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This is a question that has puzzled man for centuries, seemingly being impossible to answer. Is it? Or is the answer closer than we think?

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    Dicax_Maximus2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Fly free Sarah.........

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      blumoondew2 months, 2 weeks ago

      yes, very close, she is sitting on my lap...

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        kedirian2 months, 2 weeks ago

        What is a soul??????...

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          tomohawk2 months, 2 weeks ago

          According to the Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek Bible

          the "Holy Scriptures" translated the word "soul"

          from the Hebrew "ne'phesh" or the Greek

          word psy-kne' and the context usage refers

          to both humans and animals.

          Examples of this are:

          Genesis 1:20-25 "God said 'let the waters

          swarm of living souls'.."

          Numbers 31:28 "one soul of humankind

          and of flock.."

          Revelation 16:3 "and every living soul died, yes

          the things on the ground and in the sea.."

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          tomohawk2 months, 2 weeks ago

          Hence, to understand "what is the soul?". the

          Scripture usage also gives clues, that the SOUL

          seems to be a "living" person or animal and the active

          spirited "life" that these enjoy. In Genesis 2:7 "God ..

          blew" into his nostrils the "breath of life and the man

          BECAME A LIVING SOUL". Notice that it is not written

          [anywhere in Scripture] that the man (Adam) was ever

          GIVEN a soul, but that he BECAME a SOUL, a living person,

          with all his traits, genetics, etc., of his vital being.

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        waveringhobbit2 months, 2 weeks ago

        I think they have a soul. Why do you think dogs feel what's happening to their masters?

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          Itachirumon2 months, 2 weeks ago

          I think it's monsterous anyone could sink this. I just lost a gecko of mine 3 weeks ago, we'd only had her for 3 months but we were broken hearted over it. It still feels weird to think of her as gone, she was a sweety. I know some people will disagree with me, but I feel animals do have souls, and they wait for us in the afterlife, if you can believe in something like that.

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            Itachirumon2 months, 2 weeks ago

            I think it's monsterous anyone could sink this. I just lost a gecko of mine 3 weeks ago, we'd only had her for 3 months but we were broken hearted over it. It still feels weird to think of her as gone, she was a sweety. I know some people will disagree with me, but I feel animals do have souls, and they wait for us in the afterlife, if you can believe in something like that.

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              fotoman11334062 months, 2 weeks ago

              Guys,

              In a word... YES

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                hotdrhot2 months, 2 weeks ago

                i think they are like us

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