Once again, your theology makes no sense.
Well, I don't take "my theology" from the Bible or from constituted religions. I take it from my heart.
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Once again, your theology makes no sense.
There's isn't any other big swindler than HeartI take it from my heart.
There's isn't any other big swindler than Heart
Every human has its own different heart. Thus how many Christianities are there on this earth.. loll ?well, Christianity is about reading the truth in our hearts
I spend too much time on Facebook; I was looking for the like button, hahaHumans think so highly of themselves. They think consciousness is some sacred thing that only humans possess. Really, consciousness is nothing special it is just a complex arrangement of matter…complex interactions. That complexity in itself is rather unique, but those same fundamental interactions are present in all matter, all forms. A human is no more "living" than a rock is. Matter does not live it only interacts and changes form, we simply interact more. We are neither truly living, nor are we truly conscious, we simply appear more life-like, animated, or conscious because of our complexity. All anything can do is interact some things just interact more than others.
To sum things up…
There is no such thing as life (matter does not live)
There is no such thing as consciousness (there are only complex interactions)
There is no such thing as death (those interactions do not cease, they only change)
These things exist only so far as humans perceive those changes. We perceive things to be living or conscious and label them according to their characteristics. Those characteristics of life as we call them are nothing more than complex interactions. Everything interacts at some level.
i spend too much time on facebook; i was looking for the like button, haha
Here its a frubal button.I spend too much time on Facebook; I was looking for the like button, haha
So, do you think animals have souls and go somewhere after they die? If so, why? If not, why?
I believe that all living things have a soul, and don't see anything in Christianity that says otherwise, definitively. The question isn't settled in Catholicism, for one. Pope John Paul II said that animals have souls: Pope John Paul II Says Animals Have Souls
Do Animals Have Souls? by Deborah Jones - An Article from The Ark Number 186 Winter 2000 - A Publication of The Catholic Study Circle for Animal Welfare - Providing Christian education, research, study, instruction, teaching, theology, forum and publ
Popes on Pets
St. Francis of Assisi is renown for his deep love for all of God's creation, including animals, insects, plants, even the Sun, referring to them all as his brothers and sisters. His Franciscan Order continues in this tradition today.
Do Animals Go To Heaven? - Certain Animals Go To Heaven - Scripture Whether Animals Go To Heaven
(I do not agree with the radical Traditionalist views of that site, but it is a beautiful article nonetheless.)
My understanding of this is based on the fact that in the Garden of Eden, animals were there with us. Since nothing in the Garden died, it stands to reason that the animals were created to live forever like us. Since it was only humans who sinned against God, the animals are innocent and pure in their souls. So when they die, they go directly to Heaven. Plus, in the story of Noah's Ark, God has Noah gather mating pairs of each animal, so obviously the survival of the animals is very important to God.
So when we harm, torture or otherwise make to suffer an animal, we are harming one of God's beloved children, a living soul just like us. I believe those who harm animals for no reason will be punished severely by God, just the same as if they had caused unjust suffering to a human being, because it is clear to me that animals have just as complex an interior life and capacity for feeling as humans do.
To me, it would be a great injustice if animals did not go to Heaven because of the despicable way we treat millions and billions of them on earth. Imo, animals deserve Heaven more than the human race because they have not sinned against God as we have, and we treat them in such careless, sadistic ways.
Humans think so highly of themselves. They think consciousness is some sacred thing that only humans possess. Really, consciousness is nothing special it is just a complex arrangement of matter complex interactions. That complexity in itself is rather unique, but those same fundamental interactions are present in all matter, all forms. A human is no more "living" than a rock is. Matter does not live it only interacts and changes form, we simply interact more. We are neither truly living, nor are we truly conscious, we simply appear more life-like, animated, or conscious because of our complexity. All anything can do is interact some things just interact more than others.
To sum things up (take this with a grain of salt )
There is no such thing as life (matter does not live)
There is no such thing as consciousness (there are only complex interactions)
There is no such thing as death (those interactions do not cease or stop, they only change)
These things exist only so far as humans perceive those changes. We perceive things to be living or conscious or dead and label them according to specific characteristics. Those characteristics of life as we call them are nothing more than complex interactions. Everything interacts at some level.
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Well whether death = change, transformation, journey, end, etc. we recognize something happens in our basic understanding when a heart stops, breath stops, and the body seems to lose animation. I don't think we can throw out the basic understanding and terms but simply expand on it. It is a very different reaction/effect when you shoot a rock vs a human, dog, etc.