As I was leaving town, riding east out Folly Road, I came across with Rusty Swingset, foreman of the Darwin Ranch up near Deception Pass. He was with Jacqueline Hyde (who was not really herself that day). We met near Stinking Lake.
It was a nice day so we stopped and made chin music for a spell. Sometimes Rusty can be hard to like, and he was a mite on the prod that day. I mentioned having seen a bounty hunter bringing in a bad guy. This jasper was a real animal, and I said so.
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| Tiger, Pixabay / Felix Schweitz (I like tigers) |
"Nope, it was a different fellow. Didn't hear his name," I replied.
"You said the baddie's an animal. Well, Charles Darwin was right, we're all animals."
"Not true," I said.
Rusty squinted at me and adjusted his hat while Jacqueline looked bored. "Study on this. We're warm blooded, females give milk, breathe air, eat, and all sorts of things like animals do."
"I'll allow that we are classified by scientists as animals, but we have a passel of differences. The most important is that we are made in God's image, created separately from all the critters."
Things got a bit heated from there, and Jacqueline put an end to it by reminding Swingset that they were going into town for supplies. I was glad to be done with that discussion.
The way we are different from animals should be easily seen, but not if someone is a fundamentalist evolutionist. Humans build societies, share what we have learned with others through language (written and spoken), develop technology, and much more. Another important difference is that we know that God exists, and many try to connect with him. Jesus Christ came to redeem sinners; he was not an animal redeeming other animals.
Despite the claims and beliefs of many, humans are not animals. At the heart of this issue lies this question—where did humans come from? In other words, did we evolve or were we created? This question is foundational to both evolution and Christianity, two worldviews that are in direct opposition to one another.
To read it all, see "Are Humans Animals?"