36 sats \ 5 replies \ @ablunderfilledlife 7 Mar \ on: Dogs > People? Dogs_And_Cats
This is a real Thanos snap of a question. I do love dogs, but the imagery of a preference-based rapture is also very intriguing.
I'm voting for a world without dogs because I believe we all are made in imago Dei, even though many work hard not to be.
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I believe we all are made in imago Dei
I just don't see how that could be true of someone who doesn't like dogs, but I guess that's what faith is for.
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I think everyone likes dogs. It's just an unfortunate few that don't know it yet.
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Sadly, it seems to be a real affliction. As a slight aside, I believe it is an actual mental disorder to not like dogs, considering our coevolution with them.
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Interesting! I can buy that. I also can't help but think that we are still equipped with a dose of fear, paranoia, and general otherness when it comes to dogs. Maybe an aspect of our evolution was in suppressing those feelings, not necessarily eliminating them.
Moving your slight aside a bit further to the side, do you think those people who love snakes also have a mental disorder considering how they are a natural enemy of in our primate ancestry?
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I hadn't given them much thought, but they do seem like a real menace to the tribe. :)
My guess is that snake people, and other risk seekers, are an adaptive minority. If everyone always played it safe, we probably wouldn't have tamed fire or domesticated dangerous animals in the first place.
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