Yes, animals have souls.  Humans are made up of BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT. Animals of BODY and SOUL. Plants of BODY.

The physical body dies. We see that in plants, animals and humans.

The soul is the personality, will, emotions that make up who you are. If you lose a leg, you are still you. Animals have personality, will, emotions, intellect, ability to reason, but they were not made in the image of God.

Our spirit is made up of (for lack of a better way to put it) the same "material" that God is made up of. It's this spirit that will carry our soul after the physical death. The spirit will either carry the soul to God, or away from Him. Animals don't have a spirit but they do have souls.

Quote from: Jeannette on October 15, 2007, 05:02:13 AM
Yes, animals have souls.  Humans are made up of BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT. Animals of BODY and SOUL. Plants of BODY.

I have never been able to understand what people mean by saying that soul and spirit are two different things.  Of course I've never understood what people mean by the words "soul" and "spirit."  To me the words are boxes we can put things into that we don't understand.

My belief is that we are whole persons, and when you divide persons up into parts, the "person" is gone.  I would not care to be a disembodied soul or spirit.  I guess resurrection would be preferable, but somehow the idea of going on forever doesn't appeal to me very much either.  Every story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Yes I do think that animals have souls.  I think some animals may be more souless than other ones.  House pets can have more of a soul than humans.  I know cats have souls because cats are awesome.  After all there were good enough for pharaohs.