Saturday, January 29, 2011

Apples and oranges

Whenever a heinous crime is committed it is common for people to say that the perpetrator has behaved worse than animals.

I beg to differ. Comparing criminals to animals is an insult. Insulting to animals, that is. One of my history teachers in school once told us the difference between animals, angels and human beings. Animals have lust (the exact word used was ‘nafsu’) but no intelligence. Angels have intelligence but no lust. Human beings have both lust and intelligence. And that is why the Bible says that of all creatures God created, He loved human beings the most.

Human beings who do not use their intelligence are not worse than animals. It is not a fair comparison because animals never had intelligence to begin with. Everything animals do is for their survival. They behave the way they do to protect themselves and to ensure the survival of their race.

What excuse do human beings have?

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