On 10 June 2014 16:33, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > The only logical explanation that comes to mind is that the abhorrence of > this practice was, is and forever shall be part of our genetic program as > designed by our creator. Of course the evolutionists among us would beg to > differ as did those that ostracized Copernicus for his heliocentric idea of > the universe. >
Wow, I have to give you credit for chutzpah if not logical reasoning here! I'm sure there is a word for this type of specious parallel-drawing. "Those who ostracised Copernicus" were religious people who believed the creator had put the world at the centre of the universe, which is "obviously" what a creator would do with his chosen people. I can think of a few other possible reasons for the prohibition against cannibalism, one of which is the same as the prohibition against eating pork - we can catch nasty diseases from doing it if we aren't careful. And "1500 species that engage in devouring their own kind" is a drop in the ocean with several million species of beetles on Earth alone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
