All very well, gruff, but on the top of the heap I see other animals, plants, stones, water, air. And there goes my feeling of superiority. :-(
On 25 Aug., 22:11, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > "... On Aug 24, 4:56 am, Pat <[email protected]> > wrote: ..." > > > Well, I like your approach. Conservation of energy is very important > > and something many atheists don't consider in the way you do. It > > sounds to me like you allow for the possibility of a God, > > though...just that you aren't convinced or are of the strongly-leaning- > > towards-atheism-due-to-lack-of-evidence-otherwise, which is fair > > enough. However, what makes you think human beings are the supreme > > creatures of the universe? Why not dolphins? They don't have wars. > > I don't find your views far-fetched--certainly nowhere near as far- > > fetched as some people find mine. ;-) > > Most atheists I've met seem to be nihilists. Not my cup of tea. > Neither is the possibility of a god. I've been atheist more than 50 > years and while I may not have been absolutely convinced of the > absence of a god or gods for my first decade or so, by the time I was > thirty I was absolute. > > As for whether the human species are the supreme creatures in the > universe, we are without doubt the supreme creatures on this planet. > Other species may have some characteristics we may envy as being more > developed then some of our own, overall we have conquered our > environment and changed it drastically. No other species even > attempts to change it's environment. We are the only ones who have > the vision and creativity to do so. To my thinking this makes us > superior on this planet. > > However, regarding whether we are the supreme creatures in all of > existence, I rely on a belief in irony. The irony that we keep > looking for a species more superior, more developed, more civilized > than ourselves, indicates to me that we are alone in that > superiority. I've no doubt we'll find other life forms but we'll > still be at the top of the heap.
