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Do you think our ancestors are gorillas?

Asked by edmartin101 (776points) June 28th, 2008

What is the atheist’s great burden of our generation? Humanism? No. Human rights? No. Actually, it is Gorillas’ Rights. Don’t believe it? Watch the video Dawkins states: “since “Humans beings are not just like great apes, they are great apes,” the atheist figures that our rules forbidding discrimination against other humans should logically extend to other species, in this case gorillas” Let us then embark on a journey following the atheist’s logic. If, after all, we are great apes, then the brotherhood of man in reality is the brotherhood of all primates. But why stop there? If the alleged evolutionary tree extends not just through apes, but other animals as well, then why not have a brotherhood of all animals? Sound too extreme? Of course, the logical question arises as to where do we draw the line? Since the evolutionary tree supposedly extends all the way back to plants, algae, and protozoa, then we should not kill or eat those things either, right? Never kill a fly? What do we eat then? According to this theory it wouldn’t be right to eat our brothers in the animal kingdom

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