Are we just more developed / intelligent, or is there something more to a person than to any other living creature?
What?
Or if you don't believe there is, why not?
2007-05-15 03:33:58 · 7 answers · asked by super Bobo 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, we have cognition, abstract communication, and alone among the animals we know we will die. It should sharpen up our act but it doesn't seem to do so!
2007-05-15 19:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are more developed mentally. For some its the belief in the soul. But yes we are a creation just like everything else on the planet. We are also one of the cruelest species on the face of the earth, killing for sheer pleasure.
2007-05-15 03:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we have souls.
1703 Endowed with "a spiritual and immortal" soul, the human person is "the only creature on earth that God has willed for its own sake." From his conception, he is destined for eternal beatitude. (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
2007-05-15 03:37:32 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He has a gene called ASPM which gives him a larger brain, but other than that he is just an animal species like the rest.
2007-05-15 03:37:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The thing that sets man apart is his ability to contemplate his own death and form an idea about what happens afterward. This is the foundation of all religions--man's fear and wonder about his own existence.
2007-05-15 03:39:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, a soul
2007-05-15 03:38:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Free will!
2007-05-15 04:47:12 · answer #7 · answered by jasmin2236 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋