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let's sum up and start over
:We are but a tiny part of the animal kingdom and in a general animal article, the mentioning about our inclusion should be brief and to the point, with internal links to articles about humans for further references and information in regards our species. --[[User:BMcP|BMcP]] 12:35, 26 January 2010 (EST)
:We are but a tiny part of the animal kingdom and in a general animal article, the mentioning about our inclusion should be brief and to the point, with internal links to articles about humans for further references and information in regards our species. --[[User:BMcP|BMcP]] 12:35, 26 January 2010 (EST)
::Are you trying to weasel out of it, or are you simply not getting the point?
::Here's a summary of the points I'm making - in no particular order (along with some new ideas, just to confuse you ;-):
::*We [[human being]]s are '''not''' part of the [[animal kingdom]], no matter what biologists say.
::*The [[human body]] is indeed [[mammal]]ian, but having the body of a mammal does not detract from our [[human nature]], i.e, the fact that we have an eternal [[soul]].
::*Biology is a field of scientific study which has boundaries, although these are perhaps ill-defined. What is "[[life]]" after all? If for human beings our threescore and ten is only the prelude to an [[eternal life]] in heaven, then should biology be studying that?
::*We have not yet merged the [[Animal]] article with the [[Animalia]] article.
::*At the risk of repeating myself, any decision by [[mainstream science]] authorities to classify man in the [[animal kingdom]] or as "an [[animal]]" is either:
::*#an illegitimate attempt to sneak past the bounds of [[biology]] into [[theology]] so they can assert ideological, materialistic points which deny spiritual [[life after death]], or
::*#a convenient way of classifying the human body (in which case we need a strong statement that any further suggestions about whether there is more to human life and the human mind than our bodies, may be outside the scope of mainstream biology)
::We need to come to terms on this issue, and not sweep it under the rug. I'm not going to be dogmatic about it, but neither will I accept the dogma of materialistic biology. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 18:29, 28 January 2010 (EST)