Please state your religion and answer this question. Thank you in advance.

[IsmailaGodHasHeard]

Do you believe that animals have souls?

 

[9Westy9]

Religion - Undefined

If we have souls I don't see any reason why animals shouldn't aswell

 

[Katzpur]

Do you believe that animals have souls?

LDS Christian. Yes they do. An animal soul is not the same as a human soul, but all living things have a soul.

 

[Draka]

Wiccan, and I believe that all life has a Spark of the Divine (soul/spirit). That includes animals (which humans are) and plants.

 

[Bob Dixon]

Christian.

Yes.
Why shouldn't animals have souls?

As the guy above me said, perhaps they're not the SAME souls as human souls but... yeah, they're souls.
But then, they COULD well be the same, especially if there exists a reincarnation.

 

[Mr Spinkles]

Atheist. No, I do not believe animals (or humans) have souls.

 

[Tonymai]

Does not belong any group. Animals have minds which can not know God. A soul is an offspring of a God knowing mind and the spirit of God living within it. There is no spirit of God within animal mind; therefore, animals do not have souls.

 

[Katzpur]

Does not belong any group. Animals have minds which can not know God. A soul is an offspring of a God knowing mind and the spirit of God living within it. There is no spirit of God within animal mind; therefore, animals do not have souls.

Oh, that's sad!

 

[IsmailaGodHasHeard]

Rock on. Almost everyone believes that they have souls.

 

[ChristineES]

Christian

Sure, why not. Animals are alive, too.

 

[fenrisx]

all creation comes from the same source and is intertwined, yes they do.

 

[Badran]

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This thread has been moved to the Comparative Religion forum.​

 

[Madhuri]

That depends on how you define 'soul'. I've realised that Christians and Hindus define it differently.

Then again, the way that Christians define it, I still think some animals have it to some degree.

Based on a Hindu definition, all animals have souls.

 

[Bob Dixon]

Does not belong any group. Animals have minds which can not know God. A soul is an offspring of a God knowing mind and the spirit of God living within it. There is no spirit of God within animal mind; therefore, animals do not have souls.

The mind has nothing to do with the soul.

 

[Quagmire]

Dontworrybehappyism and yes.

in fact animals are souls.

 

[Riverwolf]

Shaiva Hindu, and yes.

 

[Madhuri]

Dontworrybehappyism and yes.

in fact animals are souls.

I used to argue with that wording as well but have realised it isn't quite accurate. Animal relates to the physical body, but the soul inhabits the body and is not the animal.

So what I might say, instead of 'an animal has a soul' is that 'the soul has an animal'

 

[IsmailaGodHasHeard]

Christian

Sure, why not. Animals are alive, too.

I know, right?

 

[IsmailaGodHasHeard]

all creation comes from the same source and is intertwined, yes they do.

Agreed.

 

[espo35]

Bible student.

It would depend on your definition of soul. If you are speaking of some sort of life-force which lives on after death, than neither animals nor humans have a soul.