Mr. Riddle pointed us to a post at Minute Particulae about our uniqueness among creation. Mark bases his argument for human uniqueness on the usual magisterial sources, with which none of us will quibble, but I think there's another consideration that was not mentioned in his post that can make the case even stronger.
"He was born of the Virgin Mary and became man... He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father."
The second person of the Trinity is both God and man, and his mother is one of us. One can, with C. S. Lewis, imagine other creatures in the universe endowed with intelligence and will; yet, God became man and is still man.
Posted by billw at April 24, 2003 09:52 AMMetaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct, but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
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