Some of the answers I see here make me wonder if there are people out there who actually think animals are equal to humans. The family dog is a PET not a human with an immortal soul.
Animals are animals and we should protect them and care for them, and punish abusers BUT
People are superior and therefore have the greater responsibility to be good stewards of creation. Agreed?
Answers:
people come first above and beyond all other except for God.
its ok to love and care for your pets. but dont get carried away.
I have news for you toots - humans don't have souls either.
not equal but severley close
and your question is?
not even close. animals are here to serve us, not to be worshiped.
i agree 100%!
Correct animals arn't even close to equal with humans. God made us above all the animals on earth so we are the superior beings.
And who decided this soul business? Either having souls is questionable at best.
animals do have souls! every living thing has souls, why the heck would you think that?
what exactly is your question, though?
what the heck is the point in this lame question?
Prove that humans are the only animals with souls.
Humans are animals! Humans have souls. You know that from your life as a human. If you lived as another animal, you will be think that particular animal will have souls too!
You are correct. And that's why I think although "no kill" shelters are well-intentioned, they are unrealistic. At some point, the staff would be perfectly justified in putting down sick or unwanted animals that are doomed to spend their lives in a cage waiting for the adoption that never happens.
Putting down an animal when all means of adoption have been exhausted is humane and responsible. Patting yourself on the back for not killing it is ridiculous because you are condemning the animal to a miserable life in a cramped cage surrounded by noisy, sick animals.
Whoever coined the phrase "Animals are people, too" is a twisted individual who has no idea of the inherant value and beauty of the human soul.
What makes you think that humans are the only animal to have a soul? In fact, what makes you think humans have souls? How is it that being human makes you superior to anything?
were all animals, were just the dominant species, plus who says dogs dont have soals.=/
Do you know for a fact that animals do not have souls? No you dont, because no one knows.
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Humans are just one kind of animal
anyone who hurts pets or food animals and enjoys when they suffer might hurt humans next
send em to jail I think, so they can't hurt any animals
Animals are superior to humans, they are worshipped, and dont have any responsibilites other than sleeping, pooping, and eating.
of course they are or are you evil
how do you know animals dont have souls? it's not like you can see a soul. Humans always just assume their superior... it's so dumb..
Well, if you go with the Biblical outlook on this, God created the animals and then created man. And He gave man the responsibility and dominion over the animals, which means they are a step above animals. I found an interesting site that actually discusses these ideas, but it is coming from a different outlook than mine. I don't know if you wanted someone to offer contrasting views, but I find that sometimes looking at the other side helps me to understand what I believe.
Animals have their own special purposes like we do, that alone makes them just as important. Maybe their not 'smart' enough to make electronics as we are, but they are smart enough not to tamper with nature and they can survive with what nature supplies them with.
There in lies the problem with your argument."souls."
Do you have any proof to back up your claim that no other living creatures have souls? Because there are quite a few other religions that would disagree with your belief.
You are certainly entitled to your spiritual beliefs. But do not expect others to believe as you do. In my eyes, *if* humans have souls, all other living creatures do as well.
*And for the record, we are not the only creatures that rank high up in the food chain...there's a few that have us beat.
How do you know tha animals do not have souls?
How do you know that humans do?
I think that in most cases animals are better than humans. do animals go around killing each other? I think not. What gives you the right to say that we are superior? Do animals go around polluting the atmosphere and ruining the ozone? I think NOT!
Another ill created by christianity, there are no souls, you are not superior to any other creature on earth. A pack of dogs support its own kind believing that the dog is the only rightful bein, so humans do the same, its only natural, but truly misguided. Look up Humanism online, or maybe buy a book, try to truly understand what makes you human, and you'll realise that there's nothing there at all.
animals have souls
You do realize that the bible has been retranslated and mistranslated so many times that it's hard to tell it's original message right? Ah, religious crap you guys spew out. The only way humans are superior is on the food chain. We've developed some form of consciousness, but what makes you think that we have something other animals don't? Our minds evolved over our bodies. Humans are horrible tainted things, really. If animals don't have souls, and humans do, then 'soul' is redefined as 'sin'. I don't consider any of my dogs 'pets' but more 'familiars'. I sugest you get your head out of a bible, and look at the world. They are equal, all things are, only in a different order in the food chain. Yes, humans are animals to, but just because other animals are not destroying the planet by creating machine after machine to make it to where we dont' actually have to really physically work to survive. We should fix what we've messed up (that's a big job). You need to leave your superiority complax behind, that's a bad trait of humans.
Wow the arrogance. The weight (physical) of all insect life on earth dramatically outweighs that of humanity. There are very few biologists who would not argue that insects have the greatest survivability of all complex life forms. Insects give birth to sometimes millions of progeny. So, if nature invests more in raw weight to the insects, and the insects will easily survive what we naively term "global extinction events", and the insects are more succesful at procreating (which is the hall mark of genetic success), what makes us humans so special. Art, science, war or maybe football?
How you treat (and respect) animals is a good reflection of your character (or soul). When you choose to love and respect animals you share this good earth with, you love and respect yourself. When you choose to abuse and destroy animals, you are abusing and destroying this good earth and for the religeous, offense against God who entrusted the stewartship and care for His creature. In Zen, by abusing and destroying fellow living creatures were concidered murder since they believed not many separate lives but one singular life force that include a ripple call 'I'.
Remember, those ancient people who hunted animals for food and warmth, gave the utmost respect to the creatures they've killed for thier survival.
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