Ban vaccines

"The three main things which prove humans are far superior is having imagination, cognation, and potential. Animals do not have this, and is why I stand for the argument that humans are far superior than animals." Con " The elephant brain has also been shown to possess an abundance of the specialized neurons known as spindle cells, which are thought to be associated with self-awareness, empathy, and social awareness in humans. Elephants have even passed the mirror test of self-recognition, something only humans, and some great apes and dolphins, had been known to do."[23] "watching Kakama pick up a log and carry it with him for hours. At one point, Kakama made a nest and placed the log in it, as if it were a small chimpanzee. "[24] "Kanzi, the famous bonobo, liked to pretend as well. Primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh described watching Kanzi hide invisible objects under blankets or leaves, later removing them from their hiding spots, and pretending to eat them." [24] Are you so sure animals don't have imagination, cognition, and potential? This seems at the very least evidence of imagination. "I"ve decided your average chicken is packing about as much processing power as a VIC-20. You know, 5 kilobytes of RAM and a BASIC interpreter... However, like people, chickens display quite the range of stupidity". Chickens are the least of animals to worry about if tested, and the fact that we eat tons of them yearly proves that they are the best candidate for testing vaccinations. " Con So basically your saying its okay to kill stupid sentient beings? Then, what makes it okay to kill chickens and not the mentally handicapped? How about autistic children? Should they be tested on because of their lack of intelligence? Also, there is a huge amount of chickens eaten, yet how is this relevant? We shouldn't be eating nor testing on chickens. They feel pain and have empathy. " As well as the fact that those 2.5 million animals tested with vaccinations are chickens (6)" Con. Huh? All 2.5 million are chickens, I will verify that. Nope doesn't state anything about 2.5 million chickens tested in your link six. In fact the word chicken isn't mentioned. "The discovery and development of new medicines, vaccines and medical devices for people and animals is a long and complex process with a number of stages, many of which involve animal experiments. National and international regulations currently require that new medicines are tested on animals before being licensed for use. Around 5 million animals including mice, rats, fish, chickens, rabbits, dogs and primates are used across the EU for this purpose each year." rspca.org.uk [7] Mice, rats, fish, chickens, rabbits, dogs, and primates are used. "In 1960, it was determined that the rhesus monkey kidney cells used to prepare the poliovirus vaccines" [25]. I doubt those rhesus monkeys gave up their kidneys willingly. "Also, who wouldn't want to recieve more money for their economy. Anyone would" Con Because people with lots of money are so kind and compassionate. Just because we desire something, doesn't mean it is good for us. Crack addicts desire crack, yet its common knowledge that crack is detrimental to human health. My opponent doesn't counter the love of money 1 Timothy 6:10 quote. Instead deflecting with this quote. "Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." While an effective counter for animal suffering, this quote does nothing to address the money made from vaccines. Also what exactly are the parameters for dominion? Does that mean we can be ruthless tyrants to animals? Or perhaps it is a gentler relationship? "Here, my opponent agrees that vaccines make more money and profit, and because of this means he leans towards the Con side of this debate." Con On the contrary, if I see the love of money as the root of all kinds of evil, I do not see that vaccines making more money is a Con argument. In fact, I see it as a Pro argument. "My opponent ran out of characters near the end, but basically argued that animals shouldn't suffer. I addressed earlier that chickens are the least worry of animals to be tested on, and because of this should go to human values over a idiotic animal." Con An idiotic animal Con, an not a. Cons argument is basically humans are vastly superior to animals and God gave us Dominion over animals thus the suffering of the animal is tolerable. Not only that but vaccines help the economy and prevent disease. I've already proven that the difference between elephants and humans is smaller than we first imagined. Lets look at the word Dominion. "Humanity was to "subdue" the earth (Genesis 1:28)"we were to hold a position of command over it;" [26] "When God gave humanity dominion over the animals, it was in order to care for, tend to, and use those animals to their fullest potential in a just manner. " [26] I don't see any reference to neglecting animals or mistreating them in the Bible. I don't see how factory farming nor animal testing is consistent with the Bible nor Dominion over animals. Remember Adam and Eve ate fruit at first, not animal flesh. Consider reading George Malkmus book on why Christians get Sick. [27]. "Religious arguments against inoculation were soon advanced. For example, in a 1772 sermon entitled "The Dangerous and Sinful Practice of Inoculation", the English theologian Reverend Edmund Massey argued that diseases are sent by God to punish sin and that any attempt to prevent smallpox via inoculation is a "diabolical operation"." [28] " What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." [29] Are you so sure we should be injecting ourselves with a vaccine needle with toxins? Doesn't a needle resemble a serpent's tooth? "If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple." [30] Are you you should be injecting these substances into your body? [31] Thanks for reading. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com... http://www.bbc.com... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.gotquestions.org... http://www.christianbook.com... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org... http://biblehub.com... http://www.cdc.gov...