2006-09-24 10:39:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They better say yes, or I will think them even more ignorant that before.
2006-09-24 10:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Yes, when heaven is brought on earth there are still animals/ Only there is no fear so the baby will play near a snake and the lion will graze with the (don't recall maybe sheep, something he would have devoured before..) What do you mean no?? Animals have souls. AAAAAHHH (when believers don't believe) Oh well...There is not gonna be any suffering in that state of consiousness, but I think animals will not zap away.. Heaven is 7th sphere and up, it means you realize you are one with God/regaining Christ consiousness.. It is not a vague place in the sky. It is a level of consciousness.
Love
They say in heaven Love comes first..
2006-09-24 18:00:30 · answer #2 · answered by Paradise Regained 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you define "soul" merely as a "life principle", then animals have a soul in that sense, as they are alive. In that same sense, death is defined as departure of the soul from the body. What animals definitely do not possess however is an IMMORTAL soul. Animals, even domesticated ones, are part of the natural environment, part of the physical/biological earth, and the old saying "you can't take it with you" applies here. We all love certain things on earth - our home, our car, our rose garden, our pets, our art collection, whatever. Such things are of the earth, and are not eternal. They will all cease to exist. Humans alone of all earthly entities are created in God's image and likeness, with immortal souls, moral capacity, and the possibility of eternal life.
2006-09-24 18:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they don't have souls. The soul is God's breath when He created Adam, let me remind you that He didn't give any animal the life breath. What goes to Heaven is the soul and since animals don't have souls, they don't go to Heaven.
2006-09-24 17:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe all living beings have a soul. It is what the person or animal does in life that helps create their soul and instill it with their family and friends.
Heaven is what you make it to be and is where we all hope we go after our lives here on Earth; doesn't matter whether its animals or people.
2006-09-24 17:46:48 · answer #5 · answered by Doc2TH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Everything is God and everything is consciousness.
Everything will eventually go back to God however not everything is in the same level of existance and consciousness.
That is why there is evolution and God has sent His Prophets with the different parts of the Greater Truth. Each part being a puzzle and put together it forms a path back to God.
So indeed animals have souls and they too will evolve and go back to God eventually.
2006-09-24 17:51:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and Yes. I attend a Spiritualist Church and not only do family and friends come through but so do our four legged friends. They come on their own as also with members of family or friends. Love is an energy that cannot be erased and will always give you that link to the other side. Many people see the spirit of their beloved animal.
2006-09-24 18:09:29 · answer #7 · answered by yia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is the fate of animals in the Hereafter? Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together”
[al-Takweer 81:5]
“There is not a moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be gathered”
[al-An’aam 6:38]
Ibn ‘Abbaas said: “Everything will be gathered, even the flies.”
On the Day of Resurrection, the animals will settle scores between one another. It says in a hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “All scores will be settled on the Day of Resurrection; even the hornless sheep will settle its scores with the horned sheep.” (Narrated by Muslim, al-Birr wa’l-Silah wa’l-Adaab, 4679).
It says in another hadeeth: “Allaah will judge between His creation, jinn, humans and animals. On that Day the score will be settled between the hornless and the horned, until there are no outstanding issues left, then Allaah will say, ‘Be dust!’ At the point the kaafir will say, ‘Would that I were dust!’” Shaykh al-Albaani said: This is saheeh. No. 1966; see al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, part 4, p. 966
The scholars said: reward and punishment are not essential features of the gathering and the resurrection. The settling of scores between the hornless and horned animals is not based on accountability, because they are not held accountable, rather it is retaliation in kind for the sake of justice. And Allaah knows best.”
2006-09-24 17:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by Umm Ali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men see in animals part of God’s generous provision for human welfare. Animals have served man as burden bearers, as sources of food and clothing, as sanitation agents, and as helpers in the vital activities of plowing and harvesting. Their variety of form and color has delighted his eye; their habits and instincts have been and still are an extensive field for inquiry into the marvels of God’s creative work. Though animals die in the same manner as man, they do not share his hope of a resurrection.
Animals were created with a limited life span, humans had the prospect of living on earth forever. (Genesis 3:22, 23; Psalm 37:29) Jesus Christ said that to enjoy “everlasting life,” we must exercise faith and take in knowledge of God—things that animals are incapable of doing. (John 3:36; 17:3)
God created animals for the sake of humans. Animals can help them do their work and can serve as their companions or pets. They also serve to magnify God’s love and wisdom.
The Creator gave life to both humans and animals. But for how long were they to continue to live? Scientists report that humans seem to have the potential of endless life, so that investigators are perplexed as to why man dies. The Bible gives the reason. It says that the Creator gave the first humans the opportunity of living forever. Death came only because they rebelled. (Gen. 2:17; 3:17-19; Rom. 5:12) What, though, of animals? They are not capable of conscious rebellion against God; yet they live only for a length of time and then die. Hence, it is clear that the Creator never purposed that individual animals live forever. For them death was natural.
2006-09-25 00:50:37 · answer #9 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says, let everything that have breath praise ye the Lord. SO I say yes to all the above. and yo have animal lovers, what kind of heaven would it be if, they didn`t get to have animals with them?
2006-09-24 17:48:24 · answer #10 · answered by theladylooking 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does not speak of animals going to heaven. However, I would imagine, that as I love horses, my heaven will be filled with them!
2006-09-24 17:42:39 · answer #11 · answered by Luc S 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋