Animals Level Of Consciousness

Consciousness is one of the most complicated ideas in the world. For me, consciousness is the presence of a mind that controls a body. I believe that humans do have consciousness at all stages of life. Obviously, as a kid, the level of consciousness is very low and therefore he or she will be aware of the surroundings but that is pretty much it. As adults, we reach a level of consciousness that allows us to understand and to be totally aware of everything around us. I do believe that animals are conscious as well, but not in the same amount as humans. We can tell that animals have consciousness just from looking at our pet dogs and cats. They make decisions and have free will, just like humans. However, I don’t think they contemplate or question
anything, rather they just are able to make a decision because there is one to be made. The difference lies in the intention of life when humans and animals were created as animals were not created to follow God. What is hard to distinguish from a naturalistic standpoint is the difference between the mind and the brain because the mind is not a physical thing. It is abstract, and it only exists inside our own heads. There is no part of the brain that can be opened to view the mind, you have to ask a person about their own mind. There is no natural way to explain how we can be so conscious, and even to explain how animals aren’t as conscious as us. There is much left unexplained by the naturalistic argument.