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Anyone who thinks animals don't have faith has never owned a dog. Or seen
someone else with a dog. You want faith? Watch an abused animal shower
love on his/ her owner. Total confidence based on no evidence, which as far
as I can tell is a pretty standard definition of faith.
By the way, I don't mean this as an insult to people of faith. :)
On 5/15/08, steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> william wrote:
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>> Geoffrey Purcell wrote:
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>>> Re technology:- People have been trying for ages to find out the one
>>> unique innate quality or cultural behaviour that separates humans from all
>>> other animals, and have failed time and again, as it was found that things
>>> like laughter and tool-use etc. are present in other species too. Crows are
>>> well-
>>> known to frequently use tools:-
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/3qhuz
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>>>
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>> How about lying?
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> Nature is full of deception.
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>> Or, maybe better (or worse), how about faith?
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> Like buffalo or sheep running off cliffs to their death?
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> Or do you mean the propensity for some humans to anthropomorphise?
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> It seems to me that "faith" is just a more elaborate form of deception
> (even self deception), hijacked by the "priestly" types to extract goods and
> services from others deceptively. Faith is just the ability to continue to
> function in the face of an uncertain future. Animals act on faith when they
> migrate.
>
>> William
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> Steve
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