I think we humans naturally put man as more important than other species of animals. When you think about it honestly this type of clasification is very very arbitrarry and has no basis in fact and highly prejudical. So if as they say in the Bible that man was created in God's image and we our of a different species than God,,then just like man he should care very little about what happens another species who is less important(arbitrarily) to man,,the same way man cares very little about the cow from which his Mc donalds hamberger came from.
Frankie, this is interesting to me. Do you think then that God exists but he's just too busy to be bothered with humans? We're his preverbial ants, to use Eman's analogy? Or that humans don't rate high enough in the universe to a divine being to look over them?
Fleur, my apologies, I think you misunderstand me. Death is a terrible thing, and definitely an enemy while here on earth. But, it is also a necessary step in our existence.
Ever seen the movie Bruce Almighty? There is a hint of truth that we could all do with paying attention to... if we all got our own way, and no loved ones died, where would the earth be now?
I haven't seen the movie, FMZ. I understand the concept of death as a gateway to somewhere else. I wonder about it, I struggle with it. I ask myself that every day. But if there is another life after this, I think that it would be some kind of reincarnation and not something that God has anything to do with. If you take god out of it, and look at human souls as energy (which makes some kind of sense to me, don't know why) then kind of like the Force then after humans die, their souls continue to exist.
But I don't think that any kind of 'god' has any interest in interfering, if he/she/it does exist. I understand the concept that the earth couldn't hold all the people who have ever lived, etc. but who and why do the people who die, die? It doesn't set well with me to think that god picks and chooses who lives and who dies. I've known too many truly good people who died young and evil dictators who lived to ripe old ages. Somethings not right with that.
I hope i'm articulating clearly and in a non-confrontational manner, my brain is really f'd up today due to neurological activity i can't control so I likely shouldn't be trying to express myself at all today.
essie