Your Opinion...?

I guess it would depend on your definition of "mundane." Some people get pleasure from reading metaphysics, others from watching Nascar for 8 hours straight on a Saturday. Some get pleasure from analyzing mutual funds for that golden nugget, others from bar hopping. Some get pleasure from decoding the human genome, others from praising their gods in church.

From a strictly biological standpoint, humans are certainly animals. It is our civilization and intelligence that sets us apart. In the end, don't we all seek pleasure in life and seek to avoid its pains? Isn't what we call "mundane" just a judgment call, a matter of opinion? Can we not accept that other peoples' means and ideals of happiness may be different from our own?

To all that seek those simple mundane pleasures you've coined, a beasts birth and death they have inherited. However there are those of the crowd that soar ever higher and seek out things such as Spirituality and Love which clearly defines a separate Beast.

It depends what you consider mundane. If all human acts appear to you as mundane then sure there's little to no difference between us and beasts.

But no one ever said we weren't beasts... mundane pleasures and avoiding pain aside.

Every action of ours is just as natural to us as a dog licking his bowl clean. We just have lots more tricks we can do, more rewards to choose from and a multitude of ways to experience pain.

I think that avoiding daily pleasures, when available... and not trying to avoid pain seem like traits unworthy of being considered as "distinguishing" traits.

(Apes' DNA have about a 98% similarity with human DNA.)

I think that it's pretty easy to compare humans to other animals if you try.

The difference between human and others is that humans like being on top. Humans have developed from apes and now come so far. Why couldn't ordinary creatures like cats or dogs come as far? Humans have the intense desire to be on top that they push others down to get there

mundane vs Celestial?

.......earth vs heaven?

.practical vs spiritual?

your question excite me!!!!!

yes indeed, if i eat, play, rest and enjoy on the account of others sufferings, I'm truly a breast.

but what am i, if i enjoy working toward helping the poor, consoling the sad and inspiring others to be kind?

it is a line between peace and breasts.

am i still on earth??????

If you choose not to avoid pain then you are a masochist, I know I am not. pleasures on the other hand are what make this pathetic life endurable

the thing that seperates us from beasts are natural instincts,

we may want to live life, in ignorance, not wanting pain,

and only want peace and pleaseure,

but a beast thrives off of itss bloodlust.

True. But humans have the ability to choose their own goals; Carl Sagan said, "If you want your life to have significance, do something significant."

We are the beasts.