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Originally Posted by Skiy
Good question; I really don't know. As for others, some do believe that certain animals have spirits also. Hinduism comes to mind, ancient Egypt and cats, Native American religions, etc. Some churches bless pets and perhaps that carries over into the afterlife. I personally think it's an immoral act to kill an animal solely for the purpose of pleasure. My general inkling is that there is probably a place in the spiritual world for certain advanced creatures.
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air india declares and emergency, and when asked for souls on board his reply was "can you be more specific?" (not a true story
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I'm a passive militant atheist. passive because like Len I have no interest in converting anyone, influencing anyone, saving anyone, or defending my opinions, unless provoked. provoked means that someone is trying to force their religious views on me, such as de-legalizing abortion or teaching my kids about creationism.
I'm certainly not one of those easily offended people, who think their rights are infringed by seeing the ten commandments in a courthouse of by their kid hearing other kids voluntarily saying 'one nation under god' in school.
or like reading 'god doesn't exist, prove me wrong.' these are not offensive things because they can be ignored. creationism in the classroom can't be ignored.
would you feel better if the post was 'in your opinion, does god exist? prove it.' is that less offensive? if so, you are too easily offended, and can be considered by some (based on your own definition) to be 'militant'.
now, can you prove god exist or not? so far we haven't. we know you can believe even without this proof, that's not the question.