How would funny animals be aware of what species they are if there are no human characters around?

If funny animals, or any animals in cartoons, didn't have any degree of human qualities or characteristics ascribed to them, people would not be able to relate to them.

I know the topic question was a WEIRD ONE but it wasn't MEANT to be SERIOUS. I was bored when I posted it.

NO ONE LIKES A KILLJOY. SORRY IF I OFFENDED YOU.

you didn't offend me, nothing offends me

i gave you a reasonable answer, twice, you either don't understand what i'm suggesting or don't care

i could have predicted you'd default to god, so you already have your answer, god created the animals in the world and told them what they were

as for language, they can speak anything you want them too, but if your going to sell your comic on earth, it would help if the spoke an earth language

As an alternative to boldface, you could italicize for emphasis by enclosing the word(s) with [img] and [/img] (which, I assume, you already know). If you'd be willing to bend just a little bit to accomodate other members, you might receive a favorable response from them in return. At this point, though, it might be too late to expect an immediate change. You also might remember that when you do get mad, you're not able to make an effecitve argument because then you're driven by emotion and your reasoning ability may be diminshed. Believe me, I speak from my own past experience in this forum. Just trying to give you some advice, my friend, sincerely.

Now you are JUST being WEIRD. Humanized animals DO NOT EXIST IN THE REAL WORLD.

The Bible says not to give into anger or to worry- it only leads to trouble.

ADAM was in the Garden of Eden naming the animals. It is in the Bible.

You're absolutely right.

As a Bible believer, I agree with this statement, too. But there's something you need to recognize; and that is, people who don't believe in the Bible aren't going to care what it says. You can say, "It's in the Bible"; but that fact's not going to make any impression on them. Since most of the members of this forum are nonbelievers, you can expect this sort of reaction. I'm not saying this to put anyone down; it's simply a fact of life.

exactly

i never said humanized animals existed in the real world, your question was about non real animals in a cartoon or comic setting



from my point of view they would be sentient self aware things, capable of knowing what they are (as i've stated a few times in this thread, much to your chagrin), from your point of view a god would have endowed them with the same knowledge

Because they are drawn that way.

Why does Dora the Explorer speak English on US TV and Spanish on Mexican TV? Clearly she didn't do the exact same actions using different languages. No one would repeat things exactly.

You think dogs don't realize they aren't humans, or ducks, and that they like (and are like) other dogs, simply because they don't have words for it? No, my friend, they know they are dogs. They may be polite when you introduce them to one of your friends (if you have any), but they'll really pull on that leash when there's another dog in view. Incidentally, among themselves, dogs call us "grr-rar-rar-urf-wra", which loosely translated means, "those guys who can't smell worth ****".

The better question is, does GOD exist in these cartoons?

That's a little TOO weird. That's delving into weird territory.

Animals don't think and act like people. Animals do not invent things.

MAN gave animals their names- dog, cat, rabbit, whatever.

Funny animals are humanized animals that exist in a fantasy setting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience

Sentience is the ability to feel, or perceive, or be conscious, or have subjective experiences. 18th century philosophers used the term to distinguish the ability to think ("reason") from the ability to feel ("sentience"). In modern western philosophy, sentience is the ability to have sensations or experiences (known as "qualia"). For Eastern philosophy, sentience is a metaphysical quality of all things that requires respect and care. The term is central to the philosophy of animal rights, because sentience implies the ability to suffer, which entails certain rights. In science fiction, a non-human character described as "sentient" will typically have similar abilities, qualities and rights to a human being.

This is a humanistic concept - but does it come from man or from God?

i guess it depends on what you believe, i'd say man

Cartoon animals and other non-human characters in cartoons, like aliens and talking inanimate objects, are sentient. Sentience is a HUMAN quality- if these characters didn't possess any degree of anthropomorphism people would not be able to relate to them.

Animals in cartoons that aren't considered funny animals (like Bambi or Pluto) still possess a certain degree of anthropomorphism, like having human speech and expressing human emotion.