Animals Are The Best Of God 's Creation

Question of Identity: What does it mean to be human? Are humans more important than animals?

However, opposed to the secularist thoughts that we are yet negligible creatures, the bible lets us know that we are a unique creation, framed in Gods image. God created Adam in his image, giving him

Without animals, humans would not be humans. Animals and humans co-exist together for a reason. Animals need humans, and humans need animals. There has been many stories of animals that change humans forever. One example is Temple Grandin, a high-functioning autistic woman whose life was extremely influenced by animals. She could see animals in ways others couldn't. She knew how to help the animals, and the animals helped her, too. Many people have stories similar to hers, and it's no surprise considering animals have always been such an important part of the development of the human

Humans are God’s precious children. He created us from his image. God gave us the earth and animals for us the appreciate and care for, for its resources and food. Genesis 2:15

To get a sense of what it is to be human, at least in the evolutionary world, we need only to compare our modern selves to our ancestors such as the Neanderthals. The Neanderthals were our closest hominin relative and died out thousands of years ago. Like us, they walked on two legs, hunted , made fire and tools, and lived in shelters (caves). They were more advanced than many of us imagine they were thanks to the way they are portrayed in the media. They had brains similar in size to ours, they stood fully upright (not hunched over), and had a surprisingly complex culture. When asked what it means to be human, you can compare many different aspects of our lives, such as biology, culture, and even religious beliefs. We obviously have

Human beings did not always hold the reins as the most superior creatures in this universe. A

Where did humans come from? This is a question that is common throughout time. Mankind hungers to know where they came from in order to know where they are going. There are those that believe that humans evolved from apes, or that they sprang forth from some primordial cesspool. According to Genesis 2:7, God created man from the earth in his image. He breathed the breath of life into him and humans were given dominion over the earth. Job 10: 8-12 describes how God molded man like clay and pieced him together with muscle, sinew, and skin (Holy Bible: American Standard Version, 1995).

Now that there is sun, sky, dry land, vegetation, day and night, God goes to work creating what we today would refer to as living creatures. On day 5 God creates living creatures in the water and winged birds to fill the sky (Genesis 1:20-23). Then on day 6 God creates livestock, creatures that crawl, and all wildlife (Genesis 1:24-25). It is also day 6 of creation when God says “let us create man in Our image according to Our Likeness” (Genesis 1:26, HCSB). The words “Us” and “Our” brings to the forefront the Triune God, living in perfect harmony as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The ordering of God’s creation is perfect to not only give us humans the most beautiful playground ever imagined, it is also well thought out, orderly, and made perfectly to sustain

Atwood has a certain understanding of being human in the novel, in this context, meaning to be humanized. The attributes she assigns to this are what separates humans from other animals. Glover paraphrases a statement by Soper, who claims:

One of the most controversial topics in modern philosophy revolves around the idea of non-human animals being considered human people. Controversy over what makes up an actual person has been long debated. However, society deems it as a set of characteristics. The average person normally does not realize how complicated a question this is, and in fact many scientists, philosophers, and individuals will side differently on this specific topic. I personally do not believe that animals are capable of being human people, but throughout this argumentative paper I will address critical views presented from multiple philosophers on why this seems to be the case.

The concept of animals rights is based on the belief that nonhuman animals have similar interests and rights to those of human beings. It would be considered, not only unlawful, but inhumane to hunt, test, and use humans for medical research. However, we do exactly that to nonhuman animals in hopes of creating a better and safer life for existing humans. Do we do it because human beings, as opposed to nonhuman animals, hold a special place in nature? That human good is the only good? Or is because human individuals hold true to the “top of of food

Where there is humanity, there is logical thinking and individualism. I believe that this is what separates human beings from animal species. Each

In Genesis 1:28 God says, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” By giving humans dominion, God wanted them to tend to the earth and take care of it—instead of dominating it—in the same way that he tends to humans and takes care of them. This shows that God gave humans authority over other beings for the purpose of nurturing them just as God has authority over humans which he uses for the purpose of nurturing. In this way humans’ authority shows that they are made in the image of

In the book of Genesis when it speaks of man being made in the image of God, what is seen is that just as God created the earth, we can give form to the formless. We can make a date with another, and we can plan to do something at a certain time. Humans unlike any other creature can describe an exciting experience, or tell a scary story. Through speech we can say, "I don't know," which is the first step to gaining understanding and knowledge. Humans are more than just mere creatures of nature because of the art of remembering, recalling, and through language either written or spoken.

It is as if one says a human who is an experiencing subject of a life must be able to understand and communicate its thoughts. Where do animals fit in? Do we discount them because they do not speak our language and we cannot understand theirs?