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<blockquote data-quote="Ishmael" data-source="post: 63929" data-attributes="member: 532">I&#039;m not 100% sure on how Man came to be, but I will say that it&#039;s abundantly clear that God separated us from animals by giving us not only intelligence, but critical thinking and the ability to form comparisons. The more of a &#039;bad&#039; person you are - a dreg of society - the more like an animal you are. All of the &#039;major sins&#039; that people are told to traditionally avoid are all animalistic traits, especially once you fully succumb to those urges. On a side note; I don&#039;t have a real opinion on the &#039;soul&#039; thing, whether having one is what determines if you&#039;re a &#039;real human&#039; or not, etc. All I know is that there are some people in this world who are very, very unintelligent and might lack the ability to do anything more than be an animal that looks like a human; which is very unfortunate.Apparently, animals will return to dust as they came once they die; and that is the wage of death for a sinner who knows better and chooses to do the opposite. Willingly becoming an animal or at least abusing your God-given ability to drive those animalistic tendencies is a very basic and simple to understand sin. It&#039;s also one of the easiest to fall into and entertain because it feels &#039;normal&#039;. It&#039;s the &#039;flesh&#039; that we are supposed to &#039;battle&#039; against. Just because the body you live in has functions and operations that require it to continue existing and to create a genetic line does not mean that you have to obey. It&#039;s part of why fasting is a thing at all. Self-discipline. All stems from this separation from being an animal; and yet everyone seems content in justifying their morally relative behavior through this lens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ishmael, post: 63929, member: 532"] I'm not 100% sure on how Man came to be, but I will say that it's abundantly clear that God separated us from animals by giving us not only intelligence, but critical thinking and the ability to form comparisons. The more of a 'bad' person you are - a dreg of society - the more like an animal you are. All of the 'major sins' that people are told to traditionally avoid are all animalistic traits, especially once you fully succumb to those urges. On a side note; I don't have a real opinion on the 'soul' thing, whether having one is what determines if you're a 'real human' or not, etc. All I know is that there are some people in this world who are very, very unintelligent and might lack the ability to do anything more than be an animal that looks like a human; which is very unfortunate. Apparently, animals will return to dust as they came once they die; and that is the wage of death for a sinner who knows better and chooses to do the opposite. Willingly becoming an animal or at least abusing your God-given ability to drive those animalistic tendencies is a very basic and simple to understand sin. It's also one of the easiest to fall into and entertain because it feels 'normal'. It's the 'flesh' that we are supposed to 'battle' against. Just because the body you live in has functions and operations that require it to continue existing and to create a genetic line does not mean that you have to obey. It's part of why fasting is a thing at all. Self-discipline. All stems from this separation from being an animal; and yet everyone seems content in justifying their morally relative behavior through this lens. [/QUOTE]

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