Re: What is man?

The Bible tells us our place:

Ecclesiastes 3:18
I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

Ecclesiastes 3:19
Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; man has no advantage
over the animal.

And if one wants to believe the Bible, it says that the animal also will face judgement:

Genesis 9:5
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an
accounting for the life of his fellow man.

Of course, thinking of ourselves as animals hurts our pride, so the conservatives rip these verses out of the Bible and fight evolution like crazy.

On Fri Jun 2 23:32 , "Debbie Mann" sent:

>Apes and dolphins communicate.
>Apes and other animals, I believe even some birds use tools.
>Several species marry for life.
>
>Beavers and other species change their environment.
>Raccoons wash their food before eating.
>
>Macaws I believe collect knick knacks. And so do barracudas.
>
>What makes man superior?
>
>I don't think there is a good answer to this question. Glenn Morton - if
>there isn't a good answer to who we are, then how can we expect a good
>answer to who God is?
Received on Sat Jun 3 13:40:18 2006