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Originally Posted by LoveWisdom  Kerney,
Do you feel it is necessary to examine this question "about dogs having a soul" to be a loving compassionate person?
How is this question relate to becoming enlightened, caring for the animals?
Say it turns out that animals have a soul, or say it turns out they don't have a soul....will it make a difference in your feelings for them?
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I think it relates to enlightenment because as a society we are so uncompassionate & so far from walking with God that we first torture & then horrendously slaughter 2 billion animals a year like it's nothing. Then we eat that energy.
I'm not against meat eating (although I am a vegetarian/vegan) but I just can't see the compassion in how we
treat these animals AND then kill them in SUCH an ugly way, like they are nothing. AND doing this as a society certainly can't lead to enlightenment! It's not loving or wise.
I don't know about dogs so intimately, but I have lived with cows that were really truly loved & had lots of interaction with humans & they are the most expressive, loving creatures I could imagine. Each with their own personalities & REALLY fun to sleep with & cuddle with. Think nurturing Mother! With most of them, if you pet them & then stopped, they would come after you & nudge your hand for more...kind of like a cat does. My husband helped some give birth & he also had a few die with their heads in his lap. I met my husband on a Cow Protection farm where he had been for many years & where I was learning to train oxen nearby.
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