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Neanderthal converts?
rhayat1:
This is a silly thread/question, meant (obviously) to be a thought experiment. If they ever do clone Neanderthals back into existence, would they be able to convert? Also, would they be obligated to keep the Noahide laws?
muman613:
--- Quote from: rhayat1 on February 17, 2010, 12:25:11 PM ---This is a silly thread/question, meant (obviously) to be a thought experiment. If they ever do clone Neanderthals back into existence, would they be able to convert? Also, would they be obligated to keep the Noahide laws?
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Duh... No... If they are not Human then they have no commandments, no obligation to obey Hashem.... What kind of question is this?
rhayat1:
But they were Human - at least according to many scientific opinions. Just not the same kind of Human as us.
muman613:
--- Quote from: rhayat1 on February 17, 2010, 01:56:27 PM ---But they were Human - at least according to many scientific opinions. Just not the same kind of Human as us.
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I believe that they are not the same species as humans, though they are from the same genus {Homo}...
Here is the wiki blurb:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal
--- Quote ---The Neanderthal (pronounced /ni(ː)ˈændərtɑːl/, /ni(ː)ˈændərθɔːl/), or /neɪˈændərtɑːl/),[1] also spelled Neandertal,[2] is an extinct member of the Homo genus that is known from Pleistocene specimens found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia. Neanderthals are either classified as a subspecies of humans (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) or as a separate species (Homo neanderthalensis).[3] The first proto-Neanderthal traits appeared in Europe as early as 600,000–350,000 years ago.[4]
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According to the wiki page they also were cannibalistic, eating their own:
--- Quote ---Neanderthals hunted large animals, such as the mammoth. Stone-tipped wooden spears were used for hunting and stone knives and poleaxes were used for butchering the animals or as weapons. However, they are believed to have practiced cannibalism, or ritual defleshing. This hypothesis has been represented after researchers found marks on Neanderthal bones similar to the bones of a dead deer butchered by Neanderthals.
Intentional burial and the inclusion of grave goods are the most typical representations of ritual behavior in the Neanderthals and denote a developing ideology. However, another much debated and controversial manifestation of this ritual treatment of the dead comes from the evidence of cut-marks on the bone which has 'historically been viewed' as evidence of ritual defleshing.
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muman613:
I also believe they are extinct for a reason... Hashem has no need for this species so it was made extinct...
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