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Thread #75408   Message #1326058
Posted By: George Papavgeris
13-Nov-04 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: religious question
Subject: RE: BS: religious question
I said nothing about man's inhumanity to man, Clint. The Holocaust, and the deaths of Ted Bundy's victims, and more recent victims of atrocities (I'll leave it at that) have their significance - in relation to humanity.

And every individual's suffering has also significance - in relation to humanity, or at least to the one that suffers and those who care for him/her.

But for Life in general, some of humanity's laws do not apply. Faced with a hungry lion, a human is only more significant (to creation) than an ant because of size and because he/she can provide a more substantial meal for a living creature.

All I am saying is that we cannot extrapolate the values we have as humans and apply them to all of creation.