Bini Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I ask this out of my own curiosity: Do animals have a veil? And if so, why? The veil was designed to omit the pre-mortal life from us so that we'll follow Christ by faith but this doesn't apply to animals. Maybe animals really do see the spirits of our brothers and sisters, and perhaps even Christ, if He is present among us. Is there any clarification on this topic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I've never heard anything on it. I'm sure it's one of those "we don't know" kinds of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I have never heard anything on this either. If I were to guess, with no doctrine to back me up, I would say that they do not generally see beyond the veil. If they did then it would stand to reason that they would live celestial lives and eat a lot of grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnn727 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 No doctrine, just experience. I lived in a 105 year old house once with a cat. He would regularly sit in a room and turn his head slowly like he was watching someone walk across the room. I am firmly convinced he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anddenex Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 In scripture, we are informed that a donkey was able to see an angel and prevent his master from being struck down by this angel, Numbers 22: 23. I am more inclined to believe the veil covers the whole earth and all of God's creations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Animals in the Garden of Eden and after the Fall behaved differently. We have been taught that after the Second Coming that the lion will once again lay down with the lamb, in other words reverting back to Garden of Eden behavior. Sounds like the veil was dropped on them to me. Still we sometimes see through the veil so I see no reason to not think animals might see through as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefche Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 No doctrine, just experience. I lived in a 105 year old house once with a cat.He would regularly sit in a room and turn his head slowly like he was watching someone walk across the room. I am firmly convinced he was.No, he was doing that to mess with you. Cats like to do things to mess with The Authorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 On the day my father was killed in an train/auto accident, our dogs howled. What did they know or see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I ask this out of my own curiosity: Do animals have a veil? And if so, why? The veil was designed to omit the pre-mortal life from us so that we'll follow Christ by faith but this doesn't apply to animals. Maybe animals really do see the spirits of our brothers and sisters, and perhaps even Christ, if He is present among us. Is there any clarification on this topic?I am inclined to think that here on earth that all creatures are living in a fallen state and that animals are also veiled from the same things that we are. However there is perhaps a caveat in that there are times when the veil is (symbolically) thin. Perhaps some animals may be more sensitive to their surroundings than we are. But I am not sure how much can be assumed by that. It is my personal experience that when inspiration comes that it is directed towards the spirit children of G-d.The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishcolleen Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think my dog sees beyond the box of treats on the counter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anddenex Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think my dog sees beyond the box of treats on the counter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think my dog sees beyond the box of treats on the counter.I needed this LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I tend to be 50/50 on this, I guess. But considering that animals are veiled like the rest of us, perhaps when they are unveiled, they will no longer have need to prey and hunt? That after all, would be their "natural man" instincts, no? Makes me then wonder if in the hereafter, if all animals will be vegetarian or simply not eat at all? Our bodies certainly won't need to be fueled that way, so I guess the slaughtering of animals and consuming their meat will also be outcast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magen_Avot Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 so I guess the slaughtering of animals and consuming their meat will also be outcast?Say it ain't so!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The veil is thinner for cats. It provides them with easier access to the fallen angel they serve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus3003 Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 so I guess the slaughtering of animals and consuming their meat will also be outcast?I don't know, the Savior was okay with eating fish after the Resurrection. Who knows, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectofGod Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 There are people that are born without a veil. God can use the animals just as he does with "angels" to help us and keep charge over us. What purpose would a veil serve for animals? Only to keep their natural instincts of constant "barking" at people or other things. I am not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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