Comment on Are humans the only great apes that can be "holy", or could for example an Orangutan be divine?

• charonn0@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is the only correct answer.

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• Redacted@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is a blatantly pointless reply.

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  While being antitheist in tone, it is the correct answer.

  If you look at Abrahamic religions, humanity is at the top of the pecking order and is separate from animals. In that mindset, an orangutan can’t be devine.

  If you look at Hinduism or Buddhism, animals are thought to be sentient beings that have the same souls that humans have. There are even past life stories within these religions where the religious figure is an animal. In that case, an orangutan can be divine.

  You may also have cases where the animal represents a deity, making the animal devine in that sense.

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