tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860066926622585512.post5975281048145672510..comments2023-11-05T00:23:44.062-07:00Comments on Country Sensibility: Mind boggling quotes thanks to JunkScience.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860066926622585512.post-64468425201178217592008-01-10T22:25:00.000-08:002008-01-10T22:25:00.000-08:00Bryan, you must have heard about the Christmas day...Bryan, you must have heard about the Christmas day Tiger attack at the SF Zoo. Well they had a memorial service for the person who was killed....and for the Tiger (who was put down by Zoo authorities)<BR/>Enough said.Willie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10380772343957617434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860066926622585512.post-18399710303954764612008-01-03T07:46:00.000-08:002008-01-03T07:46:00.000-08:00I'm not sure I know what the specific source of th...I'm not sure I know what the specific source of the self hate is. As a general source, I feel safe in citing a lack or absence of Christianity (I would concede that I could've also said Judaism or Islam here as well - any religion recognizing what Christianity refers to as the Old Testament as inspired scripture).<BR/><BR/>I don't see how any Christian person could see things the way the people responsible for those quotes see them. Two quick reasons, as encapsulated in Genesis 1:26-28 (both of the following two bullet points are presumptions I wouldn't expect a non-Christian to necessarily agree with or adhere to).<BR/><BR/>* We are clearly different than all the other animals being that we were created in God's image and after God's likeness. (Here I'm thinking of the quote I saw where the person equated the value of the human species to that of slugs.)<BR/><BR/>* All of creation is ours to subdue and have dominion over.<BR/><BR/>So clearly, to me, elevating nature to such a lofty status is not a Christian idea.<BR/><BR/>Obviously a biased answer though. It would also be a perfectly valid to cite a lack of Nazism as potentially being responsible (I'm thinking social Darwinism here) - not only did the Nazis think they were superior to slugs, they thought they were to superior to Jews, Gypsies, Blacks... etc.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998956754480049169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860066926622585512.post-33983689086137888042008-01-02T16:16:00.000-08:002008-01-02T16:16:00.000-08:00I love seeing statements like those, they apparent...I love seeing statements like those, they apparently don't believe it enough to hop in front of a train. That'd be a great first step.<BR/><BR/>I've heard similar things when people talk about putting nuclear waste on the moon. Like we'd be destroying the pristine moon habitat. Where does that self-hate come from you wonder.Demian L. Neidetcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301687773415095331noreply@blogger.com