If only their code of ethics included not peeing on the leaf pile I’m getting ready to bag.
Anyone who has loved a dog and received their affection and trust in return knows intrinsically that their is something behind their eyes more than simple instinct.
Dogs have souls but babies in the womb do not.(s)
Awwww. One of my shepherds used to bring toys & give them to one of the other dogs who was seriously ill. No question her behavior was purely altruistic. She would just bring the toy, drop it & walk away when she saw her companion not feeling well.
Does their ‘moral code’ include not eating my remains when I fall down the cellar stairs and break my neck and am unable to feed them for a day? LOL! I highly doubt it.
I love my dogs, I love my cats, I love my chickens; But. They. Are. Animals. No soul.
Anthropomorphic hogwash.
But, let’s not forget the Robots, LOL!
“What about machines? Eventually we will build robots having many human qualities, including the ability to talk and to take the point of view of others. Again there is debate. Some roboticists say building humanoid robots will help us learn about people. Humanoids might interact better with people than more machine-like robots would. Others are aghast at this claim.”
There are a couple of hints in the Bible that God cares about animals, but clearly much less than humans.
Some dogs are good and some are bad. Not sure they have souls. My guess is they don’t.
On the other hand:
Police Dog Killer Gets Life in Prison
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2252409/posts
I knew this...but it is NICE to see it coming from someone who studies dogs' behavior. :^)
I believe creatures are one of God's greatest gifts to us.
IT’S COOL, I’M DRIVEN BY INSTINCT AND FOOD, WHAT’S THE ISSUE?, lol
This is truly odd. Many Atheists do not believe that humans have souls or a conscience or morality. Many Atheists also believe that free will is only an illusion, nothing more than the manifestation of genetic wiring. Here comes an article claiming dogs have a soul. As a pet lover, I can understand why some people believe that dogs and cats have souls. Sorry, friends, but they do not. It is nothing more than projecting our thoughts and feelings upon them. We interpret certain actions that animals do as compassion or altruism, but that is a misconception on our part. I wish it were different, but the sad truth is that only human beings have souls.
Spirits and souls.
Not the same thing.
My very young labrador (22 months) was just diagnosed with a soft cell sarcoma and started radiation treatments at Tufts last week. She used to be so happy and full of life but since her surgery and now radiation treatments have started she is sad and sleeps most of the time.
Of course dogs have feelings...they know unconditional love, joy, fun and sadness....even pain.....
I wish more people knew as much as dogs do.
Dogs have souls, yes, it’s modern women - you know the kind: dressed all in black, tattooes, toe rings, cell phones, lattes, Facebook, Twitter - who don’t!
Dogs have souls. Period.
If dogs do not have souls, neither do humans. Period.
(most)Dogs truly are Mans best friend. Cats are in it just for the free food.
It’s a bit of a leap from establishing that dogs display empathy, to saying that they have souls.
They most likely do though. It’s simple logic. Heaven is a good place. Most good places have dogs. Ergo, dogs likely have souls, and go to heaven.
I just wish people would adopt these wonderful creatures instead of buying dogs from breeders, pet stores etc. Just pull in to any vet parking lot and watch the horror as small puppy mill dogs go in and out of the vet, while the unwanted ones tremble as they wait to be put down. It`s a Holocaust!!!
What a joy they are! Love my dogsss! As for the ‘nuanced’ moral system; dogs ‘are what they are’ - incredible, loving and loyal creatures. We, however, get to ‘choose’ what kind of creature we may be. . .good/bad/ugly. . .dispositions with varying loyalties. Dogs make the ‘best frieds’; we come in second here/lol. . .
What a joy they are! Love my dogsss! As for the ‘nuanced’ moral system; dogs ‘are what they are’ - incredible, loving and loyal creatures. We, however, get to ‘choose’ what kind of creature we may be. . .good/bad/ugly. . .dispositions with varying loyalties. Dogs make the ‘best frieds’; we come in second here/lol. . .