Do you believe in animal omens?
485983
Well, there are reports of animals leaving the area before some kind of disaster strikes, and of dogs who can detect when there owners are sick.\n\nThrough the centuries, shamans have sought the guidance of animal spirits, to become more in tuned with the world, to heal the sick, and to make wise decisions for the tribe or clan.\n\nDo I believe any of it? Well, lets just say, that if I ever see a bunch of animals vacating an area, I'm going to vamoose myself.
774951
good, i totally agrees with you,are humans a higher form of animal?think again,after the tsunami in Asia,there is not a single animal found among the dead,even the birds are able to know earthquake before man,the only animals that is in the dark is human,so who is the lower or higher form,you be the judge
292362
Natural Instinct. Something like a sixth sense with me. I follow it and it always normally right. The question is are you spritual? For a lot a people that is a driving factor
872258
Supposing it were an 'omen'. Do you imagine God sent it? If God didnt want you to buy a jeep, don't you imagine you wouldn't have ended up buying a jeep? And if it was an omen, and it wasnt god who sent it, who the hell was it?\n\nNo omens, dude. Just normal occurences that look like they have something to do with us because we are all so friggin self-involved.
625501
An omen is a sign of something. Could be a sign of bad or evil, or of good. People are scared of the evil ones, duh. It's all kinda superstition.
982294
most people believe that animals don't have they basic intelligence to understand what you might say to them let alone understanding religion.  However since they are cold-blooded, I would say the sun.
879237
Yes, there are wild domestic cattle in Australia and species of undomesticated cattle in asia.\n\nFangs and claws? Only in greek mythology
709253
An interesting point.  And, at first glance, I would say yes.  However, from the Christian point of view, nature was corrupted along with the fall of man.   Also, different kinds of animals function in different ways.  Many elements of nature function in a strictly selfish, self-preserving way - in the individualistic sense.  Others are more centred on the collectivity.\nSome animals owned by man (dogs, horses) have been known to behave in seemingly unselfish ways,  putting their owners life before their own.  Hard to know what motivates them - is it the self-preserving instinct for the collectivity that has been deterred toward the human owner?  I don't know.\nSo, not being an expert in zoology, I would still suggest that we need a more absolute measure of morality than nature, even though we can learn some things from nature.
226211
No I agree with Stevie Wonder that superstition ain't the way. \n\nIn Japan, having a black cat cross your path is good luck. In Europe, it is considered to be bad luck. In ancient Egypt, the goddess Bast was a black cat. In order to discredit the old religion, Christians said that black cats were demons and if one crossed your path it would block your path to heaven.
187278
It is completely unclear whether they actually do. There seems to be some evidence for both sides of the argument. When the tsunami in East Asia hit it seems that the local dogs and cats and assorted wildlife in a variety of protected habitats were killed alongside the people, not a trace of an exodus before the fact. \nMost stories of an animal sixth sense are anecdotal and have not been scientifically studied (how could you scientifically study anything to do with a completely unexpected calamity anyway?). \nSo far it isn't really clear whether that sixth sense is an individual thing in animals, or part of their sensory early detection system or just a myth.
559290
i think there a sign of evil becus of my religion--hve u ever heard of the mark of the beast? i think tht it is just the begin of wht man wants...i wouldn't get one if i was u tho u never really kno......but thts my opinion......~1~real
421715
I'm open to the possibility, basically for the same reason I believe in God.  There's no evidence to prove or disprove either God or unicorns, dragons, or manticores existing, so I just have my gut feeling to go on that they all do exist.
1109429
Yes.  All animals have feelings, they aren't as strong or  prominate as humans but they feel some emotions.  For example cats.  When I was a kid we had two cats named precious and rocky.  And everday when I left for school they would stand with me until the bus came.  Then when I would come home they would be waiting for me.  Other evidence:\n\n-Elephants bury the bones of deceased\n-They adopt abandoned baby elephants after their mothers die\n-Cats nuture each other, I've seen our cats clean eachother\n-Dogs are loyal and have saved others lives
595145
The Great Apes, and, no - I've seen nothing that would tell me they have religion. I really don't see what your question has to do with evolution. Are you saying that people that don't believe in evolution also don't believe that there are some animals that are smarter than others?
9494
I would have to say no. I however recommend checking it up on Encarta, and Infoplease. If I recall those animals came later, yet my memory is not great with times.
958889
In Islam, we believe any living thing has a soul, this includes animals and plants. And they have rights too. \n\nI don't think they have a Day of Judgement as they were not born with a logical mind the way human beings are. They don't have the mental ability to differentiate what is right and wrong. Therefore I believe animals go to heaven :)
743137
absolutely right, id like to quote terry pratchetts "good omens"   ---  "you can't trust the churches to stamp out the devil and his minions.... if they succeeded they would be out of a job