2007-02-25 19:26:10 · 11 answers · asked by Jackie C 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"For there is an eventuality as respects the sons of mankind and an eventuality as respects the beast, and they have the same eventuality. As the one dies, so the other dies; and they all have but one spirit, so that there is no superiority of the man over the beast, for everything is vanity. All are going to one place. They have all come to be from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust. Who is there knowing the spirit of the sons of mankind, whether it is ascending upward; and the spirit of the beast, whether it is descending downward to the earth? And I have seen that there is nothing better than that the man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; because who will bring him in to look on what is going to be after him?" - Ecclesiastes 3:19:22
Animals and humans don't go to heaven. They just decompose in the ground.
2007-02-25 21:49:39 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowhere does Scripture explicitly state that animals do not have souls...There is nothing in Scripture I know of that would preclude the possibility of animals' continued existence...The Bible does give us some reason to hope that departed animals will be restored. We read in the Bible that redemption is a cosmic matter. The whole creation is destined to be redeemed through the work of Christ (Romans 8:21), and we see the images of what heaven will be like; beautiful passages of Scripture tell us about the lion and lamb and other animals being at peace with one another.(Isaiah 11:6-8). Whenever heaven is described, though it may be in highly imaginative language, it is a place where animals seem to be present. Whether these are animals newly created for the new heavens and the new earth, or they are the redeemed souls of our pets that have perished, we can't know for sure.
2007-02-26 10:49:59 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
(Ecclesiastes 3:19) For there is an eventuality as respects the sons of mankind and an eventuality as respects the beast, and they have the same eventuality. As the one dies, so the other dies; and they all have but one spirit, so that there is no superiority of the man over the beast, for everything is vanity.
That ' spirit' is not an independent part of us, but is simply the ' breath of life, that Jehovah God breathed into Adam and motivates all living animals [ and insects/birds/anything that moves]
2007-02-26 04:45:10 · answer #3 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAN IS PROMISED A RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD
Eccl.3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Eccl.12:7; Psm.104:29,30 [ as if created ];
1Cor.15:22-28,51-53;
As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
2007-02-26 04:12:04 · answer #4 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since animals have souls, just like humans, it kind of messes up the argument that souls are eternal. In the ancient Temple, when the lamb was sacrificed, they were to first slit its throat and allow the soul to pour out on the ground.
Today, whenever there is a terrorist bombing in Israel, they collect every bit of blood to be buried, even if it means chipping up the roads.
2007-02-26 03:46:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can tell you that in Ezekiel, from Chapter 40 and til the end of the Book, it is all about what we will be doing in the eternity, and animals are there. I hope this helps.
2007-02-26 03:44:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No such thing,the only mention in the Bible is in Revelation where it says Heaven is without dogs.
2007-02-26 03:30:21 · answer #7 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Animals do Not go to Heaven.
"Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
"God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
Genesis(1:26-27)
2007-02-26 03:32:34 · answer #8 · answered by RR 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My old grey cat is certainly going. I don't care what your fairy tale book says about it, I just know.
2007-02-26 07:31:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...animals do not have spirits therefore cannot choose between good or evil.....
2007-02-26 03:38:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋