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Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ
The dude basically had no answers and got angry that I would dare question what was said in the bible.
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Gocha. I don't know how old you are, but I'm sure you already know the old proverb "it's not what you say, but how you say it" - which of course means instructors, and most anyone, is open to questions and other thoughts if it's addressed respectfully -- it matters what words are used and how they are said. Most unreasonable/insane instructors are removed in short time, but sometimes you're the person who witnesses those people before they are found and removed.
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Originally Posted by Despare
That's weird though because the whole soul into animals thing is discussed pretty in-depth in the bible.
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Indeed it does. Interestingly enough, many books of the Bible read animals do have souls... references to numerous to list them all. Really, with the Bible, and any book, it's all about the context as to what the word means, and what's being said. Plucking "verses" out of any book are often misleading. There are multiple meanings to soul in these references.
Genesis and other books read both animals and humankind have souls, referring simply to "having life". In addition, Genesis makes it clear God made humankind was special and different than animals... Gen 1:26-27: "God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."
Of course what MurderDoll was referring to is whether or not animals have a soul that exists apart of the body, or after the body dies. As a whole, the books of the Bible do not indicate animals have "that type of soul". Ecclesiastes (the first existential book, I like to say. truly a great book) 3:21 does read, "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?". But again, it's about that sentence's context (which is often poetic, and not necessarily literal), in that book, and then the Bible as a whole.
The books of the Bible do not specify there will not be an afterlife, eternal life, heavenly or spiritual life for animals. In Revelation's description of a New Earth, it doesn't reference animals, but it's certainly possible. Bible reads God determines our afterlife. If an individual desired an animal in that "new reality", I'd suggest it's certainly possible any animal could be restored.
The books of the Bible do reference humans having a body, soul and spirit (though some will interpret some scripture that God bestows a spirit only to some humans through Jeshua Messiah) . The difference between them is a whole other subject. But the Bible is clear in referencing that God offers humans eternal life.
I found this, I find it a well written and accurate synopsis answering the question Do Animals Have Souls? according to the Bible
http://www.apologeticspress.org/apco...11&article=582