tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459696196850168776.post1280196741685950246..comments2023-05-06T03:22:46.821-07:00Comments on The Titanic Swim Team: Dogs Always Hump Each Other; They Never Make LoveStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14737973262005167895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459696196850168776.post-26284857386898697222010-01-30T16:12:03.736-08:002010-01-30T16:12:03.736-08:00Thank you, Bongo and Tim, for your individual pers...Thank you, Bongo and Tim, for your individual perspectives.<br />A comment, by nature, is to be brief, so maybe I will respond in greater detail via another blog. (Maybe)<br />Out of respect for PETA I want to assure everyone I believe all God's furry creatures have their dignified place-- many of them right next to the mashed potatoes. Seriously, my purpose was not to denigrate animals but to elevate the value and worth of a human being.<br />I have deeply loved our dogs, but I love our children in a categorically different way because they are categorically different than our dogs.<br />Bongo, I think your are "romanticizing" your pets. Do you really think they "kiss" you? They lick themselves, they lick you on the face (if you insist on letting them). Sorry--it's just a lick. They hump each other, they hump my leg--it's all the same to them. Tim, if it's just an enkephalin kick, i.e. merely a neuro-biochemical reaction, then we are delusional to call it love or intimacy. Again, I don't think you can live consistently with that worldview. I don't know if you are married or have a significant other, but I have an inclination, as I said in my blog, that if you are in a committed relationship she would take great offense if that is all it means to you. There is something within us, i maintain, that knows more is going on than mere endorphins.Even you acknowledge that sex can be a "spiritual" experience. My friend, which is it? Just an enkephalin kick or is it inherent with meaning which cannot be empirically measured?<br />I realize I'm going on and on, which isn't the purpose of a "comment."<br />Thanks for hearing me though disagreeing. If any of my, at times, sarcasm has offended, I apologize.<br />Anyone else desire to engage in the conversation?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />thanks for hearing me and respondingStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737973262005167895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459696196850168776.post-14829663644180987772010-01-30T13:52:06.732-08:002010-01-30T13:52:06.732-08:00Pardon my ignorance but I feel compelled to ask: W...Pardon my ignorance but I feel compelled to ask: Why would it be important to know that animals don't look like God? I tend to agree with you on things that you say, Steve but I find it difficult to understand this one. When we "make love" to our partner, we feel great because of enkephalin and other endorphines binding to the opiate receptors in our brains. If God made that happen then fine but it's not some totally spiritual thing in my eyes. I beleive in ends up being very spiritual. I see no point in differentiating our behaviors and feelings from animals, seriously, what is the point? Also, there are animals who mate for life, animals grieve at loss, they show all emotions and are so much better than humans at being open minded. Yes, animals can be taught with conditioning but that's how we learn as well. What is the huge difference other than a flexible thumb?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459696196850168776.post-3243973453678676302010-01-30T12:35:17.424-08:002010-01-30T12:35:17.424-08:00Sorry I tend to disagree. No one can convince me t...Sorry I tend to disagree. No one can convince me that my furry friends don't have a soul,a spirit or even a conscience..<br />People.... humans very rarely show or give UN coditional love.. More times then not my furry friends(yes even my rats) have been there in my darkest, lowest days.. They have been there giving me hugs kisses. And they always listen...They have licked my tears away..Given me a paw.. and deeply hugged me..I have never seen disgust or disappointment in their eyes..I have seen that in humans.. God created them to be with us.. for us..I'm thinking he knew what he was doing..In Revelations..it says.. I/you will lay down with the lion...I believe I just might...and my rats and I just might be your neighbor :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com