Do animals have souls?
Have you wonder where will animals go after death? Are they like humans who will go in the heaven nor hell?
In this topic, I will share some points why some people believe that animals have souls. If you have something to add, then let me know in the comment section:)
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When I was in elementary we have this mini fish pond and it have a lot of Molly Fish, different sizes and types. Since there's a lot of fish pet vendors beside our campus, I decided to buy another kind of fish which is the gold fish and fighting fish. I don't have an idea that fighting fish is really a fighter and that golden is a sensitive one. I put them all together in our pond until the next day I saw some of our fish died.
At that very young of age, I'm thinking that the souls of my fish are looking at me and feel bad that I didn't protect them; because of that emotion I want them to give a proper burial. I dig a hole in the back of our house, place a leaf, then put above it our dead fish, bury with a sand, I lend a short prayer, put a stone, mark a cross, and lastly a flower from my mom's plant:D
Maybe some of you here think that this funny, but I really do it heartedly when I was a kid. Until, when I reached in highschool, I realized that maybe heaven and hell is just for humans, while animals will blow-up like a bubble.
The closest animals to humans are these dogs and cats. When I was like a month old here, I read an article which the author flex her pet dogs, I leave a comment which I already forgot but I can still remember her reply that is something like this "I treat my pets right, because someone told me that when they are in heaven, it's them who will talk to God to protect me."
If you ask if animals have souls? In some beliefs will answer it 'yes'. Just like Hindus, they believe that animals have souls but after death it will go to the process of reincarnation.
I have read the piece Mosquitoes by Lafcadio Hern, an essay on Karmic Effect and Beliefs in Reincarnation. This esssy states about how we care for ourselves but we unconscious give ourself trouble by doing some our beliefs and tradition. This also states that when a bad person die he will reincarnate into a mosquito.
I have have this former classmate, we are having our discussion until..
Teacher : What will you do now class, you all have low grades?
One Student : move on to the next life
Him : Then you're already a dog next life
And yes there are also some beliefs like this; a person can be reincarnate into an animal.
In the Holy teachings, there's no direct statement which prove that animals go to heaven after they die, but there are passages that shows animals are part of heavenly world. Just like in the Bible, God represent Jesus into a lamb wherein a dove represents the Holy Spirit. Another thing, God shows the garden of Eden as a perfect place, a paradise with plants and animals. According to Christian beliefs, if God represent the Garden of Eden as a perfect place, then for sure in heaven there's also animals; and maybe our pets.
For you, do animals have souls? No matter what will be our answer, we should put in our mind that animals have feelings, that they need love and care; so if you can't give it to them then just don't hurt them.
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February 3, 2022
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I don't think animals have souls. What I heard a long time ago was that. On the day of judgement after all have b en resurrected again. Humans would proceed to heaven or hell as the case might be while another trumpet would be blown and all animals would turn to dust again.... I have also heard that God would expand his blessings on us on Earth when we show kindness to animals and other life forms