Do pets & animals go to heaven & do they have souls?

[BNR32FAN]

Yes animals have a soul but they do not have an eternal spirit by which to have eternal life. Our soul is our personality and our consciousness. Most animals have a personality and consciousness but humans are the only ones to have an eternal spirit. The soul resides in our spirit which allows us to still live on after death. Animals unfortunately don’t have an eternal spirit.

 

[Galilee63]

Of course they do - when God told Noah to save two of each of His Animals and Creatures for reproduction that is what Noah did and they reproduced in our Blessed Holy Trinity in God The Most High and Holy Spirit.

Where there is a heart there is a precious Soul.

Dogs have Hearts and they have Souls.

There is nothing contrary in Gods Holy Word against this.

God watches Hearts and Souls and uses His animals and Creatures in relation to mankind and in relation to many other Holy causes in His Holy Divine Will.

It is up to mankind to pray for their hearts and Souls so that they too make it to Heaven to enjoy eternal Life with God. Just as we need to pray and offer up for Souls for their conversions and Salvation in addition to Holy Masses offered up for Souls.

Us mortals know nothing in our Lords Holy Divine Will and Holy Divine Ways and will be in for quite a shock at the end when discovering that God has many of His animals and Creatures in certain places in Holy Heaven loving and adoring Him.

Jesus said to a Catholic in recent years that Blood will come out of His Trees on the last day of which will shock people (that they too have feelings) and part of His Holy Words are directly reflected in Gods Holy Word in Revelations.

God creates through mankind in many of His Holy Divine Unique Ways using us and seeds He created from the very beginning.

Many things not made in Gods Holy Divine Will yet His Animals and Creatures and Flora and Fauna yes of course.

Some Holy Divine Replicas from Heaven appearing found after Centuries gone.

Just discovered some plants in paddocks over the past two years not seen ever for over 30 years. Found other Creatures not seen for over 30 years in paddocks walking. Large Worm like creatures not listed that at first thought cross breeds not ever seen. God knows these are around and still alive because He created them and placed these there in certain parts of the world during certain years then brings His Holy Divine Weather and Conditions to resurface them for mankind to be reminded of His Holy Divine Power and His Holy Divine Creation!!

I delight in God The Most High's Most Holy Divine Glory and Love and Mercy that He never had to give us and Gifting us all with His many Loving animals and creatures to open up hearts, melt hearts and sorrow in order to turn to Jesus in our saddest most sorrowful days Loving and trusting in Him.

 

[AntiVillain]

Once we are in heaven there will be no need for these temporal things because we will be happy already. In heaven there is no fear, depression, sadness...etc.

In heaven we are there to worship God, not our pets, not even our family/spouse.

Though obviously the second we die and see heaven, we won't say "I don't see my pet!" because we won't have that kind of emotion to think about. In other words we won't even be caring about a pet because it will no longer be important as on earth it was just an emotional attachment.

Might as well say, "In Heaven, we are robots."

The worry I have in these kind of topics is how many essentially make their pet an idol.

Food for thought:
Whenever Jesus met grieving people, did He accuse them of idolizing their loved ones... or comfort them?

 

[brinny]

Yes, God's creatures that He created WILL be there. His creatures were with Him BEFORE the fall, and they will surely be there AFTER He renews ALL things.

The earth, AND His creatures were affected by the fall, but that is not God's plan for eternity. It was MAN who needed/needs a "Savior", NOT God's creatures.

God NEVER intended that there would be an "absence" of His creatures in eternity. Why would they be "gone" (whooosh!) just like that for an eternity?

God DELIGHTS in His creatures.

That's why He created them in the first place.

 

[Jipsah]

Yeah I think I'll be in Purgatory for a loooooong time!

Yeah, but comparatively speaking it won't be that long, will it?

 

[Dkh587]

Animals, like humans, don’t have souls.

animals and humans ARE souls, or living beings. The difference is, humans were made in the image of God.