Sounds like my cup of tea, Connie! Where do I sign up?
Bertina
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Connie Sunday wrote:
> Just to add another perspective..and BTW, I know bunny from some of the
> vegetarian lists -- Hi Bunny!! -- but you know, Buddhists have an
> entirely different view, one in which the notion of soul that the
> Judeo-Christians have, is non-esistent. Really. Many of us who are new
> to Buddhism don't realize that right away, but nope, no souls in
> Buddhism, not the sort your guys are arguing about.
>
> Nobody can tell me my cat doesn't reason, or animals standing in line at
> the slaughterhouse and hear their fellows screaming, can't reason. No
> siree...they reason pretty good, and pretty damn quickly, too.
>
> my 1 1/2 cent...
>
> Hugs,
> Connie
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 98-09-15 18:37:48 EDT, you write:
> >
> > << Never mind...if I
> > keep up my indoctrination tactics, these creatures may learn to start
> >
> > behaving like objects governed by insticts and not sentient beings.
> >
> > Marguerite >>
> >
> > You have a house full! I love rabbits - we have a family in our yard
> > - the
> > kids love watching them -
> > But This is proof that you really do not understand me or at least
> > what I was
> > saying about the ability to reason - I never said that animals do not
> > have
> > sentiments - that is part of their soul - I said they do not know why
> > they
> > have sentiment - or do they? This is reasoning to the fullest extent -
> >
> > thinking through the Who, What, Where, When and Why of it - the
> > reasoning
> > behind their soul - can other animals besides humans do this? Say for
> > example
> > dolphins - full of personality (part of the soul) yet they can not
> > stop us
> > from polluting their oceans - why? If they can't reason within their
> > brains -
> > this - humans put pollution in our ocean which hurts us and now we
> > have to
> > stop them - they CAN NOT stop us without this who, what, where and
> > when and
> > why reasoning ability humans have - unfortunate at all that we can't
> > find more
> > reasons to stop polluting their oceans - however, they CAN NOT reason
> > in
> > order to stop us - they may feel they are being polluted and trapped
> > in nets-
> > they may feel hurt and trapped about it however they can't put 2 and 4
> >
> > together - you understand that?
> >
> > Animals have wonderful personalities - I had many pets - cats, dogs
> > - they
> > are unique creatures with unique spirits - Never said they were not
> > sentiment
> > creatures - I said they were not reasoning creatures -
> >
> > Love,
> > Angela
>
>
>
> --
>
> Connie Sunday [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> The best index to a person's character is
> (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and
> (b) how he treats people who can't fight back. -Abagail Van Buren
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