Walking along a Canadian road ...

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Walking along the northwestern Ontario gravel road, I was assaulted by insects that tried to bite me, set up shop in my hair, and get into my eyes.

I was struck by a thought as I witnessed the quick and violent deaths of several insects via dragon flies and birds.

That my wife and I were walking in bear country made me ponder a potential confrontation of that nature, too

Most animals do what most animals gotta do: catch and tear each other apart to live. Whether the fauna at hand be insects, birds, reptiles, fish, or mammals, it is a brutal — and often very short existence.

So does the apparent meaninglessness of bugs' lives, along with their inability to perceive that meaninglessness — and, in many cases, to feel pain or experience fear in the same manner that humans do — actually prove that humans are different, superior … because they have been given the ability to perceive (and feel) these things?

It seems to me a clear tell that we have been given this ability by the God of Genesis. (Moreover, we wonder about our own creation, and that of the universe of which animals are not aware.) Additionally, the gifts of compassion, humility, empathy — and humor — should make this clear.

In any case, we were not eaten by a bear, which I perceived was a good thing. I wish I could say the same thing as regards the bugs. We’ll laugh about that later.

AT contributor Eric Utter is on vacation in Canada.

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