Souls

Torrere · 09-08-2003, 02:08 PM

I believe that there are no souls, we are simply what we physically are.

The purpose of this poll is that I believe that souls were invented (by Christians or their predecessors) to distinguish human beings from the other animals: "not only were we made in God's form, but we have souls which persist after our deaths". Most of the dedicated Christians that I've spoken to believe, very definitively, that only humans have souls

In person, I have received many interesting responses. One woman told me that she believed that souls were the ability to feel emotion; to love and to feel emotional hurt. Hence, she believed that cats and dogs and horses also had souls.

According to a spokeswoman of the "Jews for Jesus" group, the Bible states that there will be animals in Heaven, but she wasn't sure if there would be cats and she wasn't sure if the animals in Heaven would have souls like the humans do.

My extended range of questioning is: if other animals have souls, what is the point at which those animals stop having souls? Trilobytes?

What happens if you meet your former meals in the Afterlife?

View Poll Results: Do people have souls? Do cats?
Only humans have souls	3	16.67%
Humans and cats have souls	7	38.89%
Souls do not exist	7	38.89%
Only cats have souls	1	5.56%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

09-08-2003, 02:08 PM	#1
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	I believe that there are no souls, we are simply what we physically are. The purpose of this poll is that I believe that souls were invented (by Christians or their predecessors) to distinguish human beings from the other animals: "not only were we made in God's form, but we have souls which persist after our deaths". Most of the dedicated Christians that I've spoken to believe, very definitively, that only humans have souls In person, I have received many interesting responses. One woman told me that she believed that souls were the ability to feel emotion; to love and to feel emotional hurt. Hence, she believed that cats and dogs and horses also had souls. According to a spokeswoman of the "Jews for Jesus" group, the Bible states that there will be animals in Heaven, but she wasn't sure if there would be cats and she wasn't sure if the animals in Heaven would have souls like the humans do. My extended range of questioning is: if other animals have souls, what is the point at which those animals stop having souls? Trilobytes? What happens if you meet your former meals in the Afterlife?

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