...I would like to set this one straight...first of all, the person is made up of three basic things...first is the body, which is evident and I will go into it no further outside of to say that animals, of course, have these, just like humans...Secondly is the soul, which has often been improperly defined. The true definition of a soul is the mind, will, and emothions. Though I cannot prove this definitively, I believe animals have all of these, certainly a will. The third is a spirit, which we give to either God or the devil, whichever we choose, and, according to Scripture, each person will be going to heaven or hell, of which God will determine at death (or Christ's coming, whichever comes first). If you define soul in this way, then only people have souls, animals do not, though, as someone already mentioned, we will give an account to our words and actions, and that includes what we do with or to animals, both good and bad.
I cannot accept a religion that states that animals do not have souls
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...I would like to set this one straight...first of all, the person is made up of three basic things...first is the body, which is evident and I will go into it no further outside of to say that animals, of course, have these, just like humans...Secondly is the soul, which has often been improperly defined. The true definition of a soul is the mind, will, and emothions. Though I cannot prove this definitively, I believe animals have all of these, certainly a will. The third is a spirit, which we give to either God or the devil, whichever we choose, and, according to Scripture, each person will be going to heaven or hell, of which God will determine at death (or Christ's coming, whichever comes first). If you define soul in this way, then only people have souls, animals do not, though, as someone already mentioned, we will give an account to our words and actions, and that includes what we do with or to animals, both good and bad.