is billions? However man is the ONLY intellegent, and clever enough to build civilizations, develop, rule the earth and reach the outer space.
If we look at the most intelligent animal we will find the gab is enormous:
- they are unable to build even a small house.
- they didn't develop a bit throughout millions of years
- they don't wear clothes
- No point in their lives
Is it a chance that the theory of evolution chose only one creature out of billions other to go through the path of intelligence?
Or you have to just admit that GOD favored man by mind?
2006-11-04 11:52:14 · 24 answers · asked by Kimo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hmmm. you make a very good point about animals. first time i've heard that one and i have to admit its fairly solid. BUT...you seem to talk about the "billions" of animals on earth as though it is a lot. But that is only relative. If you compare the billions of animals on earth, to say.... THE INFINITE amount of stars, and 100 Billion+ visible galaxies, then those amount of unintelligent animals seems very small.
2006-11-04 12:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Homo Sapiens (wise man) didn't happen by the will of God. This was natural evolution, and don't accept all you read from the books by Darwin. It has taken only 40 odd thousand years for mankind to develop into what we are today, and we are still the most destructive species on earth. What other animal selectively destroys it's own kind? Quite honestly, it has little to do with God, and I am probably as religiously inclined as the next person.
2006-11-04 20:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ants build houses. So do birds, some very complex. Hermit crabs wear clothes. And you have no idea what they consider a point in their lives. Apes are very intelligent, which is not surprising given that we share the closest ancestors with them.
In any given population of creatures, what's the chance that one species will be the smartest? 100%
Each species finds its own niche in this environment. Each species has a different strategy for survival. Intelligence, admittedly, is a rare one.
2006-11-04 19:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by nondescript 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Okay, I'll go with that famous atheistic open mindedness on this one. Perhaps the reasons for all you say are because God favoured us. Now you just go and provide us with something more tangible than "Isn't it obvious?!! Just look around you!!!" and we can get serious about this.
Until then, the non-God explanation for all the above, setting aside your many inaccuracies and including the singularity of human intelligence, are better explained by evolution - by miles.
2006-11-04 20:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am no atheist, but I would like to correct you.
-Animals can build houses. Look at birds with their nests and beavers with their lodges.
-Dogs, cats, birds, and other animals have been domesticated so they HAVE changed.
-They don't need clothes. They have fur.
-There is a point to almost all animal's lives. If you really pay attention to them you will notice that animals each have a special job in nature. Examples are bees making honey and frogs controlling the bug population.
-They even communicate! Birds can learn to speak and apes learn to sign.
-They use tools like humans. An exaple is the gorilla using sticks for getting insects and leaves for cups.
I have just given you examples that support my ideas so you cannot claim them to be false!
-Wiccan teen )O(
2006-11-04 20:05:53 · answer #5 · answered by Seeker 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say that the missing link was not smart or dumb enough to suit his needs.
I have seen them build houses, not the same way humans do
They have developed, we have the fossils to prove it
Yes we are smart
No real point to our lives either, though I am anticipating a good lunch
Now round those animals up and get them back on the ark!
2006-11-04 20:07:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first sign a species is becoming sentient is when they have evolved to the point where they can abstract enough to invent a god. The first time a species achieves sentient maturity is when the get rid of their gods.
2006-11-04 20:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The most intelligent animal other than ourselves:
built houses
developed
wore clothes
and probably had a point to their lives.
Homo neanderthalensis. Extinct, probably because our ancestors pushed them onto marginal land.
2006-11-04 20:27:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that 99% of all the living organisms that ever existed on Earth are now extinct?
What was the point of "intelligently designing" all of them just to wisk them off the planet?
And did you know that many animals are now known to use simple tools? And did you know that chimpanzees and gorillas can communicate in sign language and teach it to their offspring?
2006-11-04 20:02:45 · answer #9 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I happen to think their is a point in all living creatures,but what do I know. I like the part where I eat food everyday (no point in that). you need to do more research before you start babbling about theories. don't start a fight and only bring a butterknife with you.
2006-11-04 19:58:16 · answer #10 · answered by NO delusions 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋