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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  As a former Catholic, I was taught that only humans have souls.  I must admit that I thought a majority of non-Catholic Christian denominations also believed the same.  Thanks for the clarification.

An alternative question is: if the belief that only humans have souls, at what point of man's evolution did hominids acquire souls?  So homo sapiens has it, but homo habilis (to name one example) didn't?

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In general, I wouldn't assume that catholic teachings mirror Protestant teachings, especially Presbyterians, Methodists, etc. 
They are different religions with very different approaches. [/quote]

But a unifying belief of all Christians is salvation through Christ.  No belief in Christ = no salvation

As to when did human's acquire souls, that's a religious question, not an evolutionary one.  Evolution is a scientific theory.  Religion is not.  Science is based on empirical evidence.  Their is no empirical evidence for the soul or heaven or God or any of the religious beliefs of the various religions, so science does not weigh in on them.

Though the opposite is not always true -- religion often weighs in on science -- but not based on empirical knowledge -- based instead on beliefs and faith -- and on ignorance about science, in the case of statements made in ancient scriptures before the advent of modern science.[/quote]

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