What separates man from the rest of the animal kingdom?
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Food animals may be ill-treated, and that is a painful thought, but not uncomfortable enough to make of me a vegan or vegetarian.
I prefer fish and fowl, but do enjoy the infrequent taste of red meat (burger, bacon, sausage,.....). My favorite meal is grilled salmon with steamed asparagus.
We would surely all be healthier if we were vegan, and I am open to such a practice in the future. Still, I am not prepared to make that change right now.
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I prefer fish and fowl, but do enjoy the infrequent taste of red meat (burger, bacon, sausage,.....). My favorite meal is grilled salmon with steamed asparagus.
We would surely all be healthier if we were vegan, and I am open to such a practice in the future. Still, I am not prepared to make that change right now.
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I'm the same way. I've tried going Vego for a bit but I always give in. It may sound silly but before I eat meat now I always say "thank you" for giving its life so I can have some delicious ribs. It helps me be a bit more conscious of the flow of life (although I don't know how philosophical I would be if I was being eaten by a crocodile). One day I'll become soil nutrients myself. We are all made of star dust and will become it again. Nothing is permanent.
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And yet, the moment is eternal. Now is the impossible dream. We are living in time, and in our experience, it appears to have no bounds.
I'm putting my money on infinite sentience. We are the star dust that feels love to the marrow of our bones, and in that feeling, we live outside of time, where there is never really anything we can call "nothing". It's all good.
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I'm putting my money on infinite sentience. We are the star dust that feels love to the marrow of our bones, and in that feeling, we live outside of time, where there is never really anything we can call "nothing". It's all good.
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'We are the star dust that feels love to the marrow of our bones, and in that feeling, we live outside of time, where there is never really anything we can call "nothing". It's all good'
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Lovely words!
But then we have to realize is that nothing is also good.
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Lovely words!
But then we have to realize is that nothing is also good.
Non-violence ... requires greater heroism than of brave soldiers ... The world does not accept today the idea of loving the enemy. Even in Christian Europe the principle of non-violence is ridiculed ... Christians do not understand the message of Jesus. It is necessary to deliver it over again in the way we can understand ...
- Gandhi - speech -1925
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Non-violence ... requires greater heroism than of brave soldiers ... The world does not accept today the idea of loving the enemy. Even in Christian Europe the principle of non-violence is ridiculed ... Christians do not understand the message of Jesus. It is necessary to deliver it over again in the way we can understand ...
- Gandhi - speech -1925
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Phil wrote"
The atoms that make up our bodies are stardust and so they are about 5 billion, 5,000,000,000 years old, maybe older.
The protons in those atoms are not stardust. The came into existence right after the big bang, a little under 14 billion years ago. To put it another way, half of you has been around since the beginning of time.
Physicists have been trying (hard) to determine how long protons will last, but they haven't found any evidence of decay. The current number is a lower limit of 10 to the 34 years, but it could be much longer.
To put this in perspective, the last star is predicted to burn out before
10,000,000,000,000 years
However the lower limit for the half life of a proton is
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.
When I think that half of me is over 13 billion years old, then I know why I am so tired.
I know what you mean by this, but when I read it I had a nerd attack. I thought it would be fun to share some numbers about permanence.Nothing is permanent.
The atoms that make up our bodies are stardust and so they are about 5 billion, 5,000,000,000 years old, maybe older.
The protons in those atoms are not stardust. The came into existence right after the big bang, a little under 14 billion years ago. To put it another way, half of you has been around since the beginning of time.
Physicists have been trying (hard) to determine how long protons will last, but they haven't found any evidence of decay. The current number is a lower limit of 10 to the 34 years, but it could be much longer.
To put this in perspective, the last star is predicted to burn out before
10,000,000,000,000 years
However the lower limit for the half life of a proton is
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.
When I think that half of me is over 13 billion years old, then I know why I am so tired.
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I wonder if apes show signs of understanding their own mortality, because they most certainly experience and express clear signs of interpersonal emotional attachment and profound grief over the loss of another with whom they have formed a strong bond.
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