REAL debate thread for RELIGION

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Falagar
I think she meant psychically.

(correct me if I'm wrong)

You mean "psychologically"?

Originally posted by brownjenkins
very rarely though (among those of the same species), and almost always for reasons that help preserve the particular animal's society as a whole... only mankind kills it's own in ways that are detrimental to their species' survival

Wow, we're way off topic here. However...
... animals kill for a variety of reasons. When you say "among those of the same species" I have to correct you.

A good example: A male lion who drives away the male in a pride will commonly kill small cubs, because a nursing female will not come into heat. The male lion may only have limited time as the head of the pride, as any time another male may challenge him. If the females do not come into heat, they will not mate with him. By killing the young nursing cubs, the females will go into heat sooner and will accept him to mate with.

That's just one example.