Where does the Bible say that Animals don't have souls?
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Read revelation chapter 16, verse 3. You will see that they do.
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Revelation 22:15\n\ndogs don't get into heaven\n\nwww.biblegateway.com
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“SOUL” AS USED IN THE BIBLE\n\nFirst, consider the soul. You may remember that the Bible was originally written mainly in Hebrew and Greek. When writing about the soul, the Bible writers used the Hebrew word ne'phesh or the Greek word psy·khe'. These two words occur well over 800 times in the Scriptures, and the New World Translation consistently renders them “soul.” When you examine the way “soul” or “souls” is used in the Bible, it becomes evident that this word basically refers to (1) people, (2) animals, or (3) the life that a person or an animal enjoys. Let us consider some scriptures that present these three different senses.\n\nPeople. “In Noah’s days . . . a few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water.” (1 Peter 3:20) Here the word “souls” clearly stands for people—Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives. Exodus 16:16 mentions instructions given to the Israelites regarding the gathering of manna. They were told: “Pick up some of it . . . according to the number of the souls that each of you has in his tent.” So the amount of manna that was gathered was based upon the number of people in each family. Some other Biblical examples of the application of “soul” or “souls” to a person or to people are found at Genesis 46:18; Joshua 11:11; Acts 27:37; and Romans 13:1.\n\nAnimals. In the Bible’s creation account, we read: “God went on to say: ‘Let the waters swarm forth a swarm of living souls and let flying creatures fly over the earth upon the face of the expanse of the heavens.’ And God went on to say: ‘Let the earth put forth living souls according to their kinds, domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth according to its kind.’ And it came to be so.” (Genesis 1:20, 24) In this passage, fish, domestic animals, and wild beasts are all referred to by the same word—“souls.” Birds and other animals are called souls at Genesis 9:10; Leviticus 11:46; and Numbers 31:28.\n\nLife as a person. Sometimes the word “soul” means one’s life as a person. Jehovah told Moses: “All the men who were hunting for your soul are dead.” (Exodus 4:19) What were Moses’ enemies hunting for? They were seeking to take Moses’ life. Earlier, while Rachel was giving birth to her son Benjamin, “her soul was going out (because she died).” (Genesis 35:16-19) At that moment, Rachel lost her life. Consider also Jesus’ words: “I am the fine shepherd; the fine shepherd surrenders his soul in behalf of the sheep.” (John 10:11) Jesus gave his soul, or life, in behalf of mankind. In these Bible passages, the word “soul” clearly refers to life as a person. You will find more examples of this sense of “soul” at 1 Kings 17:17-23; Matthew 10:39; John 15:13; and Acts 20:10.\n\nA further study of God’s Word will show you that nowhere in the entire Bible are the terms “immortal” or “everlasting” linked with the word “soul.” Instead, the Scriptures state that a soul is mortal, meaning that it dies. (Ezekiel 18:4, 20) Therefore, the Bible calls someone who has died simply a “dead soul.”—Leviticus 21:11.
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I do believe that animals have a soul\nThey love us, protect us with their own life' they sense danger and harm, you can look into their eyes and know they have a soul\nI have prayed for my pet when he was dying and God healed him, after being ran over by a car\nThere are animals in heaven.\nThe lion will lay down beside the lamb,and no harm will be done.\nGod will give them a spirit of love, and not fear
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Sure just in moderation.  Just to go abit off subject if nichill18 studied her Bible she would know that animals do not have souls.  If they did they wouldn't be so tasty.  :  )
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In the Bible,"soul" is translated from the Hebrew ne'phesh and the Greek psy khe'.Bible usage shows the soul to be a person or an animal or the life that a person or an animal enjoys.To many persons,however,"soul" means the immaterial or spirit part of a human being that survives the death of the physical body.Others understand it to be the principle of life.But these latter views are not Bible teachings.\n\n"The concept of immortality is a product of Greek thinking,whereas the hope of a resurrection belongs to Jewish thought....Following Alexander's conquests Judaism gradually absorbed Greek concepts."- Dictionnaire Encyclopedique de la Bible (Valence,France;1935),edited by Alexandre Westphal,Vol 2 p. 557.\n"Immortality of the soul is a Greek notion formed in ancient mystery cults and elaborated by the philosopher Plato."-Presbyterian Life,May 1,1970,p.35.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING...THERE IS NO HEAVEN..AND THERE IS NO HELL...WE ARE ALL HUMAN ANIMALS
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As a Christian, I believe it was the chicken.  Likewise, Adam and Eve did not have navals since they had no umbilical cords.
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Considering the fact that the Bible tells us that we ARE souls, and not that we HAVE them, once you die, the soul dies. There is no other part within you that goes off somewhere at death.
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Ooh!  I like this question:\n\nLeviticus 11:6-7 - The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you. And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. \n\nLeviticus 11:10-12 - But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales - whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water - you are to detest. And since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you must detest their carcasses. Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to you.\n\nLeviticus 19:19 - Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material. \n\nLeviticus 19:27 - Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
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Look at the whole chapter, Leviticus 11:::\n\n                 Leviticus 11:1  And the Etrnl spake unto \n                 Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2  \n                 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, \n                 These are the beasts which ye shall eat \n                 among all the beasts that are on the \n                 earth. 3  Whatsoever......\n\nit goes on to say what is edible from the domesticated animals (must both chew its cud and have cloven hoofs), and from the waters (must have fins and scales).\n\nFurthermore, the animals must be killed by humans (road-kill is outlawed):::\n\n                Exodus 22:31  And ye shall be holy men unto \n                me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is \n                torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast \n                it to the dogs. \n\nThere are four levels to keeping kosher. The first, defined by the Bible, is the list of animals 'fit' or 'proper' to be eaten. This is found as you read above from Leviticus 11.\n\nThe next level is how the animal is slaughtered. It must be done as instantly and as painlessly as possible. This is insured by making the slaughtering a religious ritual so that it must be done the same way every time.\n\nThe third level is how the meat is prepared. Jews are forbidden to eat blood::\n\n          Leviticus 17:10  And whatsoever man there \n          be of the house of Israel, or of the \n          strangers that sojourn among you, that \n          eateth any manner of blood; I will even \n          set my face against that soul that eateth \n          blood, and will cut him off from among \n          his people. 11  For the life of the flesh \n          is in the blood: and I have given it to \n          you upon the altar to make an atonement \n          for your souls: for it is the blood that \n          maketh an atonement for the soul. 12  \n          Therefore I said unto the children of \n          Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, \n          neither shall any stranger that \n          sojourneth among you eat blood. \n\nTherefore as much of the blood as is possible must be removed. The way this is done is by a very very thick, course salt. The meat is covered with it, the salt soaks up much of the blood, and then the bloody salt is washed off. This is repeated a few times.\n\nThe fourth level is how the meat is served. The Bible tells us that one must not boil a baby goat in its own mother's milk. It was a pagan, not Jewish, custom to take a baby goat and boil it alive in its own mother's milk. The pagans felt this was some sort of magical thing, that the life-giving milk killed the animal instead....who can understand the pagan mentality? At any rate, Gd forbids the Jews from the horrible practice, and so in 3 places in the Bible::\n\n          Exodus 23:19  The first of the \n          firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring \n          into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou \n          shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's \n          milk. \n\n          Exodus 34:26  The first of the \n          firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring \n          unto the house of the Etrnl thy Gd. Thou \n          shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's  \n          milk. \n\n          Deuteronomy 14:21  Ye shall not eat of \n          any thing that dieth of itself: thou \n          shalt give it unto the stranger that is \n          in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou \n          mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou \n          art an holy people unto the Etrnl thy Gd. \n          Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his \n          mother's milk. \n\nFrom this the Jews learn another lesson, and that is that Gd does not want us to mix life, which is the milk, with death, which is the meat. Jews who keep these laws dont mix milk or milk products with meat or meat products, to stay holy to Gd. Remember that 'holy' means 'different, set ap
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NO\n\nGod-fearing men see in animals part of God’s generous provision for human welfare. Animals have served man as burden bearers, as sources of food and clothing, as sanitation agents, and as helpers in the vital activities of plowing and harvesting. Their variety of form and color has delighted his eye; their habits and instincts have been and still are an extensive field for inquiry into the marvels of God’s creative work. Though animals die in the same manner as man, they do not share his hope of a resurrection.—2Pe 2:12; \n\nAnimals were created with a limited life span, humans had the prospect of living on earth forever. (Genesis 3:22, 23; Psalm 37:29) Jesus Christ said that to enjoy “everlasting life,” we must exercise faith and take in knowledge of God—things that animals are incapable of doing. (John 3:36; 17:3)\n\nGod created animals for the sake of humans. Animals can help them do their work and can serve as their companions or pets. They also serve to magnify God’s love and wisdom.\n\nThe Creator gave life to both humans and animals. But for how long were they to continue to live? Scientists report that humans seem to have the potential of endless life, so that investigators are perplexed as to why man dies. The Bible gives the reason. It says that the Creator gave the first humans the opportunity of living forever. Death came only because they rebelled. (Gen. 2:17; 3:17-19; Rom. 5:12) What, though, of animals? They are not capable of conscious rebellion against God; yet they live only for a length of time and then die. Hence, it is clear that the Creator never purposed that individual animals live forever. For them death was natural.—2 Pet. 2:12.
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For animals, heaven is right here and now.  they are not human beings and its a little insulting to treat them that way.
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Yes in the bible it syas don't molest animals or anything but that's still being cruel molesting them
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We are eternal spirit souls RIDING in the temporary VEHICLE of a human animal-mammal-primate-vertebrate-chordate-hominid Homo sapiens. Genetically inherited animal vehicles are born, eat, mate-breed, defend, sleep, get ill, cheat, steal, die. Genetically inherited ego structures-intellect-minds and personalities assist the body in these things so the karmic wheel of this huge cosmic computer-machine can keep on turning.  We are different from-superior to animals in one KEY AREA.  As humans we have the ability to ask the correct-wise-higher questions of WHO AM I REALLY AND WHY AM I HERE REALLY. Animals can't-don't do that! Answer to these questions are to know, love, serve, remember and glorify the Creator, and to know the difference between the three items listed below, not just say you believe and go to church for hour on sunday and be kinda "good" when you feel like it. It takes effort, grace, willpower and mercy!\n\nDo you know the difference between:\n\nillusion and Truth\ntemporary and Eternal\nmatter and Spirit\n\nOnce we KNOW who we REALLY are, why we are REALLY here (Bhakti Prema) then we can go back to the Eternal Home where we can serve the Creator. Until then, we are just here playing with matter, trying to be controllers and enjoyers of matter and the material world and play the role of "little pseudo-gods" instead of doing what He wants. Once we want to play with Spirit more than matter then we have BEGUN the REAL PURPOSE of human life, to NOT BE ANIMALS-INHUMANE.....but to become Self and God Realized (not ego realized!) and go back Home. Thus, most humans are behaving like animals.  \n\nEstimates are that about\n\n5-6% of humans are infant souls\n20 % baby souls\n30% young souls%\n33% mature souls\n10% old souls \n\nTypically it is not until souls are "later old souls," probably the last 2%,that humans start to REMEMBER the real purpose of life and are INTERESTED-COMMITTED in its deep pursuit. Christ came to help humans open their hearts and become at least "mature human" if they can do what He teaches instead of living the Old Testament animal way of "eye for an eye." Compassion is one of His many major teachings. If humans are incapable of love-compassion on any level, then they are animal Homo sapiens.  Some dogs are more compassionate, kind, caring, serving, devoted than some humans.\n\nbody\nmind\nintellect\nintelligence\nego\nSpirit\n\nThis is the "order of hierarchy-lowest to highest" of our utilizable components while here.  Once Spirit runs the show we are spiritual beings riding within a human experience.  But if body-mind-intellect-ego are "trying to run the show," then we are just animals, fancy and intellectually sharp sometimes, but not truly human-humane.\n\nStages of development of love (in order) include:\n\nnurturance\nbonding\nalliance\nreciprocity\nunderstanding-comprehension\nappreciation-gratitude\naltruism-selfless service\nagape-unconditional love\n\nIf we aren't doing these,then we must be going down the rung to lower animal behavior, aka "hell on earth".\n\nIf you can be tolerant and "agree to disagree" then you can be a "civilized human", but if not, the following DOWNHILL ANIMAL CANCER spreads:\n\ndisagree\naggravation-grudge-repressed anger-frustration\ncivil disputes\nfeuds-gang-regional warfare\ncriminal disputes\nwar (>1000 die over a specific issue)\nannihiliation\n\nbut the highest level of spiritual love (the only true-deepest love) is Prema!\n\nHave a great day-life!
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The Parable of Lazarus represents what awaits for those who have been greedy & not given a single thought to their fellow human beings while they were on earth.\n\n A similar explanation is told in the Gospel according to St. Matthew chapter 25, verses 31-46, when Christ Speaks of Judgement Day, & how people will be Rewarded or Punished, depending on how they treated humanity during their lifetime in the world.\n\n Back during Christ's Time, dogs in the Middle East were look down upon, on almost on the same level as pigs(they still are, out in the Middle East, in fact). So when Christ Described "dogs came to lick at Lazarus'sores," He Was Giving a direct example of just how destitute Lazarus was.\n\n The chasm was the divide between Heaven & Hell. The souls of the Damned could not escape & enter into Heaven, & likewise, the souls of the Saved could not enter into Hell to Save lost souls.\n\n "The tongue," was used to illustrate how thirsty the Damned soul was, & only "the drop of water" from Heaven could quench his thirst.
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There isn't a hell. The bible speaks of going to hades or sheol, which are both terms for mankinds natural grave without any afterlife. Belief in God can come by reading bible books like Job and Psalms and taking a look at our surroundings. Someone must have made all this. Next, turn to Matthew chapters 5-7 and read Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and use his "outline" of how to pray to do that; to pray to God. Ask for support and forgiveness in an honest and true way. This is where faith then comes in. Works without faith is dead, so have faith in your creator to guide you. May God be with you.