And you do not KNOW that animals have no souls.
Take it with a grain if salt. I gave you the crux of an hour class. We discussed in depth how one should treat animals and the ramifications of not upholding God’s intent for His animals. In the end however He told Adam they are here for us.
If they did the Bible would be in dog translation as well. Animals were not created in His image.
The whole conversation started when during the lesson about the Great Commission one girl commented that she didn’t think some people deserved going to heaven and I told her none of us do. She did not like that.
She wanted to get off into who deserved it and popped off that her pet horse and dogs are a better persons than some. I argued over the term “person” and said she maybe right in terms of what you maybe fond of, but the Bible teaches us to love every one as we love ourselves, as hard as that may seem. This young lady wanted to “converse more” and began asking questions that led me to believe she did not have a grasp ( and some others too ) on what makes us special over all of creation.
So again point me to a verse where I am wring and I will gladly correct myself Sunday morning.