do you not know that many other animals pair for life and even go to extremes to protect their friends?

Many animals DO have "this". There has even been cross species friendship observed in some zoos that dont exactly separate the different animals.

Truth is, we, homo sapiens, are just as animal as they are. We are not special. We are more intelligent of course, we have more brain activity, more complex thinking, but we sir... are NOT divinely special. .[/QUOTE]


I would hate to disagree there. While we have some animal instincts, our advanced brain and higher intelligence does give us certain quality unique to us. We have emotions, rationale. We can tell differences between 'right' and 'wrong', where an animal can not. It is this emotion that usually drives a lot of our actions. I would dare say that we are the ONLY species that are able to THINK about our actions, their consequences, and what drives us to it. I would say that makes us, as a species, quite special.

A cat may show you affection that you may interpret as love, for example, but it's not a display of love on an emotional level like humans do; but more likely because it knows that you are the one that feeds it.


Quote Originally Posted by zimabog
There is a lot more to the universe than homo sapiens, even if there was a god, we are not it's super special creation.
True, the universe is vast, but if there was a 'God' as you said, we ARE it's super special creation. That is what pretty much all religions (those with God) teach. And you are able to see that dot and write an entire paragraph, JUST BECAUSE you are special. You are 'aware', on a level no other species can match.