““Bacteria and viruses don’t have much biblical support for having souls.”
Well they are God’s creatures, so is the Pope just pulling this out of his ass?”
Yep. Dogs are God’s creatures ... and so are humans. If dogs can get to heaven without belief in Christ then humans can as well. Pit bulls and muslims are both God’s creatures. So are insects. This sort of ‘thinking’ veers away from the gospel of Jesus Christ.
That is a big fat non sequitur. People need belief in Christ because they can sin and have sinned.
Animals never sin, even the most “vicious” of them. Sin is not defined for them because righteousness is not defined for them.