So, what did you decide? Most people in my class said that it was the same. That dropping the daughter off was just as bad as dropping the donkey off. This is actually highly odd. The 'Christian Union' has recently seen a resurgence in our school. I admit that some people truly believe but, being a skeptic, I add that it involves one friendship group, free chocolate and an opportunity to meet people from the girl's school. Great! Anyway, all the Christian Union members said that it was the same. But, in the Bible, it says that humans were made in 'the image of God'. This means that we are on a par with him. It also applies that humans are greater than the animal kingdom. We were created on a different day to them. In Corinthians it says that we are temples of God. Surely this puts us above the animal kingdom. What a load of drivel! But it promotes my atheist point of view so who cares?
So, what do I think? I think it is different. But not, I think and hope, because I believe humans are in any way above animals. The story involves and old, decrepid donkey. What quality of life would it have? It might be a mercy to kill it. Whilst the daughter is young. It has the whole of it's life ahead of it. Also, it has relatives who would be upset by its passing. Do donkey's have family connections in this way at that age? Do they mourn? Do they understand. This obviously raises two interesting questions. Is it ever right to kill, or aid death? What concepts do animals understand, how do they perceive the world? But those are for another time.