Do animals have souls and or spirits?

He is my best friend, name is Blue. I adopted him shortly after my other dog, a Shepard mix died. Blue is a white Boxer with blue eyes. He is versatile, he hunts, points, guards the family, barks at strangers, is a friend to neighbors, can run real fast… generally when he gets the zoomies, an all around good boy!

 

technically the Hebrew is "living soul" in Genesis 1:20.

And God will say the waters shall breed abundantly creeping things, the living soul, and birds shall fly over the earth, over the face of the firmament of the heavens. -- Julia E, Smith, Literal Translation, 1876.

 

Here is a sample of what humans do to dogs! Whom ever did this is most certainly a creeping thing.

 

Matilda is doing better now, praise God from whom all blessings flow.

 

Jon, Blue is a Baptist from West Virginia. A Primitive Baptist to be exact.