Guest bexar_county89 Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I need help!!!!!! One of my friends has taken a dive off the deep end!!! A week ago I was talkin to my huntin buddy and he says "do you think animals have souls?" I told him i thought they did and he says "I'm not sure wether they do or not, i mean what if when we kill them they just die?!?" ............ "o.k?" "No, seriously think about it the bible never said nothin about animals goin to heaven did it?" "I guess not. i dunno." Long story ----> short, he won't hunt now, b/c hes scared that once the animal dies its soul will be "lost". I can't get him to touch a gun, hes been huntin just as long as i have but i don't know why now hes gettin funny about it do yall have any ideas suggestions or comments about this that would help?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Re: uh-oh Hmmmm...Im stumped on this one....Maybe he will change in a few months till bow season or gun season or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyderpancake Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Re: uh-oh If they don't have souls then they will be "lost" in a couple years anyway, so whats the difference? By the way, i hope all the animals i have shot won't be in heaven, they might go for revenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chicks_hunt_to Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Re: uh-oh hmmm well that is odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bexar_county89 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: uh-oh this guys startin to creep me out he's goin all philosophical, or however you spell it. I just told him that God has a plan and my .270 was part of it!! he told me i was insensitive... figures huh? i thought that was funny what spyderpancake said, if they go to heaven then it might not be very fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: uh-oh I don't know. I've never had that problem. My friends don't hunt, but have gone hunting with me and when we did kill something, they never questioned it or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psejake16 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: uh-oh Animals dont go to heaven. They have no concious therfore they have no soul. Tell your friend to read the book of Genesis. It says it pretty clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishermanwhohunts Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: uh-oh I am a Christian and I have a feeling that God gave them some sort of lower ranked form of soul or fraction of a soul so they don't stand there like plants and make hunting like shooting fish in a barrel thats just recycled in to another one of it's species. Maybe we can raise their rank because it seems that cows don't have any individual behavioral traits like pets do. Genesis says we have domain over the plants & animals. That could include soul control. If we were made in the image of God, we would need domain over something and since God has opposition for domain over us, we have opposition for the domain over the plants & animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyderpancake Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: uh-oh We are a trinity, three things in one. We consist of a body, a soul, which is the "alive" part of us, and a spirit, which communicates with God. Our souls go to heaven (or somewhere else), when we die, and our souls are eternal-we will always exist. I don't think animals have eternal souls. When they die, that is it. I do know that God will use animals in heaven(read Revelation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishermanwhohunts Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Re: uh-oh They could be a binity so to speak. Two parts.2nd part probably half spirit half soul so God can use them in miracles with out removing some free will in the world. He need's free will to sort out believers from non-belivers. If we had no free will He would have no true worship towards him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bexar_county89 Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Re: uh-oh To fishermanwhohunts and spyderpancake: whoa you guys are deep deep thinkers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremehunter45 Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Re: uh-oh I aint got a clue what to do man!! tell him meat is meat any way you look at it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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