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I'm not saying. Read the verses. Then I'll tell you. ^_^
These are a few of the best ones.
“They all (animals) wait for You to give them their food in due season. You give to them, they gather it up; you open Your hand, they are satisfied with good. You hide Your face, they are dismayed; you take away their spirit, they expire and return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the ground.” -- Psalm 104: 27-30
"For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same spirit and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.
All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.
Who knows that the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the beast descends downward to the earth?" -- Ecclesiastes 3:19-21
"But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind." -- Job 12:7-10
Proverbs 12:10
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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The Angel and Balaam
22But God was angry because he was going, (Q)and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.
23When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way.
24Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path of the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side.
25When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself to the wall and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall, so he struck her again.
26The angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn to the right hand or the left.
27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam; so (R)Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick.
28And (S)the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
29Then Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, (T)I would have killed you by now."
30The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?" And he said, "No."
31Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw (U)the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground.
32The angel of the LORD said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was (V)contrary to me.
33"But the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed you just now, and let her live."
34Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "(W)I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. Now then, if it is displeasing to you, I will turn back."
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So, do they have souls?
According to the Bible, yes they do.
And God speaks with them, too. Many times in the Bible does God command animals to kill people who have disobeyed Him, or to save/help those who love Him. He also cares for them and they know that He feeds them, according to many scriptures. When He made the covenant with Noah that He would never flood the Earth again, he also told of His covenant to the animals.
And according to almost all humans who have studied them, animals do indeed have souls/spirits.
What about the wolves, running from airplanes that are slaughtering them, that are torn about running and saving themselves or turning to help a packmate?
What about the wolves who care for the old, sick members of their packs?
What about the dolphins who beach themselves in trying to save a beached friend?
What about the cats that warm you in bed with their own bodies when you are sick?
And what about Balaam's famous donkey?
And countless others.
On the immortality of animals...
People see their pets when they have near-death experiences as well as their friends. The Bible doesn't talk much about animals going to heaven, but it does say that we can never know for sure. So it's useless to try to use the Bible to prove that. But according to the people of near-death experiences in hospitals, yes, animals are indeed immortal.
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