do animals believe in god?
548738
Animals don't have souls, that is why we can kill them to eat them.  You don't see anyone killing your neighbor just for some prime rib(at least I hope not)
971434
No, God has put animals under the dominion of man. However it talks about dealing with them kindly. That would include if we killed them for food, for example, to do it in a humane way, and not to promote their suffering. (I know I'm gonna hear from vegetarians on that one, but I stand by it.)
1145781
Animals were made by the Almighty and we are indeed responsible for their well being.  When I was little, we had a cat.  Every so often I would pull the cat's tail.  It was a very patient old cat.  May the Lord forgive me...  My mom had told me that cat belongs to God and from that day forward I stopped pulling its tail.  I realize that indeed that cat does belong to the Lord Most High.  As my mom pointed out that the Lord gave him life, gave him food, gave him warm milk through his mom, when he was born and protected not only him but many cats in his lineage for centuries.\n\nTHAT SAID, it is also important to remember that balance is the key in everything.  If you allowed the mice to take over, they will kill off every cat.  When carnivores were killed off in large numbers, the deer die of starvation due to over grazing.  The Lord Most High has made human beings stewards and given the animals in our care.  We need to never forget that the animals are GOD's creatures, who the Lord knows individually and collectively but they have a purpose, just as we have a purpose.\n\nThey are something to learn from.  AND we need to remember that all animals belong to the MOST HIGH LORD ALMIGHTY.\n\nI hope this makes sense.
871209
I believe it was when we gained knowledge. I don't believe in the Adam and Eve story as anything but mythology, but I do believe in both God and evolution. I believe it was just a metaphor for when our brains evolved to the point of intelligent reasoning and the thought processes that made us the dominant species. That was what eating the apple represented. So I'm sure our having souls and the entire concept of souls developed out of that accomplishment.\n\nNow I'm kinda going to have to rethink that considering I believe cats, dogs and horses have souls too, but I think it's because they have an emotional intelligence that chickens and cows and bugs just don't have.
949539
I believe that if people go to heaven, so do animals. Look at this site:\n\nhttp://www.rainbowsbridge.com
817838
Do you believe in God?
549919
if mosquitos believed in God, then the question would be :\n\n"why did God invent pesticides !".\n\nthe purpose of anyone's God is is to serve their own needs.  \n\nyour question is not one for religion ( whose purpose is more for judgement ) but one of science ( which seeks to explain ).\n\nif you believe in God, then mosquitos also have a right to existence because they must believe in their God too !\n\nif you dont believe in God, then mosquitos "evolved" to fulfill their own little place ( niche ) in the environment. ( and they are quite successful ! ).
709253
An interesting point.  And, at first glance, I would say yes.  However, from the Christian point of view, nature was corrupted along with the fall of man.   Also, different kinds of animals function in different ways.  Many elements of nature function in a strictly selfish, self-preserving way - in the individualistic sense.  Others are more centred on the collectivity.\nSome animals owned by man (dogs, horses) have been known to behave in seemingly unselfish ways,  putting their owners life before their own.  Hard to know what motivates them - is it the self-preserving instinct for the collectivity that has been deterred toward the human owner?  I don't know.\nSo, not being an expert in zoology, I would still suggest that we need a more absolute measure of morality than nature, even though we can learn some things from nature.
1045098
I'm open to the possibility of animals like dragons existing.  There's just as much reason to believe in them as there is to believe in God.  Until someone can prove they don't exist, I'll believe in them.
1012970
You will see animals that were traditionally worshiped by other peolpes demonized in Judeo-Christian scripture. It's the "my god is better than your god" thing.\n\nMost animals that are viewed as holy by different peoples, have to do with either being a good food source for people, or in protecting the food supplies (cats and snakes are rat-catchers). Animals that improve one's chances of survival are highly valued.
705360
A really intelligent question indeed!\n\nIt is the other way round. Why the dog is spelled as God backwards?\n\nConsider the properties of a dog. As a pup it would behave as if his whole world rotates around his master. No matter what none can sway the faith of the pup from his so-called master. I have experienced it myself. The pup is more loyal to his master then the mother it was born to.\n\nAs this pup grows up... it learns all the tidbits of life that his master has to teach him. Day by day the loyalty of this pup... now a full-grown dog increases. It now safeguards the house in which lives his master. Every friend of his master becomes his friend and every stranger to his master becomes his foe.\n\nThe dog is the only animal in the whole animal kingdom whose services to his master are unparalleled. No animal in the animal kingdom behaves as faithfully as dogs... come whatever may!\n\nThe faithfulness with which a dog serves his master is even absent in human beings. You trust and the next moment one would betray you. In dealing with dogs such eventualities are extremely rare. It has been found that dogs sometimes betrayed the faith of their master if they were kept in confinement for long or hungry for days.\n\nIn both the cases the master was at fault. If the master takes proper care of his dog... there is no reason why this favorite pet would betray his trust.\n\nBy naming him backwards God has also tried to portray to mankind that if a human being has the kind of faith that a dog has in his master... then every human being can reach the abode of God... the kingdom of God (known as Baikuntha in Hinduism) at the earliest.\n\nDoes it mean that the kind of faith a dog has in his master is necessary for gaining enlightenment and finally salvation. Yes, it is this kind of almost blind faith that leads one directly to the kingdom of God. More here- http://www.godrealized.org/do_animals_have_a_soul.html
9159
Yes, I definitely believe in God.  I have a quote I think of a lot...it goes something like this:\n\n"When you take a look at the human body and look at the unique design and how everything works together as such a perfect machine - you have to think...who designed it?"\n\nSo that might not be the exact quote...but it gives you the basic info.  :-P
384389
It isnt that they worship them... \n\nHinus believe that all animals have Atman or soul and thus should not be killed. Also killing leads to bad karmic consequences and the consumption of flesh is not sattvic; meaning one can not achieve full spirituality or a close connection with Lord.
958889
In Islam, we believe any living thing has a soul, this includes animals and plants. And they have rights too. \n\nI don't think they have a Day of Judgement as they were not born with a logical mind the way human beings are. They don't have the mental ability to differentiate what is right and wrong. Therefore I believe animals go to heaven :)
973194
I do!  Do you believe in God?
1155519
The GOD is the same FORM as YOU are...........\n\nI will give you a simple explanation.............\n\nHave you ever thought GOD to be a dog or elephant or shark or a tree ! We humans think GOD as a human being only......isn't it ? Even a man will see GOD as a MAN and a woman will think GOD as a WOMAN.......true isn't it ? \n\nProbably a Dog will see his God to be a Dog only.........I tell you why this is so...........because no one has seen GOD and it exists only in our mind.........so we make a picture of GOD like ourself. \n\nI think GOD is nothing but a "Driving Power" that gives us inspiration to live ahead........
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God-fearing men see in animals part of God’s generous provision for human welfare. Animals have served man as burden bearers, as sources of food and clothing, as sanitation agents, and as helpers in the vital activities of plowing and harvesting. Their variety of form and color has delighted his eye; their habits and instincts have been and still are an extensive field for inquiry into the marvels of God’s creative work. Though animals die in the same manner as man, they do not share his hope of a resurrection.—2Pe 2:12; \n\nAnimals were created with a limited life span, humans had the prospect of living on earth forever. (Genesis 3:22, 23; Psalm 37:29) Jesus Christ said that to enjoy “everlasting life,” we must exercise faith and take in knowledge of God—things that animals are incapable of doing. (John 3:36; 17:3)\n\nGod created animals for the sake of humans. Animals can help them do their work and can serve as their companions or pets. They also serve to magnify God’s love and wisdom.\n\nThe Creator gave life to both humans and animals. But for how long were they to continue to live? Scientists report that humans seem to have the potential of endless life, so that investigators are perplexed as to why man dies. The Bible gives the reason. It says that the Creator gave the first humans the opportunity of living forever. Death came only because they rebelled. (Gen. 2:17; 3:17-19; Rom. 5:12) What, though, of animals? They are not capable of conscious rebellion against God; yet they live only for a length of time and then die. Hence, it is clear that the Creator never purposed that individual animals live forever. For them death was natural.—2 Pet. 2:12.