tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post8625643821627894106..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: The problem of animal painAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-85390105164760201632009-12-02T07:57:50.738-06:002009-12-02T07:57:50.738-06:00It's not just pain, but intensive, massive pai...It's not just pain, but intensive, massive pain and suffering we're talking about. Why the either/or fallacy here? <br /><br />There are many other options, like creating all creatures as vegetarians, something I have suggested in my books. Or, not creating animals at all. What good are they in the eternal scheme of things? Are they going to heaven? What moral lessons do they learn? I have created a scenario that seems very persuasive on these line <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/thechristiandelusion/Home/table-of-contents" rel="nofollow">in chapter nine</a> of my forthcoming book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-79265067664803466892009-11-13T12:18:33.993-06:002009-11-13T12:18:33.993-06:00Would God be something of a deceiver if shpain is ...Would God be something of a deceiver if shpain is nearly identical to pain in the behavior it causes? It seems as if he would be doing his best to make us think chimps and the like are experiencing pain. And I think it would be impossible for a veterinarian to convince himself to not worry about giving an animal an anesthetic because the animal is not in pain but shpain. In other words, it seems massively implausible to say that there is no pain occurring in (some) animals when it seems to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com