Do Animals Have Souls Got Questions

First animals have a body.

Do animals have souls got questions. All living humans and animals have a soul although it isnt what most people think it means. Men are made up of a body a spirit and a soul. As Kant pointed out over 200 years ago everything we experience -- including all the colors sensations and objects we perceive -- are nothing but representations in our mind.

Gods original creation has been subjected to degradation and decay through sin but it will be restored as it was in the beginning. Maybe God gave animals a special soula free pass to Heavenwhy not. So it appears that God has equipped the human soul with more capacities in order to fulfill a purpose unsuited for animals.

The Scriptures tell us that like humans animals receive the breath of God or spirit to come alive and then they become souls. Humans have been given the choice of Free Will whether they choose Heaven or Hell. In a long and fascinating letter the fourth Lubavitcher rebbe Rabbi Shmuel known as the Rebbe Maharash explains that although some Kabbalists were of the opinion that animals dont have immortal souls5 according to the teachings of the Arizal animals do in fact have independent souls and they do go to heaven6 The Arizal is generally considered the final arbiter for all Kabbalistic teachings.

Paradise is open to all of Gods creatures In 1990 Pope John Paul II said animals have souls but then Pope Benedict gave a 2008 sermon that seemed to say the opposite. And a little child shall lead. Do Animals Have a Spirit.

Researchers were able to map the brains so-called play system using rat laughter a sound thats too high for humans to hear but sounds like bird calls when manipulated into the human hearing range. Animals have their lives in God. I dont think anyone will try to prove that they dont But heres a verse that specifically says animals have a spirit.

The Bible does not give a definitive answer to the question of whether we will see our pets in heaven but it does say With God all things are possible. The Word of God lets us know that animals have a soul but not a spirit. It bothers me that certain Christiansdenominations dont believe that the animals that have lived here on Earth will go to heaven because they dont have a soul.