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Medieval philosophers debated whether animals could go to heaven. Most argued that only humans could go to heaven because humans alone possessed rational souls. However, some thinkers believed that if human flesh was resurrected in the afterlife, animal flesh could also be transformed, allowing animals into paradise. The nature of the resurrected body and conceptions of heaven itself influenced debates. While humans were often deemed superior due to reason, some theologians felt God would redeem all of crea
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- Senkobeat
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