Re: tsunami impact on animals

There's still a problem. The scripture restricts the serpent's promise to
knowing good and evil, which is neither logic nor all knowledge. If I
take you seriously, then almost all those who participate here are
notoriously wicked for using their minds to advance knowledge. I must be
especially wicked because my dissertation was on the logic of causality
and related counterfactuals. I contend that disobedience and moral
depravity are not the same as the knowledge required to care for the
earth.
Dave

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:21:39 -0500 "Don Perrett"
<donperrett@genesisproclaimed.org> writes:
You are correct, but those who lose their sight will sometimes gain in
other senses. My point however was not ability, as you are implying. It
was that man has a preoccupation with logical thought, and less with what
is occurring around him. Example is a person who stares at a TV or book
for hours and cannot hear a person calling their name. Your response
would imply that this is because of a lack of senses. I am saying it is
a lack of attention. That is all I am stating. Each person as with each
species has it's own abilities, but they also have their own choice on
what to direct their attention.

As for the "fall" I am stating that just as man's obsession with
knowledge and logic was the fall, so this is also a factor in our
inability to pay attention to what is going on around us. Many of us
look at something from logical points only and do not see the subtleties
that abound within any giving structure. It's the difference conveyed
between art and science.

Don P
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Subject: Re: tsunami impact on animals

Small problem. Dogs have demonstrably better scenting ability than human
beings. Cats have much more sensitive eyesight in dim light. Owls, bats
and dolphins have far superior sound-ranging ability. All these are built
into the physical structures of the creatures. You can't argue that the
differing abilities of the creatures is the result of the Fall. And it is
foolish to argue that human beings had olfactory, visual and auditory
abilities equal to these creatures at any time in the past. A sensitivity
to vibration seems to fall into a similar category.
Dave
Received on Tue Jan 11 14:02:49 2005