Guest guest Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Cross Posted from CVA e-newsletter (below). Another item for your armanentaium to be employed when talking with Christians, who use the Bible to validate their disregard for animals and to ignore the abuse of animals. Margaret Regarding Animal Souls In Genesis 1:21 animals are described as chay nephesh – Hebrew for "living souls" – the same phrase used in Gen. 2:7 to describe humans. This fact is obscured by many translations, including the NRSV, which translates nephesh as "creature" when it refers to animals and "soul" when it refers to humans. Emma Sloan Harvard Divinity School students, Cambridge MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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