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Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
24. I don't even see this as an atheist vs. believer thing.
Sun May 20, 2012, 09:26 PM
May 2012

You don't have to believe in God or anything supernatural to have empathy for others' pain. Emotions are real to the one feeling them, no matter what, and loss of a loved one is something we can all relate to, a sorrow we all will share in. To think that only humans have such basic and powerful feelings as love, grief, etc. is the height of arrogance. (And frankly, I find the insistence in some sects of Christianity that only humans matter because only humans have "souls" to be the absolute height of that kind of cold, self-aggrandizing ruthless pride.)

what happened to the cub? Blue_Tires May 2012 #1
so if someone posted this privately on their facebook PatrynXX May 2012 #10
See, I'm an atheist. But I do believe animals basically have the same "consciousness" I do. Poll_Blind May 2012 #2
you'd be one of the good atheists... PatrynXX May 2012 #11
There's "good" and "not so cool" people in every group you can name Merlot May 2012 #19
+1,000 freshwest May 2012 #17
I don't even see this as an atheist vs. believer thing. Withywindle May 2012 #24
I'm an atheist and know that animals have souls just as much as humans. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #33
It's always heartbreaking when animals mourn lunatica May 2012 #3
This one makes me wonder if I'm making my dog EC May 2012 #4
dogs evolved with man for about 100,000 years pasto76 May 2012 #8
Well... Neoma May 2012 #22
My mother (80 today) says that heaven is where all your previous pet dogs greet you at the gate. fasttense May 2012 #31
My new rescue has some issues with attachment as well - TBF May 2012 #23
Crying................ Swede Atlanta May 2012 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author amb123 May 2012 #6
What's global warming got to do with this? nt Edim May 2012 #15
No words 99Forever May 2012 #7
Damn, Now I'm depressed! I LOVE Polar Bears and they have a special place in my heart. Auntie Bush May 2012 #9
Your user name lillypaddle May 2012 #12
But they're "only animals" right, everyone? flvegan May 2012 #13
:-( Odin2005 May 2012 #14
It wasn't grief, it was getting hungry. zoechen May 2012 #16
But don't you love the smell of anthropomorphism in the morning? It smells like ... 11 Bravo May 2012 #18
How do you know it wasn't grief? Merlot May 2012 #20
I'm Sorry for you zoechen May 2012 #21
Oh, but humans would never ever kill each other, would we? Withywindle May 2012 #25
I've read this about 6 times.. zoechen May 2012 #26
In a nutshell. Withywindle May 2012 #34
Actually, it's you that has it backasswards Merlot May 2012 #27
From a guy that yawns and rolls his eyes when he views all things "ogrish" Zalatix May 2012 #30
Do you have a link? Is it the same polar bear? fasttense May 2012 #32
AWFUL. BlueIris May 2012 #28
Zoechen, you do not come across as a very nice person...but hey, thats just me. 1620rock May 2012 #29
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