Should we care about the life of an ant?

Enmos said:
But if you are taking a walk in the forest and you see a mushroom it is not alright to step on it just for the fun of it. But if you step on it by accident it's alright.
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What person could only be helped by stepping on mushrooms !? :bugeye:
What mental illness would require that !!!?
 
redarmy11 said:
So eating or not eating humans is a matter of personal choice.
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I'll refer you to my 1st post in this thread--my opinion hasn't changed: "As for the morality of eating human flesh, I'd say that there's nothing immoral about it but most people find the practice distasteful." Avoid the brains though.
 
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maxg said:
I'll refer you to my 1st post in this thread--my opinion hasn't changed: "As for the morality of eating human flesh, I'd say that there's nothing immoral about it but most people find the practice distasteful." Avoid the brains though.
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I couldn't disagree more, that's horrible...
 
Why? said:
I step on ants all the time. Crush their little lives right out of them. Is this wrong?
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Depends.
Ants can be destructive, and their presence in a home can be construed as likewise destructive. Thus, killing and harming them in that context can be considered a form of pre-emptive self-defence, and is therefore justified ethically.

Random, wanton slaughter and genocide of a colony of ants in the wild?
It's ethically unsound and potentially disasterous to its ecosystem.
 
Dunn11x said:
No, once a person is dead the body is useless. I am a Christian however and to cannibalize is a sin.
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I guess you're not a Catholic since as far as I know eating the flesh of Jesus is still a part of the mass. But that aside, I'm not sure what prohibits any Christian from eating human flesh. There's a prohibition against it in Leviticus but there's a prohibition aginst eating shellfish too and the latter doesn't seem to matter.
 
poor ant. it goes to show larger doesn't mean smarter just look at the contents of this thread. Some idiots enjoying squashing ants and coming up with all kinds of inane justifications.
 
peta9 said:
poor ant. it goes to show larger doesn't mean smarter just look at the contents of this thread. Some idiots enjoying squashing ants and coming up with all kinds of inane justifications.
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Such is the state of humanity, sadly.. but not surprisingly.
 
maxg said:
I guess you're not a Catholic since as far as I know eating the flesh of Jesus is still a part of the mass. But that aside, I'm not sure what prohibits any Christian from eating human flesh. There's a prohibition against it in Leviticus but there's a prohibition aginst eating shellfish too and the latter doesn't seem to matter.
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No, I'm not Catholic nor do I claim my self to any one form that segregates Christianity; I am a Christian.

The breaking of the bread was a symbol of his body that was to be given for us. Jesus asked them to do this in remembrance of him. “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, Jesus took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you”.

Cannibalism is expressed in the Bible as a punishment from God- Deuteronomy 28:53-57, Jeremiah 19:9, Ezek 5:10.
 
Dunn11x said:
No, I'm not Catholic nor do I claim my self to any one form that segregates Christianity; I am a Christian.

The breaking of the bread was a symbol of his body that was to be given for us. Jesus asked them to do this in remembrance of him. “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, Jesus took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you”.
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Not to Catholics. I suggest you look up transubstantiation. And yes cannablism is seen as a curse because you have to be pretty freaking hungry before you engage in it, but it doesn't say that it is something to be punished for. You can interpet the Bible however you want but I see no prohibition against it.
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Enmos said:
Do you know what biological means ? It's LIFE and it's to be respected.
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Why? Just because it's made of organic compounds? What if I make a tiny robot made of aluminum that mimics the behavior of an ant?

What about LIFE do you respect? Its molecules? Its consciousness? What about bacteria (as someone else pointed out)? Or fungi? Or grass? Or plankton?

The OP asks if we care about the life of an ant. Do you care about the life of an ant? Or any of the things I mentioned above?
 
It is my belief that the eating of the bread and the drinking of the wine is to be a symbol for accepting his sacrifice as well as to remember what he did for us.
 
It is my belief that the crushing of the ants and the smashing of the slugs is to be a symbol for how damn good it is not to be an ant or a slug.
 
superluminal said:
What about LIFE do you respect? Its molecules? Its consciousness? What about bacteria (as someone else pointed out)? Or fungi? Or grass? Or plankton?
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We should respect the life that God created because it is Gods creation, which was made for us. And to destroy it would be like receiving a Gift and destroying it.
 
Dunn11x said:
We should respect the life that God created because it is Gods creation, which was made for us. And to destroy it would be like receiving a Gift and destroying it.
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Unfortunately for you, there is no god so your entire worldview is just a dipsy-doodle fantasy.

Plus, I've recieved a number of gifts I later destroyed. It was fun.
 
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