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Can animals be religious?

Satan
over 9 years

Can animals experience such a thing?

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Satan
over 9 years

NicoIe says

If a tree falls and no one is there, does it make a sound?


this isn't the same thing as what we are discussing
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If a tree falls and no one is there, does it make a sound?
Satan
over 9 years

Sims says




yeah but like


they know its them in the mirror.

they did an experiment where they put spots on dolphins and they would touch those spots on them
Sims
over 9 years
Satan
over 9 years

Sims says

primates are probably the only mammals other than humans that self-aware enough to actually be spiritual


dolphins and porpoises are also self aware. they've been seen admiring themselves in mirrors
Sims
over 9 years
primates are probably the only mammals other than humans that self-aware enough to actually be spiritual
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well i don't know anything about that, but all it should really take to be spiritual per se is to be self aware, and most animals probably are that, even tho some few dumb standards in science say otherwise.
Satan
over 9 years

Sirius says

read robert burton's musing on the actions of the dogs in the anatomy of melancholy. the answer to ur question is yes, basically


oh cool

yeah i heard about primates dancing after rain and stuff which can be interpreted as something spiritual or religious
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I'm a cat and I believe in God.

Debate = ended.
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read robert burton's musing on the actions of the dogs in the anatomy of melancholy. the answer to ur question is yes, basically
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HFodb9Ezyw
Antidote
over 9 years
yea my other dog is really spiritual she's in college and trips on shrooms a lot
Satan
over 9 years

Antidote says

yea my dog actually is one of the leading proponents of prayer in U.S. public schools


funny story man, but i don't mean religion in the sense of christianity, judaism, or any other monotheistic religion.


perhaps i worded it wrong.




can animals be SPIRITUAL
Antidote
over 9 years
yea my dog actually is one of the leading proponents of prayer in U.S. public schools