Atheist, do you believe mankind exists outside the same rules of nature that the animal kingdom is governed by

Answer 1

same rules apply. The reason things seem different is we have a more well developed social instinct. This social instinct is why children have an innate belief that life should be fair. This enhanced social instinct leads to many of the notions we believe separate us from the savages etc. The bad news is functional MRI can already demonstrate the neural pathways that govern moral decision making. So its going to be entirely possible with a little surgery to eliminate moral thinking.

Answer 2

Mankind is another subspecies of the great thing we call life. We have greater abilities than other animals, but we all came from the same place. The line between man and animal is the same kind of line between New York and New Jersey. Imaginary.

Think of human beings like the full $300 dollar version of Microsoft Office. We have Power Point, Excel, the whole shabbang. Animals have the lesser version that comes with the computer.

It is more logical to categorize humans as animals than as a different classification all together

Answer 3

I believe humans used to more but as we developed b/c of advanced brains, our population has increased to where the people who would normally die b/c of the whole 'survival of the fittest' remain alive. But, an individual will still die b/c of infection, animal attacks...people still die of malnutrition or starvation, there are still some diseases humans haven't found a cure for, so we definitely still are subject to the rules of nature.
In fact, show me a human who flies out of will alone or doesn't get born, age and eventually die. A human's life is even compared to the season's in old proverbs.
IE: Q: What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?
A: man (4=hands and knees wen an infant, 2=normal adulthood, 3=two feet and a cane when old)

Answer 4

I'm not an atheist, I'm a Pagan, but I do think humans are ruled by the same natural laws that animals are. We have a great capacity to manipulate nature, but we are still part of it and dependent on it.

However, due to our big brains, we have much more of an ability to reflect and innovate than other animals do, which gives us a big advantage, and a lot of responsibility.

Answer 5

No, as it is part of the animal kingdom how could such a statement make any sense? Further, how can anything in nature operate outside the rules of nature? The question makes no logical sense.

Answer 6

We have explained this to you several times now. Do you read the answers you get?

Humans are SOCIAL animals. They live under the biological laws of social animals. Every social group has slightly different interactions and rules that could govern them.

Humans, with large brains are also capable of overriding their biological natures and that is why we have a progressive moral system.

Answer 7

That's impossible . We are members of the natural animal kingdom . We all have the same destination , not only the animals , but all living things of nature .
If you have a tiny bit of evidence to the contrary , I'd sure love to see it . Not a book -- - real evidence .

Answer 8

Do you mean the laws of physics, biology, and chemistry? If so, I do not think mankind exists outside of those rules.

If you mean the "moral" codes that determine behavior in nature, I think we do have a different set of laws. We are capable of analyzing our behavior through reason (which other animals aren't capable of doing) and therefore our morality is far more complex.

Answer 9

Everything in nature is ruled by the same rules of nature, so unless you consider yourself unnatural you are ruled by the same natural laws. The things that set humanity apart are things such as love, compassion, morality, self-sacrifice, ideology, religion, etc., but also hate, war, crime, jealousy and so on and so on.

Answer 10

wow that question does not make any sense at all. are you saying the animal kingdom is governed by something? well its not. and no, mankind undergoes the same scientific laws of physics & time as the animals lol...