By Aaron Blumer
Jun
07
2018
"For secularists to claim “no one is an animal” is actually highly inconsistent. They want to believe evolutionary ideas (e.g., man is just an animal) while still believing humans are somehow unique" AiG
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Meet Peter Singer:
"Published in 1975, [Singer's book] Animal Liberation has been cited as a formative influence on leaders of the modern animal liberation movement. The central argument of the book is an expansion of the utilitarian concept that "the greatest good of the greatest number" is the only measure of good or ethical behaviour, and Singer believes that there is no reason not to apply this principle to other animals, arguing that the boundary between human and "animal" is completely arbitrary. There are far more differences, for instance, between a great ape and an oyster, for example, than between a human and a great ape, and yet the former two are lumped together as "animals", whereas we are considered "human" in a way that supposedly differentiates us from all other "animals."
He popularised the term "speciesism", which had been coined by English writer Richard D. Ryder to describe the practice of privileging humans over other animals, and therefore argues in favour of the equal consideration of interests of all sentient beings." -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer#Animal_liberation_and_veganism
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In his mind, there can be no such thing as Imago Dei [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_God ].
Meet Ingrid Newkirk:
Famous quote: "There’s no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They’re all animals."
https://www.activistfacts.com/person/ingrid-newkirk/
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Co-founder of PETA.
my favorite critique of Singer...
-from EXISTENTIAL COMICS