I believe God gave humans the power of choice as a gift,
and therefore we humans have to the choice to sin. So if
the power of choice is a gift to humans then why do animals
also have the power of choice? I mean a dog can choose
whether he wants the cookie you hand him or not. So why did
God give animals the power of choice to animals? Why did
he create animals and not let them go to heaven? Or do
animals have no soul or spirit or are they simply too inferior to
go to heaven?
2007-07-18 17:18:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I shouldnt answer this cause im gonna look real stupid...but i feel they do have a soul...i know mine know when they do things wrong...if i tell them to sit...they sit...if i say stop...they stop...i couldnt imagine God not letting animals into heaven...they no when they do wrong...but if you correct em and teach them right from wrong they learn just like you and i!!!
2007-07-18 17:25:40 · answer #1 · answered by MiZz SaAk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question of free will is whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control over their actions and decisions. Addressing this question requires understanding the relation between freedom and cause, and determining whether or not the laws of nature are causally deterministic. The various philosophical positions taken differ on whether all events are determined or not—determinism versus indeterminism—and also on whether freedom can coexist with determinism or not—compatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, hard determinists argue that the universe is deterministic, and that this makes free will impossible. The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will may imply that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power over individual will and choices. In ethics, it may imply that individuals can be held morally accountable for their actions. In the scientific realm, it may imply that the actions of the body, including the brain and the mind, are not wholly determined by physical causality. The question of free will has been a central issue since the beginning of philosophical thought.
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2007-07-18 17:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by milly_1963 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you equate the freedom to choose to eat a cookie with the freedom to choose good over evil?
Only humans have been given choice between good or evil. Animals have not even been given self-awareness! How can you say an animal can be a moral creature, choosing to be good or evil? That's impossible
2007-07-18 17:27:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was taught that God did give us the gift of free will and choice. I was also taught that the animals do have souls but God created us in his image for us to worship him as no other animal can. We were chosen to be above the animals.
2007-07-18 17:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by kitkat1640 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would a dog know good from evil or is a dog just being what they were created to be?
Humans were created to have an intimate relationship with God. Do we? Some do, some don't. Free will allows us to choose to turn away from God's will.
2007-07-18 17:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by Mike V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why might Jehovah enable human beings bypass their very very own way? by using fact he created them with the staggering present of unfastened will, the college of freedom of determination. “the place the spirit of Jehovah is, there is freedom,” suggested the apostle Paul. no one desires to be a robotic, having somebody else come to a decision each and every 2nd of the day what he will say and do. yet Jehovah required human beings to apply that present of unfastened will responsibly, to confirm the awareness of doing his will and supreme problem to him. (Galatians 5:13) So freedom grow to be to no longer be absolute, as that would desire to effect in anarchy. there grow to be to be a regulating of it interior the obstacles of God’s benevolent regulations.
2016-10-09 01:08:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
choice a fact due to the nature of life is determined by judgment reason and vision these are the kind of things that make freedom of choice worth while.
2007-07-18 17:23:20 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If animals don't understand sin then they can't be held responsible for it. You could never teach an animal about the plan of salvation but we know all about it.
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2007-07-18 17:23:05 · answer #8 · answered by Ninja Showdown 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we are not suppose to have the power of choice....at least not to sin...but to walk in his rigthtousness...that does not mean to be controled by God, but to be like God in his image....he walks his own rightous path....you are suppose to walk your own rightous path.
Romans 3:15-18...says your ways are missery and destruction...and God would never bless missery upon us and destruction.
2007-07-18 17:25:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he hate animals... you know that.. he killed thousands of them by drowning one time... he saved only one pair for us... pair of cockroaches , pair of rats, pair of termites
2007-07-18 17:22:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋