debate. It's just that my quirky funny bone was tickled at the prospect of debating with an educated puppy. Well, in any event, I hope that my little attempt at humor will serve as oil to your debate and cause it to run smoother. --Hank | ||||||
5 | Animal Intelligence Isn't Rational | Gen 3:1 | Lionstrong | 20778 | ||
ProvĀ 17:22 A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones. ........ Thanks, Hank ......... Lionstrong |
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