Animals: Our teachers

Greetings,

These last months I became obsessed with "good and evil" issues, especially after watching news... probably same as you guys...

Anyways, one thing is in my mind in these days is that once I was talking with my friend about animal abuse, he told me that animals' purpose in life is to teach humans how to behave... in everything!

Basically what animals do, means it's good, not evil!

it's like the story of Abel and Cain, and the crow!

What do you guys think?

Well...

Some animals eat their young. And praying mantises kill the male after they mate with him.

Originally posted by JustAnIllusion
Well... praying mantises kill the male after they mate with him.

WHAT !! and I was planning on going home tonight and...
Oh.... Ummm never mind..



This is a true story... when I was in bootcamp, the squirrels would line up accros the walk way from us at morning muster. there would always be 3,4 sometimes more and the would sit up on and be standing next to eachother until we started marching....

Animals behave basically in their own self interest, for their survival and the survival of their species. I doubt anyone would really be comfortable if we lived under the "law of the jungle" because eventually someone bigger and stronger comes along. People have attempted to apply Darwinian concepts to society before and the results weren't too good...


[edit on 8-6-2004 by el_topo]