[Pistias]

I am open to the possibility that there exists "higher" (for whatever definition of "higher" you are using) life forms in the universe than humans

Uhh...better define "higher." Otherwise what you just said is at best irony and at worst hoodwinkery (I just made that up, and kudos to me).

[Dimensio]

I am open to the possibility that there exists "higher" (for whatever definition of "higher" you are using) life forms in the universe than humans

Uhh...better define "higher." Otherwise what you just said is at best irony and at worst hoodwinkery (I just made that up, and kudos to me).

Er, who should define "higher"? Given that I was responding to the claim and not initially using the word "higher", I don't think that I'm the one who needs to define it.

Of course, using human standards when defining "higher" can be tricky -- if you're defining higher with humanity as a frame of reference, you can get stuck where you've assumed your conclusion with bad definitions...but then with the proper definition-mangling you could define humans as being "higher" beings than a God.