2007-01-07 12:09:08 · 20 answers · asked by sonnyboy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Animals have mortal, not immortal souls.
When the Bible speaks of death, it means human death.
Animals are here for our use, not for any eternal purpose.
2007-01-07 16:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
This an interesting question, although I'm uncertain about your "premise" that "death" came into the world because of sin. I am not a Christian, & perhaps someone willl clarify this for you from their perspective. Oh yes, another thing--IF your premise is correct, (according to Christians), EVERYTHING dies regardless of sin. Of course animals (don't forget, we are, too, but you mean the four legged or whatever to whom many feel superior) are incapable of "sin." Just like a newborn baby comes to life IN SIN! I really dislike that word! Humans have the choice to do what is humane, civil, constructive & so on. So, in some (arbitrary) sense, there are "rights" & "wrongs." The way some animals are treated by humans is an atrocity..but that's another show.
Edit: What a good answer from "obscure" yet I'd question one thing. To my understanding, animals put their tails between their legs as a "reaction" to disapproval from humans; they haven't made a "judegment" of their own behaviour. To DougLawre"--this is an example--animals are here for our USE! of the superiority syndrome. Seems the whole planet is here for our "use" which is more correctly stated as "abuse."
2007-01-07 20:22:31 · answer #2 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Animals actually have a comprehension and their own code of ethics. That is why they show guilt tail between legs because they feel they did something wrong as compared to something right. Animals can also care for their kind ex. A mother and her offspring, A pack and the elderly so long as they can keep up.
Animals have their own society that fully revolves around survival. Even back then I'm sure people noticed this. But, to put humans on a pedestal was for political and manipulative gain. We are not different from the animals other than an advanced comprehension to predict our actions far ahead of animals and adapt better. Along with emotions to help cope with this advanced comprehension to prevent overriding.
Animals cannot fit into humanity but, they are not here for our purpose no more than we are here for everything else. It's called balance. You can't have that when you create superior beings and inequalities such as that.
Perfection is a false ideal. If something is moving everything around it must change adapt to it. If the world is always changing due to life things must always adapt and things must always die. Perfection can only exist in non-existence. Much like the beliefs.
2007-01-07 20:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by obscure 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All world was created for human being, so when they sin and death came into that, whole world must collapse, including the animals like part of that.
2007-01-08 14:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by Bella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because death came into the world and animals are in the world.
2007-01-07 20:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Death never "came into" the world. Death is an integral part of the world. It's how things grow; death provides life. For one entity to live, it requires the death of another. (Yes, even plants. Without the deaths of millions of other organisms and micro-organisms, the soil would be void of nutrients.)
Sin has nothing to do with death. Unless, of course, someone is killing you because they think you've sinned.
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2007-01-07 20:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by Curio 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Death came into the world because cells can't live and function together forever without breaking down at a certain point.
2007-01-07 20:11:21 · answer #7 · answered by bitterswtchocolate 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the animals were held accountable for all the other animals they killed, it would be massive. Animals are not human. God put animals on this Earth for his creative humans to feed on. Animals do not have souls and should not be treated as Humans. When an animal dies, it goes either into food for others, or back to the earth. Sin relates only to Humans.
2007-01-07 20:16:05 · answer #8 · answered by Norskeyenta 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Things only lived forever in the garden of Eden. Adam had dominion over the animals so when he left, they had to go with him.
2007-01-07 20:14:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When sin entered the world everything was affected by it. The world has been slowly self-destructing because of it, too.
2007-01-07 20:10:35 · answer #10 · answered by Catfish_Woman154 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋