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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone has a soul- human, neanderthal, animal, insect. [/quote]

I agree that either everyone has it -- or, alternatively, no one has it. Yet some religion traditions, like Christianity, believe only humans do. How do they square that?[/quote]

No, that's not true. Lots of Christians believe that animals have souls -- see CS Lewis as just one example. The Blessing of the Animals has long been a tradition in Christian churches. It's true that some Christian denominations don't believe this, but you certainly can't say that all Christian traditions believe animals have no souls.

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According to Christian teachings, only people  who have accepted Christ as their savior can go to heaven, so that rules out not only Neanderthals, but all humans who were born before the time of Christ and people born since who have have not accepted him as their savior.[/quote]

Yes

Those born before Christ had pre-existing conditions. [/quote]

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