<p>Evolution is entirely theory, no part of it is law. There may be evolution ina sense, but i do not believe that it just evolved over time from some tiny cell into a damn cow.</p>
<p>They were put on earth for the benefit of humans
Prove that.</p>
<p>They have no other purpose.</p>
<p>Humans, from an empirical and rational point of view, have the same purpose as other animals; to pass on genes. However, as a semi-religious person, I don't think everything can be explained by such a point of view. I just don't think it can be proven, or that there is evidence for, the hypothesis that they were placed on earth for our benefit.</p>
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<p>gravity is "just a theory" too. but how many times have you suddenly floated up into the sky?</p>
<p>Gravity is not a theory..............</p>
<p>yes it is. a scientific theory is different than an everyday theory. for example, if i said "i have a theory about who killed this person", then that means "maybe this person is guilty". but when you are talking about the theory of gravity or the theory of evolution, in a scientific manner, there really arent any "maybes"...</p>
<p>You've gotta be kidding me if you're saying you don't believe in evolution, Sheed. I would expect the general intelligence of CC to be higher than that! I'm going to assume you're not a big science person.</p>
<p>That said, animals do not have any more "right to live" than anything else; the natural order of things is that carnivores eat other animals. In fact, we humans are, in terms of the food chain and evolution, higher than other animals. Therefore, we have more of a right to live than they do; we have adapted to be at the top of the food chain. Just like in nature, the animal more fit to survive survives, it is the same with people eating other animals.</p>
<p>I am a major science person....but i'm also pretty religious.</p>
<p>No, they don't have more of a reight to live than any other organism, but all organisms do have a fundamental right to live. The distinguishing factor for me is that animals have a greater right not to die than, say, plants or microorganisms, which cannot perceive pain to a very great extent and cannot think.</p>
<p>Humans don't have the right to kill and eat other animals?</p>
<p>That's very illogical. Do lions have the right to kill gazelles? Why should humans be any different? </p>
<p>And if humans weren't supposed to eat meat, how come I don't have a mouth full of molars?</p>
<p>Define "right". :D</p>
<p>Humans are descended from a common ancestor with chimpanzees. The closest chimpanzees come to eating meat is eating insects. The origin of human meat eating probably comes from our scavenging days, when humans would eat bone marrow by cracking open bones with tools animals couldn't create. Back then, the meat was necessary to support a growing brain. However, from an evolutionary viewpoint, our distant simian ancestors have rarely or never eaten meat. Nowadays, and for quite a while after the development of agriculture, we can function perfectly fine without meat, which is why I advocate vegetarianism.</p>
<p>By the way, the definition of right is "the opposite of left".</p>
<p>Also, lions do not have the right to kill gazelles, but would you like to volunteer to stop them? Lions can't digest grass, but they can digest you.</p>
<p>I'm a specist. You're not going to convince me I shouldn't eat meat. I dare you to stop me :). I'm probably meaner than a lion, and I pack heat!</p>
<p>I'm with him ^ on this one :D</p>
<p>Yeah, but his reasoning, while maybe facetious, is at least not patently false, unlike your religious babbling.</p>
<p>O, so i cannot have faith in religion?</p>
<p>We eat meat in order to survive.
Lions eat gazelles.
Monkeys eat fruit.
Cow's eat grass.</p>
<p>All are living organisms, and as living organisms, we are only successful in our being if we survive long enough to produce offspring. Whether its "right" or "wrong" is irrelevant. We do what we need to do to survive. Up until very recently that entailed the consumption of meat (for us humans).</p>
<p>Now you can lead a healthy life without meat. If you believe eating other animals is unethical, then thats your prerogative. It doesn't really matter. As long as you live long enough to have a kid, your purpose is served.</p>
<p>Sheed: No, you're welcome to have faith in religion. The fact that it is faith in an established religion makes it no more credible in my mind than any given insane person's delusions.</p>
<p>o, okay :D</p>