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i figure that coveting is coveting. This sounds silly lol -> If I was jealous and would throw my life away to be a cat because cats can sleep all day, I can see how that would be a sin. You're not valuing what has been given to you. Coveting is like Christmas. You get a gift from your aunt that you don't like, but your aunt gives your brother a microscope kit or something cool like that. You tell your aunt that you hate the gift and you'd rather have what your brother got. I imagine that this is kind of what happens with God and us. We see something someone else has and look back at what we got and say "God, this is lame." Not very nice, right? Pretty disrespectful.
Probably so, in all honesty, but I'm curious at where you're coming from...
Are you envious about:
not having to work?
being able to give in to urges (like sex, hunger, sleeping, etc) whenever they come around?
having innate and instinctual forms of living where no abstract exists due to self-awareness, but simply being?
Or something completely different?
The fact of the matter is, as appealing as some of this may sound to many, we're not animals (contrary to science, and spoken from a view of liking science & philosophy, logic & reason). You see, we have the ability to choose what we do to such an extent as not being governed or dictated by emotions, urges, or even instincts. Man (Humankind) can become its own master (to some extent). So, while I may or may not be able to understand where you're coming from, it's our differences from animals that make us so special. We were created in the image of God.
Are you envious about:
not having to work?
being able to give in to urges (like sex, hunger, sleeping, etc) whenever they come around?
having innate and instinctual forms of living where no abstract exists due to self-awareness, but simply being?
Or something completely different?
The fact of the matter is, as appealing as some of this may sound to many, we're not animals (contrary to science, and spoken from a view of liking science & philosophy, logic & reason). You see, we have the ability to choose what we do to such an extent as not being governed or dictated by emotions, urges, or even instincts. Man (Humankind) can become its own master (to some extent). So, while I may or may not be able to understand where you're coming from, it's our differences from animals that make us so special. We were created in the image of God.
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That logic might, very loosely, apply to pets. But this question is animals. Not pets. So it could be a polar bear living in cold isolation searching for its next meal. There's no love in that. So you have applied fairly faulty logic to a narrow scope of the question, thereby negating your own answer.
I would say somewhere in the middle.
Sometimes I have a passing "longing" for certain things that animals have, such as the flight of an eagle, the cat who gets to sleep when they want, or the speed of a cheetah. But I'm not legitimately coveting it. I wouldn't actually want to be a cheetah. Well, maybe just for a day, but not for life. I think if you're really focused on it and actually jealous of them, that's an issue. If you're simply admiring the skills that God gave them and sometimes imagine what it would be like to have those, then I don't think that's a sin.
Don't know if that answers the question or not.
Sometimes I have a passing "longing" for certain things that animals have, such as the flight of an eagle, the cat who gets to sleep when they want, or the speed of a cheetah. But I'm not legitimately coveting it. I wouldn't actually want to be a cheetah. Well, maybe just for a day, but not for life. I think if you're really focused on it and actually jealous of them, that's an issue. If you're simply admiring the skills that God gave them and sometimes imagine what it would be like to have those, then I don't think that's a sin.
Don't know if that answers the question or not.
There's a difference between "admiring" something, and coveting. I've never, ever wanted to trade places with an animal, for serious. I admire how comfortable a cat looks, stretched out on the floor. Or the energy a puppy has. But I don't know that it's really possible to be jealous of an animal?
Unless you are craving the attention from a human that an animal is getting instead. (ie. your wife spends all of her time and affection on the cat rather than her husband, etc.) In that case... I really don't know that it would be any more sinful than being jealous of your spouse's computer time or reading time, etc. That could be more of an issue of selfishness, rather than jealousy. I think. I've confused myself. But it bears thinking about I suppose.
Unless you are craving the attention from a human that an animal is getting instead. (ie. your wife spends all of her time and affection on the cat rather than her husband, etc.) In that case... I really don't know that it would be any more sinful than being jealous of your spouse's computer time or reading time, etc. That could be more of an issue of selfishness, rather than jealousy. I think. I've confused myself. But it bears thinking about I suppose.