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My Photos - Nature (1): "DO ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?
Does animal intelligence constitute, per se, proof of existence of a Soul? Does a pet’s emotions and ability to relate to human beings mean that animals possess an immortal spirit that will survive after death? Theologians say no. They point out that man was created superior to animals and that animals cannot be equal with him. Most interpreters of the Bible accept that man’s likeness to God and animals’ subservience to man implies that animals may have the “breath of life”, or nephesh in Hebrew, but not an immortal Soul in the same sense as man. The word “nephesh”, however, has more than a single connotation. Nephesh was traditionally used in many Biblical translations simply as “breath of life” , but this Hebrew word also means “creature” as well as “Soul”.

For those who use the Bible to stand behind the opinion that animals do not have Souls might want to have a look at these Biblical quotes:

“Man’s fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal.” (Ecclesiastes 3:19)

“This plan, which God will complete when the time is right, is to bring all creation together, everything in heaven and on earth, with Christ as head.” (Ephesians 1:10)"