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VIEWPOINTS: Do animals have souls?

According to the American Pets Products Association, we spent more than $50 billion on our pets last year. And most American households, 63 percent, have at least one pet at home.

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I believe animals obviously have a spirit

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I believe animals obviously have a spirit to give life, but man is the only creation that has a soul created in the image of God.

Topics: Culture, Social Issues
Beliefs: Christian - Protestant/Other
Tags: animals and god

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What is a soul?

| Jun 25, 2012

My answer to this question will have to be short.  The reason for this is, as stated, I'm not exactly sure what the question means.
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I believe animals do have souls

| Jun 25, 2012

I believe animals do have souls. If a God-created and God-given spirit or soul is what animates all of us humans, and I believe it is, then it makes sense that it is the same thing that gives life to animals and all living creatures
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I am not sure I could give an exact definition of “soul”

| Jun 25, 2012

I am not sure I could give an exact definition of "soul".
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Yes, animals have souls

| Jun 25, 2012

I love this question!  Yes, animals have souls. Buddhists believe that the intangible immeasurable portion of a person that makes up what is best described as a soul does not simply vanish when they are gone but it redistributed and moved into a new vessel. This concept is widely known as reinca...
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