The Difference of Man and the Difference it Makes (Humans)

by David Turell , Monday, July 13, 2009, 16:41 (5404 days ago) @ xeno6696

We are animals, but our intellect and consciousness is superimposed on...? - I was a little obtuse. Human physiology and animal physiology are the same. Comparative anatomy in humans and animals show the great similarities. When we take a horse to the Vet he and I have very compatable discussions, talking the same professional language. - Our enormous brain is superimposed on those similarities, which in my mind confirms Adler: we are different in kind, not different by degree. Before I found Adler's book, I titled one chapter in mine, "Our Hat Size is Too Big For Darwin." Fun title, but same point of view. - By the way, to help explain how I try to think reasonably the way I do, it comes in part from Adler: 
In Adler's book: "How to think about God; A Guide for the 20th Century Pagan", 1980, he first offers a history of religious philosophic thought. Briefly he described Sacred Theology, obviously from sacred books, and contrasted that with Natural Theology, which was a form of philosophic reasoning about God. Summa Contra Gentiles was in that category. Adler following this history described his book as "philosophical theology", basically using natural sources for his reasoning that, 'evidence exists for God, beyond a reasonable doubt.' - I prefer to call my line of reasoning rational philosophy, using findings in nature to decide whether there is a God on not. I am not a theologian by any means.