Animals

What do I think about animals? Do they have rights? They have certain rights, some of them. Now that I don't really believe that God created humans to be different from animals, what difference should I see? Clearly we're much more intelligent. People might say "you don't really know that for sure-" well, it's kind of obvious. No other creature communicates with any kind of language or creates any kind of technology to speak of.

Do animals deserve the same rights as humans? I doubt it, because where would you draw the line? Sure, you can imagine a monkey or maybe a dog having human-level rights -- but what about a squirrel or a caterpillar, or an ant? OK, so then maybe in a quest for equality you would say that none of us have any "rights", seriously all we are is groups of molecules that disintegrate when we die.

But if that is the case, then why not just assume privilege over the animals anyway, if it's not going to matter in the end, and it seems like the best thing to do right now?

Should we eat animals? I say yes. Look, we work well as omnivores. We get nutrients from meat. If you're an evolutionist you should definitely believe in eating animals, because food chains are a natural thing, and all we are is another animal in the food chain.

I believe in animal testing, because it's better than testing risky products on humans.

In the end you can't treat everything the same. Some animals get a higher worth than others. Similarly, when I stopped being a Christian I realized it was nice to be free to think, hey, if this guy acts like a total dick, maybe he simply is a total dick, and I never have to like him.

No real structure here at all. That probably won't happen too often. I need to get to bed, though.

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