I'm saying that the emotions that make us uncomfortable about evolution, and allow us to kill animals, are related to the emotions of that cause racism. You think? People create artificial superiority in their minds, like having souls, and having God's exclusive approval, and being the only creatures to have emotions. They use this superiority to be unfair to others, whether it's cows or other races. It seems related to me.
2006-07-07 04:58:42 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Poestalker, you mentioned "descent" in your definition of racism. I think you shot yourself in the foot.
2006-07-07 05:12:24 · update #1
Will God's Servant please provide me an e-mail address to contact you. I feel we need some dialogue.
2006-07-07 05:14:03 · update #2
No, God created man and he has dominion over the animals.
2006-07-07 05:01:38 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Racism as defined by International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
"Any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise, on equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, or any other field of public life.”
Racism is related directly toward humans. The word has nothing to do with unhuman species or activities. It has to do with the economy, culture, society...
What culture and economy do animals have? If you believe that we are racist towards animals you also believe that animals are racist towards eachother.
So, you would be saying that animals have the gift of opinion.
From what I know, animals only have instincts. For someone or something in your case, to be a victim to racism they have to be able to understand the meaning of it.
So lets think... is an animal such as a cow racist towards an animal such as a skunk?
2006-07-07 05:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by Poestalker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If find it interesting that you are trying to use evolution to justify a moral cause. If evolution is true then your entire argument is pointless because the "reason" we evolve is to gain advantage for survival. We are the fittest to survive and so we have the right to do as we please with lower animals simply because we are more evolved and their are no "inalienable" "God given" rights for humans or animals. It all becomes relative, I can do whatever I want from a moral/ethical standpoint because there are no moral or ethical absolutes.
As it just so happens, I am a Christian and think all of that is untrue.
PS
Evolution was an excellent tool of racism, do a search on "Oda Benga"
Only a perversion of Christianity yields racism, and who said that animals don't feel emotions? Emotions are just chemical reaction in our brains, ofcourse animals experience emotions.
2006-07-07 05:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by derajer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a great point here, I truly feel disgusted to think that a lot of people don't feel the very least guilty about killing animals and then are hypocrite enough to say killing another human is immoral.
Even in our times when people kill endangered animals indiscriminately, they fail to see the importance of a balanced environment....
Now, back to the feeling that you say causes both racism and butchering. I guess if you make it very general, yeah, it's false superiority what causes man to kill and to discriminate. Then again, hunger is a quite deciding factor as well...
2006-07-07 05:10:00 · answer #4 · answered by Jorge L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that is generally true.
Anytime you have a situation where one or a group of people or animals have an advantage, be it strength, intelligence or even financial leverage in the case of humans, you often see abuse of the beings perceived as inferior. It is a basic 'animal instinct', whether we like admitting so or not.
Instead of realizing that everything is interconnected and any actual superiority, whether given by God or gained through evolutionary chance, ultimately conveys huge responsibility to use that superiority wisely and humanely, the instinct to wield that power selfishly and without compassion or thought to the future of the whole often creeps in despite the best of intentions.
"It's our nature" may sound like a lame excuse to any thinking person, but it is in fact, hardwired into our instinct for survival and is one of the most difficult subconscious reactions to overcome when placed in a position of power. The ability to overcome the basic animal instincts by our own individual choice (as opposed to training provided, say to a dog so it won't kill chickens) is what does set humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom.
2006-07-07 06:38:41 · answer #5 · answered by toastposties 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi. Why can we've wars, why cant people abide one yet another .Why is the international in a multitude? answer :Racial superiority.God created each and each and every one people. no count what colour we are. God loves all people unconditionally ,no exceptions.He would like us to do an same. He realizes that that's style of not achievable for us as a individual to love the full international yet we would want to attempt. If there is someone you do not love for one reason or yet another,then you definitely do not love God.undemanding as that.
2016-10-14 05:22:17 · answer #6 · answered by vergeer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ability to kill animals without remorse or pity would have been a significant survival advantage for early man who had to eat them. Attitudes towards other races would have had no relation unless they saw them as a food source. Any relationship is contradicted by the nature of the racist attitudes you describe. Racists don't generally prefer to eat other races, they just dont like them.
2006-07-07 05:31:55 · answer #7 · answered by Engineer Smurf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is incredibly insightful. I have never thought of that, but it seems to be a reasonable explanation of some things. I would love to see these superior creatures dropped off in the middle of the Amazon to see how superior they really are.
2006-07-07 05:05:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I essentially agree in that racism is a product of ethnocentrism, and that religon is something that is correlated with ethnocentrism, ie if you believe in (fill in the blank) you are right with god and all others go to hell, anyone who denies this is just doing the cafeteria religion thing and this of course is poppycock
2006-07-07 05:12:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've tried to explain this to people who do not care as much for animals as I do. But, I love steak so, I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrit when it comes to that. Sorry, I'm an omnivore, not a vegitarian.
2006-07-07 05:09:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ideas of racial superiority involve only one species -- humans..
"Denial of animal cousins" does not involve only humans. It involves one type of species as compared to another type of species.
So ... no offense, but not a good analogy.
2006-07-07 05:07:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋