Why do non eternal creatures exist.
Animal Soul - Non eternal, can’t grasp immaterial thoughts and intellect
Rational soul - Eternal in nature can understand immaterial thoughts and intellect
Does a disabled homosapien (after Adam and related to Adam) have a rational soul -Yes
Since thomistics think animal souls exist on earth, there must be a first rational soul. That title goes to Adam (or Eve), if it was purely based off of biology, it could only be by Adam being the first human by a time cutoff or the first ready DNA, it is a time cutoff it must be a fraction of a second that matters. But that must mean it also can change something in every part of the universe. Even if we go to one of the fastest and most defining moments of your life, conception when the sperm meets the egg. It still would take more time than an instance switch. That certain time must always mean something, but if we move a thousand years ahead or backwards that instant means nothing. But an instant still doesn't answer why a homosapien would have it over a bird or fish, it also must not be related to Adam as imagine a mother and dad before Adam who have a son after. The son is not related but still after the time cutoff. If it is pure biology then it must not be about being related to Adam as the same example provided before. The son could have the same DNA genetics, species and time of birth and still not have a rational soul.
This proves it must be a divine choice as the reasoning behind Adam being the first human.
Animals suffer extremely, first what is the punishment of hell - eternal suffering with no hope of change. Since animals can not comprehend time when they suffer they can not comprehend a different future. Because of that they are not saying this is forever, but they are in an absence of hope for change as well. Their suffering is the entire universe, and eternal.
The only difference is the intellectual suffering, as in the suffering of not choosing god.
But a rational/eternal soul is NOT equivalent to choosing or not choosing god.
A disabled homosapien has a rational soul, and can never choose god. Any animal could function exactly like a disabled homo-saponer where they go to heaven, but still can't comprehend the ideas of god. So it is not a valid argument unless you are going to then say that disabled humans either do not have a rational soul or have it better.
The idea that being related to Adam can give eternal soul, even if you are not rational.
The argument is in theory if they were not disabled they would be rational, but how can you say a human who was broken since a fetus. Could never be disabled. Disabled is now part of their entire earthly life.
Now if it is purely a divine choice, why would there be a divine choice to Adam and not every non rational animal. There were millions of years before Adam, meaning millions of years of suffering and no possible compensation. Animals experience the pain of a disabled human but not the reward.
- Life is only a gift if it is a positive experience, an animal that its first day alive watches its mom get brutally killed by a bird, then its second day falling out of its nest to be crushed by the tree. To starve for the next 3 days so a lion can find it. At no point was it ever wanting to live. I think if i said you would turn into a animal you would kill yourself before i had the chance to.
- A total positive experience is still not making up for an individual negative experience - Even if we assume that when the dog gets to eat the meat , overall the universe has had a positive experience for animals (still very debatable). If God is willing to say every animal does not have an after life, he must look at the individual experience. Or else he is not just. Imagine a king watching all the peasants starve, they all have 1 bread. He takes the 1 bread and multiplies it and spreads it to every other peasant. But even if he had every way to feed the peasant he still didn't. You can make the peasants dogs, cats or any other animals.
- Non eternal souls are not necessary for the universe, while you can argue you need non rational beings. We can absolutely find a connection between the brain and rationality. Even if the soul needs to be at the level, the brain does too. If I damage your brain you will not be rational. Therefore a being to be eternal has nothing to do about its rationality. If it's about the base of the structure. Then he could have made the structure of all souls related to rational. If we wanted to, the world starts with a rational bird, frog and homosapien.
- God has the right to withhold any gift. While its true god can, if god is a good fair and just god. Who is related to all that? He must always act fair, if it is him that decides what is fair or he is bended to the universe's laws of good. Imagine a king who has infinite food, he loses nothing by simply feeding his dogs and cats. He is the creator of them, and truly owns them. He still has an inherent right to give them justice, a gift can not be extended to one but not to others (if you have infinite resources). Imagine a father with every toy possible. His daughter gets a million dollar house and his son a rusty beyblade even if it is a gift. It still is not just.
- An animal is content being an animal, but so would Adam being an animal. He decided to make his soul rational. By no means did Adam HAVE to be rational (if he did then something must make him special). An animal is only content being an animal because they were not given any way to understand. If an animal could understand even the concept of just staying alive forever, not dying like everyone they see. And you said there was no pain. They would all take it. This is exactly what heaven was like.
- Animals don’t have to risk hell, imagine your 2 sons identical in every way. They go to a casino. You decide to give 1, 100 dollars and the other absence of the idea of money. They will be judged based on how much money they have and the others will not be judged. Even if the son can still go into negatives it would easily be worth the pure chance at goodness.