A bug is dumb.

Thats it. A bug is dumb. It doesn't think. It just takes in stimuli and reacts with instinct. It can't talk. It doesn't have personality and is foreign to us. A baby, however, is different. It has potential, to be someone and mean something. Does a bug family mourn when one of their own dies? No. No it doesn't. Not the case for humans. We are superior to bugs in every way. A baby isn't simply a nuisance.

k, now for religious part..

the bible says to have dominion over the animals of the earth.. so when I kill that bug, I'm following my religion (=D)   not the case with abortion.

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rokkin, having dominion doesn't mean "killing." It means "you're in charge, take care of what I made."

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I didn't mean it meant only kill, but it COULD include killing if need be, such as if the bug was annoying you.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 6:07 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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rokkin, having dominion doesn't mean "killing." It means "you're in charge, take care of what I made."

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I didn't mean it meant only kill, but it COULD include killing if need be, such as if the bug was annoying you.

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That's how you treat the possessions of others?

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Quote: from rokkin1 at 9:31 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 6:07 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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rokkin, having dominion doesn't mean "killing." It means "you're in charge, take care of what I made."

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 I didn't mean it meant only kill, but it COULD include killing if need be, such as if the bug was annoying you.

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That's how you treat the possessions of others?

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If need be

Wow, remind me never to loan you my car.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

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Destroy them because you're annoyed by them?

Wow, remind me never to loan you my car.

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But the thing is, its not like they have emotions, or a personality, or even a soul, its just a bug, we don't have to feel remorse for killing a bug, a human is just the opposite however

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 7:47 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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Destroy them because you're annoyed by them?  

 Wow, remind me never to loan you my car.

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But the thing is, its not like they have emotions, or a personality, or even a soul, its just a bug, we don't have to feel remorse for killing a bug, a human is just the opposite however

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How do you know that they don't have emotions, personality or soul?

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

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Quote: from rokkin1 at 12:50 am on Aug. 18, 2008

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 7:47 pm on Aug. 17, 2008

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Destroy them because you're annoyed by them?

  Wow, remind me never to loan you my car.

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 But the thing is, its not like they have emotions, or a personality, or even a soul, its just a bug, we don't have to feel remorse for killing a bug, a human is just the opposite however

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How do you know that they don't have emotions, personality or soul?

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because its a bug, its brain is comparable to a spec of sand, there is no way it could cope with any sort of emotion or personality.

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No but I know that the amount of your brain it takes to feel stuff like that is larger than the bug itself..

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How do you know that it's not a percentage of your brain rather than a physical amount of brain?

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Let yourself be enchanted,
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well if its percentage and not amout (which isn't the case)then you have to assume its to scale. which would give them virtually no brain to work with.

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According to you; however, you can't know exactly what impact killing a bug that annoys you has. It may be that said bug is more important in God's eyes than you are, and then what?

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after