RE: Do Nonhuman Animals Have Souls?
April 11, 2018 at 12:32 am
(This post was last modified: April 11, 2018 at 12:35 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(April 10, 2018 at 10:40 pm)chimp3 Wrote:(April 10, 2018 at 10:23 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Personally I believe they do, yesWhere do they go after death? Do any suffer hell?
I don't know where their souls go, but since animals don't carry moral responsibility and are innocent, I don't see how it makes any sense to say Hell is on the table lol. My guess is they don't experience the afterlife the same way we do, just as they don't experience this life the same way. So maybe they don't get the same full experience of Heaven, but they do live on in some sort of peaceful state without suffering? That's my guess anyway.
(April 10, 2018 at 11:36 pm)Fireball Wrote: The RCC says no, but then we atheists don't accept that souls exist, anyway. Except for my wife and youngest son, who have purchased Kia Souls to drive. no souls
The Church has no official position on whether or not animals have an afterlife. You will find opinions from theologians, but no official doctrine on the matter.
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