The lower animals also have souls

So see how it happens that Scripture speaks of the "soul" in relation to the lower animals. Just like people, they are sensitive creatures and intelligent beings, but lower genera. Just like people, they can see, hear, feel, touch, feel, taste and smell. And as everyone can understand according to the level of his own body, but no conclusions can not do complex manner or at such a high level as a man. This difference is not the result of possession of a person of a different kind of life than that which occupy the lower animals, as all occupying similar vitality from the same source and fountain of life, the same Creator. All sustain life in the manner of such food through the digestive system which produces blood, muscle, bone, etc., According to their kind or nature, and like everyone develops his view, passing life, obtained initially from God, their offspring. Each type differs form and mental capabilities.

One can also say that while man is the soul (ie, rational beings), animals are deprived of the properties of the soul or mind, thinking, feeling. In contrast, both human and animal souls have the ability or intelligence, thinking, feeling. This is confirmed not only by the Bible. It is a fact that is easy to observe, if properly understood the meaning of soul, as clarified above.

To illustrate: Suppose that was created perfect dog and assume that the process of its creation has been described in detail, as in the case of Adam. What changes are the details you can imagine? The body is crafted dog would not be a dog until the breath of life not led to revitalization of the body, which would then become a living creature with its own forces and feelings, living an inferior breed, named the dog, just like Adam when he received life became a living creature that has its own strength and feeling - a living soul in the highest stage of development among bodily creatures and named person.


If that is a big difference between man and animal is not in the life to which each is quickened and does not imply the absence of powers of the soul, which is all that you can it lies between their bodies? So, obviously, a significant difference is physical in nature, and, in addition there is the fact of God certain preparations related to the future of man as evidenced by his promises, while the animal is not made ​​no plans, so that they are its nature is not able to understand metaphysics. If all else the same, the size and weight of the brain indicates the capability irozum. In this respect, the Creator provided a better person than an animal. The animal has a smaller brain than a man, and one that has, belongs entirely to natural samolyubnyhshylnostey. Its highest conception of good and evil is the will of its master, man. Animals are not able to appreciate all the subtleties of morality and nature. The Creator has endowed its not such a capability crazy.

Although because of the fact that people got into sin and death, her condition is far from what was in the original perfection when the Supreme Judge praised it as "very good," then, but some developing lower level thinking and zanedbuyuchy use higher intellectual abilities, was taken to the degeneration of the organs of the brain that are higher capacity, but these bodies are always there, keeping capacity development, which is not the case for almost all perfect specimens of animal creatures.

The same lecture, which says that the source of life of the human race does not differ in anything from that which is in all other creatures that breathe air nostrils, much different from the fish is given in the description of the destruction caused by the flood (Genesis 6 : 17, 7:15, 22). It is in full agreement with the statement of King Solomon that people and animals have "one breath" [Gebr. Ruach, the breath of life] - a family life "as the one dieth, so dieth the other ones" (Eccl. 3:19). When asked Ecclesiastes (Eccl. 3:21), "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and goeth downward to the earth spirit beast?" This wise man defies all sorts of evidence and all sorts of knowledge on this issue. This challenge posed to others that they either gave evidence or admit that they have no such knowledge, acts after his testimony of the truth on this subject in the 19th and 20th verses.

Distinction between humans and animals

Distinction between man and animal is not directed to a method of breath or life, but that person has a higher body of the animal, which occupies the moral and intellectual abilities and skills in the likeness and image of who occupies the Creator, which is still much higher body - spiritual, not solid. And as has been shown, the hope of man concerning his future life does not consist in its innate ability, but gentle ensure its Creator, which focuses on redemption of each human soul from death, through the great Redeemer, where there is provision for everyone whoever it was, comprehension of eternal life in the resurrection in the new Agreement.

Our Redeemer "soul unto death [being] His" and "soul [being] his laid an offering for sin" (Isaiah 53:10, 12), and thus he purchased with his own precious blood of the soul of Adam (and his progeny), to do His soul [being] a sin offering. As a result, the soul and the souls of the redeemed are to be awakened, have resurrected (Psalm 49:16).

Man will live again

But God have prepare us to live again, and then, when he revealed his glorious plan, those who are wise to preach and write on the subject (eg inspired scribes Scriptures) if agreed, talk about transition unconsciousness between death and the resurrection morning, in which every sensible creature seems to hang in his "dream." This is really a perfect illustration, because the dead are completely unconscious passage of time and the time of awakening seem to them the next minute after the date of their death.

We read, for example, that our Lord is speaking of death (Lazarus), said, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep - wake him up and go." Then, as the students it was difficult to understand, he said, "Lazarus is dead" (John 11:11, 14). If theory of mind in a state of death may be true, does not it strange that Lazarus had not lodged any description of his experiences during those three days? No one can claim that he was a "hell" of suffering, as our Lord calls him his "friend", as if he were in a state of happiness, and then heaven, our Lord would not withdraw it from there because it is be unfriendly act. But our Lord said that Lazarus was "asleep" and he awakened it to life, consciousness, or turning resurrecting his sensitive soul or creature. And it was all expressive grace which is greatly appreciated Lazarus and his friends.

The dead are described as "sleeping"

Using any power or wisdom, less than the strength and wisdom of our Creator, which guarantees the resurrection, we might rightly fear or inhibition of a block, because of which would be lost identity, especially for those who are invited to a big change to the nature spiritual existence. So in this case, as in all others, we may safely trust, with whom we deal in this regard. He who knows all our thoughts, can reproduce them in new minds, so that no valuable lesson or no valuable trial are not lost. He is too wise to err, and too good to be that base. And all that he promised fulfilled in a much better and complete way than we are able to think or ask.

Body, soul and spirit

Terms body, soul and spirit can be applied to the group of people who make up the Church. For example, the Apostle says: "And the God of peace sanctify you (...) and perfect your spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1Thes. 5:23).
The true spirit has been kept in small herds. But the body of the little flock was also noticeable, despite the advantages of tares, who tried to leave it in secret. But the soul of the Church, its activities, the general intelligence of the Church as sensitive beings always left evidence of their existence, raising the banner of the Christ between people - Redemption.
There is no other way to use the words of St. Paul. Because despite how much people have different views related to the preservation of individual spirits and souls of these people, all agree that their bodies were not preserved, but returned to dust, like all other bodies. In addition, the word body, soul and spirit is in the singular, not the plural.

Astral body Above the Earth from the Sun build the etheric body, which connects the soul with the body material. Body material as matter itself create angels. The materiality of the etheric body is made up of what might be called "prana".Once the biological body is destroyed the soul leaves it to again and again to be embodied on Earth, or start a path of ascent to other worlds (often falling for the sins of the dark worlds in purgatory and hell).
Here is an interesting model of the human structure is given in the book of Daniel Andreev, "The Rose of the World". In many ways, this model coincides with the notion of some religions, especially Vedic Hinduism and Buddhism.
The fact that we have the example of my own experience and modern ideas about the world, we can only say that the structure of rights includes at least four bodies: spiritual (shelt?), Information (astral?), Energy-matrix structure of the body (the etheric body?) and biological body. If etheric (energy, matrix) combined with the biological body, then we can talk about the Trinitarian structure in which spiritual and information combine to form what is called soul.
As a general conservation law (something does not turn into nothing and does not arise from nothing), what is called the soul, has maintained from the beginning to the end of the task assigned to it by the Lord. Problem may be the earth, star (celestial), galactic, the other, with the appropriate length solve it. After this "soul" has to go to some other state or disintegrate. I can only monad, which is as eternal as the Creator, as the share of the monad God, a spark of God.
It is similar to the structure of other creatures with the person - it's hard to say. Most likely she also ternary, but more primitive in structure and has the opportunities that person. There are signs that animals and plants do not have what is called monads and their structure purely earthly and astral body ends. Animals and plants - being of terrestrial origin and is a continuation of the earth Monad.

I think any true faith comes from the soul, so the soul is the most important part of faith. You can understand many things by head, by thinking or analyzing, but some things still come from the soul and faith in God just so the thing. It cannot think of or considering by head. Faith in God is usually what comes from the soul.
And I really believe that our soul is eternal, because otherwise our life has no meaning, it is short, it is fleeting. Our body dies quickly, but it is the presence of the soul fills our body with sense.
I also believe that our soul is not just eternal, it still accumulates experience that we have lived in one life. For example, in this life we have learned some specific qualities and it remains in our hearts. Why for example, some are born talented artists? Some talented musicians? Perhaps because in a previous life they learned this and it remained somewhere in their soul.
And then there is a category of people, which all turns out. All that they are starting to make they do well.
I think on how we have lived this life depends on how we will live in the future. For example, what kind of body we will get what kind of life we will obtain. But perhaps our soul after death goes to heaven or hell, but I do believe that our soul is reborn in order to continue to learn something, to gain experience and get pleasure from life.

I totally agree with Dendyman. The body dies and it is transformed in earth, but the soul never dies. To my mind, our soul passes to another creature or organism and it more seems to budhism belief.
But there is another version. Our soul is seeing like a ball of energy. and this energy was in our body before. After death, this ball of energy starts it's own way and it seems like a dream, but it is not a dream, you can really fly, you move at speed of light or do things you couldn't when you were alive.

And another fact I find in the study of the various religions of the world is that there are three different stages of ideas regarding the soul and our Lord. First of all absolutely the whole religions think that, apart from the body which dies, there is a certain part or something which does not change like the body, a part that is constant and eternal, that never ever dies; but some of the newest religions is telling us that although there is a part of us that never ends up, it had a kind of beginning. But as gurus says - everything that has a beginning must necessarily have an end. We are the primary part of US that is considered to never had a beginning, that's why we shouldn't have an end. And above us all, above this eternal nature, there is another eternal Being, with no end , sure it is our Lord. People talk about the beginning of the world, the beginning of man. This just means a beginning of a kind of cicle. It nowhere means the beginning of the whole Cosmos. It is impossible that creation could have a beginning. No one of you can imagine a time of beginning. Our body will meet with death, but the soul will never. It never ends.

Starting with this idea of the soul we can distinguish another group of ideas in regard to its perfection. The soul in itself is perfect. Man made himself unpurified by his own actions. But he is to regain his old nature, his bright and clear nature. Some are talkingabout these things in allegories, fables, and symbols. But when we begin to analyse these statements, we are able to find that they all teach that the human soul is in its very nature perfect, and that people can restore that original purity. You will ask- how? The answer is the simplest one - just start knowing God. Just as the Bible says, "No man can see God but through the Son." What is meant by it? That seeing God is the aim and goal of all human life. The sonship must come before we become one with the Father. Remember that man lost his purity through his own actions. When we suffer, it is because of our own acts; God is not to be blamed for it.