my opinion....
i think they do. not like Human souls but still there anyhow. i dont see this as a complicated issue since i view our souls as more or less the 'software' that makes us US. humans have a different and more complex OS (say Vista) while animals use the old punch cards system.
animals obviously arent of the same level of complexity as humans are i dont see why we should wonder if their SOULS are or not. is it even importiant? even if they DONT have souls im certian God would Give them one if only as a reward for US in heaven. grandmother wont be missing her cat spot in heaven since God can simply give spot back too her in such a way that she would never know the differnece soul or not, and something that makes no difference IS no difference.
as too the animals dont love line of thought, thats clearly a crock of shit and any teacher that states this as a bald fact and actualy intened anyone to belive it should be fired. of corse animals love, i see it every day with my own two cats (well my grandmothers cats , more in a second), i see it with my mother and an aunt and their dogs. ive especialy seen it with my grandmother and her two cats when we put her in a nursing home just last month. the cats have all but stoped eating and pace the house all the time, looking for her. they spend all their time napping either in her chair or her bed, something they seldom did before.
Sure it might just be wishful thinking but i dont think so. i KNOW animals and cat especialy. I've never NOT had atleast one cat in my entire life and i can say with some clame to being an 'expert' on the subject that those cats miss her. It MIGHT be because they miss the attention and the food except I have them now and I give them much more attention than she ever did, as well as regular feedings (she would often forget too feed them due to her extream age) and even some treats when i can coax them into actualy caring about them anyhow.
i suppose an argument can still be made that these are all still just learned responces and the cats dont REALLY love her, but if i could get that kind of a learned responce out of a fellow human id count myself lucky indeed. if its not love, it will do untill the real thing shows up.
i think they do. not like Human souls but still there anyhow. i dont see this as a complicated issue since i view our souls as more or less the 'software' that makes us US. humans have a different and more complex OS (say Vista) while animals use the old punch cards system.
animals obviously arent of the same level of complexity as humans are i dont see why we should wonder if their SOULS are or not. is it even importiant? even if they DONT have souls im certian God would Give them one if only as a reward for US in heaven. grandmother wont be missing her cat spot in heaven since God can simply give spot back too her in such a way that she would never know the differnece soul or not, and something that makes no difference IS no difference.
as too the animals dont love line of thought, thats clearly a crock of shit and any teacher that states this as a bald fact and actualy intened anyone to belive it should be fired. of corse animals love, i see it every day with my own two cats (well my grandmothers cats , more in a second), i see it with my mother and an aunt and their dogs. ive especialy seen it with my grandmother and her two cats when we put her in a nursing home just last month. the cats have all but stoped eating and pace the house all the time, looking for her. they spend all their time napping either in her chair or her bed, something they seldom did before.
Sure it might just be wishful thinking but i dont think so. i KNOW animals and cat especialy. I've never NOT had atleast one cat in my entire life and i can say with some clame to being an 'expert' on the subject that those cats miss her. It MIGHT be because they miss the attention and the food except I have them now and I give them much more attention than she ever did, as well as regular feedings (she would often forget too feed them due to her extream age) and even some treats when i can coax them into actualy caring about them anyhow.
i suppose an argument can still be made that these are all still just learned responces and the cats dont REALLY love her, but if i could get that kind of a learned responce out of a fellow human id count myself lucky indeed. if its not love, it will do untill the real thing shows up.
