The Drowning Fly with Dennis Prager

0:00I worry about the future of humanity, the more we equate ourselves with animals. For one thing, we will act more like animals. Part of being a human, and here my religious beliefs, which are in any event, are the basis of everything I believe, so they certainly come into play here, but one of the tasks of the human being is to act less like animals and more like, if you will, more godlike. That is one of our tasks. The more we equate humans and animals, the more animal-like behavior on the part of humans will be acceptable. Right? We're not distinct. Why elevate ourselves? I believe we must treat animals kindly. I don't believe we must treat animals as humans. That is why, again, I am offended by the dog hotel in San Francisco. Like in Sherman Oaks, you're on KABC Dennis Prager High. I agree with the lady totally, and I'll even go further.

1:03I think all living, breathing creatures on the face of this earth have just as much rights as we do, and where do you get off saying that humans have more rights than anything else that lives? Well, what is the basis of my statement? The basis is my religious belief that humans are created in God's image, and animals are not. Well, what is the basis of your belief? That's only your opinion. That's not a fact. Well, you're right. It's a belief. I fully acknowledge that is my belief, and as it is not a fact, yours is not a fact either. Well, yours is a belief. You have your value. I'm animal-like. The much as you do a two-legged animal. Because we are not two-legged animals. We're people. No, what do you mean? We're not animals. What are we, bird? No, we're created in God's image. We have animals. No, we're not. Well, to you, because you're secular, we're only animals. That is right. That's why this is such an important subject. I like to bring to people the consequences of secular thinking. To you, we're just another animal. You've spoken like a truly secular person, fine. And as far as your question goes about who would you say that if you were confronted

2:04with a drowning person and a drowning dog, which one would you say, that would be as hard for me to answer as if I asked you if you were confronted with two human beings drowning, which one would you go to? That's right. For you, what is it you would try to say? You would try to help them both. Right. But for you, but for you, you're right. You are fully consistent with your value system since there is no difference between a human and an animal. It is as confusing as it would be to me between two humans. You're absolutely consistent. I have no argument with that. But I have a different value system than you, but you are logical and consistent within your system. I'm just curious, though, is there any difference if a fly were drowning in a human? Would that make, would that move you in any way? Well, I don't know. All right. Well, you're right. You know, because to you all living things are equally valuable. I thank you immensely. I have no desire to argue with you.

3:04Ladies and gentlemen, if I do nothing else in the course of my radio and public career and writing with my life, it will be to show you the consequences of secularism. That will have been my achievement if I can do it. And the fact that highly educated and intelligent people, like my last two, are especially my last one, argue with eloquence that there is no difference between humans and animals, that it's a puzzle whether a fly is drowning and a human is drowning, which to save. This is one of the consequences of the lack of religion-based thinking in the society. With all the junk that comes with religion and much junk does, we have paid a price. This is Talk Radio 790 K-ABC, I'm Dennis Prager.