Monday, January 30, 2012

1/30/12 CONSEQUENCES of DENYING HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM ....& WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE NATURE EQUALITY w. HUMANS?...so here u have frank pastore reviewing some of the ramifications of denying the "exceptionalism" of humans (based on belief in Imago Deo, being born in the image of God) ...as he is talking to J.Wesley Smith who has an excellent blog at http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/ , its frightening when u start to ponder the consequences of making nature (be it plants or animals) equal to human in terms of rights & dignity, ..but its actually happening...they also discuss eugenics...and how the history of eugenics also defies the belief in Imago Deo....even before Hitler there were those who thought they could manipulate life to make a "stronger breed" of human beings by killing the "weak" & breeding the "strong" ..& that notion may be on the rise again in unrecognized ways...as frank & wesley point out


CONSEQUENCES of DENYING HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM ....& WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE NATURE EQUALITY w. HUMANS?...so here u have frank pastore reviewing some of the ramifications of denying the "exceptionalism" of humans (based on belief in Imago Deo, being born in the image of God) ...as he is talking to J.Wesley Smith who has an excellent blog at http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/ , its frightening when u start to ponder the consequences of making nature (be it plants or animals) equal to human in terms of rights & dignity, ..but its actually happening...they also discuss eugenics...and how the history of eugenics also defies the belief in Imago Deo....even before Hitler there were those who thought they could manipulate life to make a "stronger breed" of human beings by killing the "weak" & breeding the "strong" ..& that notion may be on the rise again in unrecognized ways...as frank & wesley point out

(cont) CONSEQUENCES of DENYING HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM ....& WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE NATURE EQUALITY w. HUMANS?...so here u have frank pastore reviewing some of the ramifications of denying the "exceptionalism" of humans (based on belief in Imago Deo, being born in the image of God) ...as he is talking to J.Wesley Smith who has an excellent blog at http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/ , its frightening when u start to ponder the consequences of making nature (be it plants or animals) equal to human in terms of rights & dignity, ..but its actually happening...they also discuss eugenics...and how the history of eugenics also defies the belief in Imago Deo....even before Hitler there were those who thought they could manipulate life to make a "stronger breed" of human beings by killing the "weak" & breeding the "strong" ..& that notion may be on the rise again in unrecognized ways...as frank & wesley point out


CONSEQUENCES of DENYING HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM ....& WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE NATURE EQUALITY w. HUMANS?...so here u have frank pastore reviewing some of the ramifications of denying the "exceptionalism" of humans (based on belief in Imago Deo, being born in the image of God) ...as he is talking to J.Wesley Smith who has an excellent blog at http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/ , its frightening when u start to ponder the consequences of making nature (be it plants or animals) equal to human in terms of rights & dignity, ..but its actually happening...they also discuss eugenics...and how the history of eugenics also defies the belief in Imago Deo....even before Hitler there were those who thought they could manipulate life to make a "stronger breed" of human beings by killing the "weak" & breeding the "strong" ..& that notion may be on the rise again in unrecognized ways...as frank & wesley point out