Many, many people and religions throughout the world believe in the soul and the afterlife. If you also believe in the theory of evolution and that the world has been here for 4 billion years, you also have to believe that mankind evolved slowly over millenia. The question is: did the apes that mankind evloved from also have souls? If they didn't, when did mankind start to have a soul? What about the creatures before the apes? And the creatures that preceded them?
2007-02-01 09:57:57 · 8 answers · asked by Dennis K 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-02-01 10:03:44 · answer #1 · answered by Triplndy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the earth could be very old but I don't know about the ape creatures. Here is an explanation of the Lucy thing: "The knee joint of "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis) was discovered in the Fall of 1973 near Hadar in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia over a mile away and 200 feet deeper than the other bones (uncovered in Oct. 1974) --which Johanson incredibly claims to have belonged to the same individual!! Actually, the ulna:humerus ratio of these bones is 92.5%, well within the range of true ape [chimpanzee (95%) vs. human (80%)]. In addition, the valgus angle (i.e., a measure of the extent that the leg above the knee bends outward or laterally) of Johanson's 1974 bones is about 15 degrees, which is indicative of a strong tree climber like an orangutan or spider monkey. Professional consensus as to "Lucy's" identity now favors that of arboreal ape, not an ape-to-man hominid intermediate."
2007-02-01 11:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to me the soul is nothing more than the energy of that living being. When I die my energy will spread out all over creation as the physical material that gets recylced and the energy emissons that radiate everywhere even into space....so yes i think they did and their energy just cycles thru the universe as mine does and will do again
White Dove: Since there is 0 proof of anything else and much more proof for evolution what is the big deal? No one knows EXACTLY how gravity works so should I say gravity is a fake and claim magic glue keeps me on Earth?
2007-02-01 10:06:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as I'm concerned, all living things are permeated with Divine energy -- in short, they all have some kind of "soul", although the term as used in Christianity doesn't really fit the concept I'm trying to get across.
Good question, though.
2007-02-01 10:02:41 · answer #4 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything was created spiritually before it was created physically, so even species of animals we don't have around anymore had to have a spiritual essence of some kind.
2007-02-02 12:18:33 · answer #5 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And were is the missing links of all species. O I'm sorry I just spoiled the theory. Not any, that's why it is still called a theory. NO PROOF
2007-02-01 10:03:49 · answer #6 · answered by white dove 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure. I beleive all animals have souls.
2007-02-01 10:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe that all animals have a soul
so i guess that sums up my answer
2007-02-01 10:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by Peace 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋