Do Animals Have Souls Baptist

Most of the students there are from formerly communist countries.

Do animals have souls baptist. It does not need redemption. The concept that animals have souls spirits astral bodies or something other-dimensional implies that one believes that physical death is not the end of their lives. God marks the dropping of every sparrow.

I have heard a few people say that the Bible states that animals dont have souls. Christ died to save the souls of human beings not animals. That is also translated as breath of life.

In many passages God shows compassion for the beast or bird whether by the law or other means. Though they do not have eternal souls they are part of Gods creation and they give Him His due worship. They pass into nothingness and are annihilated which is based on the premise that animals dont have souls that can survive the grave.

Animals have their lives in God. The most common translations of this word are life and soul. Nevertheless any human being with common sense knows that animal souls are different than plant souls and both are different than human souls.

The soul is the seat of the emotions and appetites whereas the spirit is the seat of ones intelligence. The Bible tells us that we have the image of God in a way that animals do. 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.

First of all according to Genesis the land animals which crawl on the earth and the birds DO have soul or nephesh. Some people believe that animals simply disintegrate. During a recent public appearance Pope Francis comforted a boy whose dog had just died saying One day we will see our animals again in eternity.