Are You an Animal?

[pgp_protector]

Re: WiKi

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently. All animals are also heterotrophs, meaning they must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance.

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Etymology

The word "animal" comes from the Latin word animalis, meaning "having breath". In everyday colloquial usage, the word often refers to non-human members of kingdom Animalia. Sometimes, only closer relatives of humans such as mammals and other vertebrates are meant in colloquial use. The biological definition of the word refers to all members of the kingdom Animalia, encompassing creatures as diverse as sponges, jellyfish, insects and humans.

 

[Doveaman]

Yes.

–noun 1.any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.

It's amazing how a human can become an animal simply by defining himself an animal.

Since a human made up the definition, then a human can also reject the definition.

I absolutely refuse to be an animal.

 

[Skaloop]

It's amazing how a human can become an animal simply by defining himself an animal.

Since a human made up the definition, then a human can also reject the definition.

I absolutely refuse to be an animal.

Every definition of every word that ever existed was made by man. If you reject "animal" for being a human-made definition, then you also reject every other word that accurately describes you.

 

[USincognito]

It's amazing how a human can become an animal simply by defining himself an animal.

Since a human made up the definition, then a human can also reject the definition.

I absolutely refuse to be an animal.

You can refuse to call shoes what they are because you'd rather call them hats.

That doesn't change the fact that they're shoes or that you are an animal by any defition of the word.

 

[variant]

It's amazing how a human can become an animal simply by defining himself an animal.

Since a human made up the definition, then a human can also reject the definition.

I absolutely refuse to be an animal.

I can also reject the idea that today (for me) is Saturday July 14 2012. The problem is that no one else cares.

(is astounded that I am getting replys from posts I made in 2006)

 

[plindboe]

I absolutely refuse to be an animal.

3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Peter

 

[juvenissun]

An animal is a life which does not wear anything over its natural body in public.

This definition applied since Adam and Eve sinned. It is the simplest one which has a concrete criterion. And it is given in the Book of Genesis.

 

[Assyrian]

So Adam and Eve were animals when God created them?

 

[variant]

An animal is a life which does not wear anything over its natural body in public.

This definition applied since Adam and Eve sinned. It is the simplest one which has a concrete criterion. And it is given in the Book of Genesis.

So only nudists are animals?

Dressing your pets up in public makes them people?

 

[juvenissun]

So Adam and Eve were animals when God created them?

I know someone will say this. It is probably the only exception if I didn't add the restriction to my definition.

Before they sinned, the definition of animal is a different one which is only applied in the Garden. So, since the Garden is no longer available, that definition is also no longer valid.

 

[juvenissun]

So only nudists are animals?

Dressing your pets up in public makes them people?

Instead of kidding around, you should seriously consider the meaning of it. It really tells animals from human. I can't think of an exception to that definition.

Yes, if you attended a naked party, you are an animal at that time. The next day, you probably want to become a human again.

 

[Jamin4422]

Every definition of every word that ever existed was made by man.

Not true. God has a dictionary and man has a dictionary. When we are born again we take on the Mind of Christ and the Divine Thoughts of God. We no longer use man's dictionary.

 

[Assyrian]

I know someone will say this. It is probably the only exception if I didn't add the restriction to my definition.

Before they sinned, the definition of animal is a different one which is only applied in the Garden. So, since the Garden is no longer available, that definition is also no longer valid.

Reminds me a bit of...

'I don't know what you mean by "glory",' Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. 'Of course you don't — till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'
'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument",' Alice objected.
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'

Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

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[Jamin4422]

Can you prove that any organism on this entire planet has free will in the first place?

Isn't that the Calminian debate that has been going on for a long time now?

 

[Davian]

It's amazing how a human can become an animal simply by defining himself an animal.

Since a human made up the definition, then a human can also reject the definition.

I absolutely refuse to be an animal.

What if the choices were only animal, vegetable, or mineral?

 

[juvenissun]

What if the choices were only animal, vegetable, or mineral?

Easy. None of the above.

 

[variant]

Instead of kidding around, you should seriously consider the meaning of it. It really tells animals from human. I can't think of an exception to that definition.

Yes, if you attended a naked party, you are an animal at that time. The next day, you probably want to become a human again.

I'm sorry but takeing you seriously is the last thing I am going to do based upon your comments here.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Originally Posted by Skaloop Every definition of every word that ever existed was made by man.

Not true. God has a dictionary and man has a dictionary. When we are born again we take on the Mind of Christ and the Divine Thoughts of God.
We no longer use man's dictionary.

It does come in useful when playing scrabble

 

[variant]

Not true. God has a dictionary and man has a dictionary. When we are born again we take on the Mind of Christ and the Divine Thoughts of God. We no longer use man's dictionary.

Always fun to have an appeal to the divine in a semantics discussion.

I am pretty sure that even God (were it an existent being) knows what animal means in English.

 

[Skaloop]

Not true. God has a dictionary and man has a dictionary. When we are born again we take on the Mind of Christ and the Divine Thoughts of God. We no longer use man's dictionary.

Since I'm a non-believer using man's dictionary, and you're born again and using God's dictionary, the fact that I understand every word you use dedpite our different dictionaries shows that there's no real difference between man's dictionary and God's dictionary.

Anyway, since you're using God's dictionary, how does God define gravity? How does He define gravy? How does He define groovy?