Do animals have souls?

[bangarain]

Exactly, all animals have souls. Big or small.

And honestly I get the whole "Animals might have a larger soul than humans." It's not saying that we don't have a soul, we do! But animals as opposed to some people in general have a much, much larger capacity for love and forgiveness, unconditional love. :)

[DreamCaster]

every living thing has a soul i dont think there is a big or small soul

[Apperception]

The question required me to think for a few minutes. I do believe that animals have a soul, maybe not as "strong" as a humans, but to me, anything with a beating heart has a soul.

[lonely.silence]

I definitely believe animals have souls. They do for sure have feelings like us humans but they are much kinder, I guess you could say. They don't bully you ar judge you. I know when my dad left for work, he was stationed in afghanistan for around 6 months, my dog Kiara became depressed and started acting up. All was well when he came back though and she was back to her old self. This happened a few times when my dad was deployed. My dogs are also happy whenever me and my brother visit my dad and they get excited. My betta always swims to the front of the tank whenever I come from school or open the lid to feed him. I believe that every living thing has a soul, big or small it doesn't matter.

[Scottish Girl]

Animals I bet don't have souls, they just play small details in our life, they aren't really that important.

Of course animals have souls. They feel sadness, they get scared, they get happy they feel all the emotions. My old dog fly bit me once, because I accidentally stepped on her paw. My mother gave her a row and a few minutes later she came over all sad with her ears and tail down licking me. And of course animals play a HUGE role in our daily lives, it's almost impossible to imagine my life without animals. Millions of people make their living off animals, you try going to them and saying animals aren't important. And if you had a pet you would see just how important they are. Animals aren't something you can just throw away if you get bored of them, although many people try. I have six dogs, thirteen ponies and I would risk my life to save them, and I have even broken my leg trying to help on of my dogs before.

I had an old horse called Mulberry, she was A Welsh pony. The little girls at my school used to stop and give her treats and pet her in the croft she was in. Mulberry loved little children. Everybody in the school loved her, the teachers, the children and the parents. We had some offers for her but we turned them down. The little children used to write stories about the wee white unicorn. Then one day Mulberry died. Everybody cried, even the two vets that put her down. Then next morning I went into school and all the little children rushed towards me because they didn't see Mulberry in his field. I had to sit them down and tell them very gently what had happened. It has been over two years now and they still draw pictures of her.

Mulbs and I

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Mulbs and I

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[Ash!]

I think animals do have souls. They feel emotions. They have a unique personality. If they didn't have souls they would just sit there like a rock. My dog,fish,hamsters,toads, and frogs play a huge role in my daily life. They make me happy when I'm sad. When I'm all alone I play with them. Animals teach us responsiblity. They show us what it is like to live the good life, by loving us. They teach us from right and wrong. They only kill for food, to protect themselves, or to protect their young. They are the reason we are still alive. Cows are killed to feed us. We are taking away wildlife known as their habitat right now as I'm typing this. They hate, love, and feel many other emotions like humans do. And guess what we are animals, and we have souls.

[Hi There Stalkers]

I agree Aniamls do have souls,Why do I think this?Well when I did something to my ankle,my dog rushed to me,and licked me while I was crying,and my mom was giving our cats food and my dog started to talk a little xD Cat,they purr there telling us "We love you!"when they do that I LOVE animals to death I cry when I see a animal dead,even if I didn't know it.I would jump out in front of a trian to save a animal.

[Snowy.Days]

I definitely think animals have souls.
And I think mice and rats and things like that have souls, too.

[van]

I still kind of have mixe feelings... xD
I think animals might have souls but they just arent equal to humans.
And even if mice insects etc do have souls, I dont think theyre too valuable.

[zboe]

I will start out with saying, I am in no way religious so it plays no part in my answer.
I believe all animals have souls, to me a soul is emotions feelings personality their soul is what they are take away their body and everything that is left is the soul its well everything spiritual everything that isn't physical. Its what/who we are honestly I believe the body is just a package for the soul. (I hope Im making sense its a bit hard for me to explain)

As for 'minor' life forms not having souls. What makes them minor? Just because people see them as minor doesnt mean they are. Mice rats ect. most definitely do have souls in my opinion, m,y best friend has a mouse named Zombie (A.k.a Zomnom) He is lazy and doesnt really want to be handled much and really only wants to sleep but it doesnt matter if he doesnt want to be held he wont bite you or try to get away hell just sit with you till you put him back. Her two mice that passed away were very different Ginnger/Gingee was very active and very friendly she was a total cuddle bug <3 and Bandit/Bandee was friendly didnt do much but when you held him he would try to get away. Their personalities are/were so different. I have a pet snake named Tulula and she is the sweetest thing ever she hates baths and will do anything to get out but if your holding her she is content to sit on your shoulders or arm ect. forever. I've had other snakes mostly gardeners in the past who loved baths and wouldnt sit still when you held them for two minutes. I do believe insects also have souls and personalities we just don't pay close enough attention.

As for fish of course they do <3 Ive had fish off and on for my whole life and Ive had them non stop since 2006-2007. I can take any two fish I own right now and immediatly tell you the differences. Ciel is like a dog he follow anyone and everyone from one side of the tank to the other and if you sit down he will swim back and fourth and swim around where you are. Killie is a little skittish towards almost everyone if I have friends in my room or one of my sisters is in the room He/she will stay as far away as he/she can but if Im the only one in the room he/she will make a huge effort to come see me (he/she has a HORRIBLE spine injury </3 its very hard for he/she to move his/her tail) and will just kind of hangout as close as he/she can get to me.
Ive grown up with animals and there hasn't been a day in my life that I havent had a dog and very few without
cats Ive also had bird and reptiles/amphibians all my life and there is no doubt in my mind they have souls there is no less important more important after all in my mind if you take away our body we are all the same thing there is no difference nothing that makes an ant soul less or more important than a human soul. A soul is a soul there is no difference there is no less or more value maybe in someone opinion there is but again take away our bodies leave only the souls and their all the same.
After all we are animals too