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What is 'human?'
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bar_khela Wrote:However, man is different from the beasts of the earth in that he is able to generate original thought. He is able to fathom concepts, produce concepts, expound on concepts, and build on concepts.


Man is different from some beasts that way. But, chimps, dolphins, etc. can fathom, produce, and build on concepts.

Quote:He has the ability to choose between his "will-to-live", which is his primal instinct as discussed previously, and his intellect.


I think some animals have quite a developed intellect and many seem to have emotions as well: fear, love, lust, playfulness, loyalty, greed, jealousy, etc.

Quote:Therefore, I conclude that 'human' denotes "being with choice." With our amphibian-like nature, we are able to choose to live as beasts or serve as angels.

I'd say angels have free will, and perhaps even some animals have that capacity. What separates us from the animals (other than we have been assigned dominion over them) is simply our greater potential for comprehension and relationship with Elohim (some of which no doubt is because of a superior intellect), fallen man is born second only to the angels in that regard, and those who have faith in the Son of Elohim have the potential to surpass even the angels (1 Cor. 6:2-3) due to the indellewing of the Spirit of Holiness which is something they don't seem to have been built with a capacity for (perhaps that is why some angels rebelled).

Shlama, Craig
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What is 'human?' - by bar_khela - 10-03-2003, 03:14 AM
Re: What is 'human?' - by Craig - 10-03-2003, 08:30 AM
Re: What is 'human?' - by bar_khela - 10-03-2003, 02:49 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 10-04-2003, 03:39 PM
[No subject] - by Guest - 10-04-2003, 07:01 PM
Re: What is 'human?' - by Guest - 10-05-2003, 07:57 AM
Re: What is 'human?' - by Guest - 10-05-2003, 04:27 PM
Re: What is 'human?' - by Craig - 10-06-2003, 07:12 AM
. - by drmlanc - 10-06-2003, 09:02 AM
Rebuttal - by bar_khela - 10-06-2003, 04:47 PM
Stepping down - by bar_khela - 10-06-2003, 10:16 PM

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