[OldNavyVet]

Thought, and an ability for thoughtfulness, exists within humans and animals, and I'd call that ability ... spirit.

Question is ... Does spirit exist in all living things?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Hugh Ross of Reasons To Believe (http://www.reasons.org), a scientist who is an old-earth Christian creationist by creed and who specializes in highlighting the witness of nature to God, believes that the scriptures make a distinction of the “soulish” animals. They are referred to in the Old Testament creation account as “nephesh” which is the same word used later in the bible for a human soul. Some language scholars tie this “nephesh” to a word meaning “wind” or “breath” but in any account it seems the “nephesh” animals (which includes swimming fish, dogs, and cats, but not cockroaches) are special and show some kind of intelligence that men would recognize.

[RegulatorCountry]

No lesser light than King Solomon pondered not just that question, but furthermore punctured the arrogance of those who presume their own spirits to go upward while the spirit of the beast only goes down into the ground, in the Bible. Ecclesiastes.

[murron]

There was a French scientist, Dr. Jerome Lejeune, who said “Spirit animates matter”. His quote has been used in debates about when does the soul enter the body?

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Thought, and an ability for thoughtfulness, exists within humans and animals, and I'd call that ability ... spirit.

Question is ... Does spirit exist in all living things?

Yes...That's what makes "living things" alive!

Regards,
GtG