Comments on: Do You Like Pets Better Than People?

Based On What We Spend, Contributor Lloyd Garver Thinks The Answer For Many People Is Yes

[knyghtwolf]

Hwy71So, sorry you feel that way & it is a common misconception in Christian mythology for many people to feel that they have some sort of Manifest Destiny to "rule over the flora & fauna" of the earth. Every thing touched by the Spirit is a part of the Spirit, nothing is excluded. I have several degree''s in social sciences and have found that using religion to attain natural law is quite obtuse & dysfunctionally entropic in a system that relies on a structured enviromment, that is totally imperceptive at best.

[Syndicate]

It just seems like every person on the planet is out to burn you. They all know the value of your dollar and want to take it from you. Your dog just wants to play.

[jegibbons]

It is my unequivocal opinion, based upon a lifetime of working with emotionally dysfunctional individuals of both sexes that any person who admits to a preference for animals over people has suffered an unresolved emotional trauma in childhood.

This trauma prevents some from ever attaining full maturity. Thus, childlike in trusting animals and distrusting all humans in all their contacts.

This is absolutely a symptom of profound emotional imbalance in the adult human being.

It is more common than many might believe
Often profound mental illness accompanies this preference. A healthy, fully mature individual has a choice and is usually equipped to discern which people are trustworthy and which are not.

Giving up on people in preference for animals is often an outward demonstration of defiance and paranoia.

Many folks love animals and keep pets for their comfort, that is however, very different from those who are anxious to tell you that they prefer the company of animals to humans in every circumstance.

[grammawhamma]

Hwy71So....No, you are the poor thing.

[bethrushing]

I have dedicated my life to animals. To their care and comfort and health and wellfare. I am one of the few people I know who doesn''t feel like I have wasted my life in some way. I am a Vet tech. I have a pet sitting business and I run a small trails end sanctuary funded by alumium can donations and selling things on ebay. I don''t dress the animals up and I wouldn''t want them to be humans. I work with them and for them because being around most humans is physically and emotionaly painful. Animals have saved my life and renewed my spirit time and again. And if you can''t see God in the eyes of animals, you will never see God.

[jimfinster]

I''m proud to be human, created in the image of God most high. And through His son, we have a hope of better things than this life can offer. Something dogs and cats will take no part in.

I think it''d be wise to pursue those things holy and regard animals in their proper perspective.
Posted by Hwy71So at 01:30 PM : Sep 05, 2007


Dude, go play with your dog and get off your holy high horse :)

[hwy71so]

"My dogs have taught me much about life, and I am grateful to God for this experience. In the end, I too, like Wil Rogers, want to be where my "guys and girls" have gone. This is where all goodness and justice reigns.
Posted by CBS4me3 at 09:23 AM : Sep 05, 2007"

You poor thing.

I''m proud to be human, created in the image of God most high. And through His son, we have a hope of better things than this life can offer. Something dogs and cats will take no part in.

I think it''d be wise to pursue those things holy and regard animals in their proper perspective.

[drputt45]

Hate to comment on someone dead, but...given Leona''s looks, the attention the dog gave her, like the ol'' hump the leg trick, was probably all she had over the last few years. The dog deserves the 12 million, and more.

[scribe7716]

"If you pick up a starving dog & make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog & a man." Mark Twain ...

[knyghtwolf]

cryonbrian, I am so sorry you feel that way but as far as I can see, and as many others do as well, what have you learned from the recent headlines of people that influence todays young minds? What has Paris Hilton, Linsey Lohan, Britney Spears, Michael Vick, Senator Craig from Iowa, Bush, Cheney, Kove, Clinton, both for that matter, Kobe Bryant, pick any rock star, Ronald Reagan, Jeffrey Dalhmer, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Trent Lott, Condelisa Rice, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixson, or Sadam Hussien. If any people of this ilk are influences on your life besides your normal sphere''s of influences, get a pet....it works wonders. Pets influence moods, tempers and attitudes in a positive fashion, people make em worse because they get a kick out of it because they can. I am not out to change your mind, just broaden it a bit if I can.