From

 

the same book I culled (WOD BTW) the info about the almighty from. It's one of the ones the good people of my church let me borrow for a bit.

 "In fact, as the Bible insists from its very beginning (Gen. 1:26 ), God created man "in his image and likeness," that is, with a rational, spiritual nature like his own, and unlike "the beasts that perish" who own are mere "flesh" (Isa. 31:3).

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

(Us being the Godhead, father, son and holy spirit)

Isaiah 31:3

But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God;

    their horses are flesh and not spirit.

When the Lord stretches out his hand,

    those who help will stumble,

    those who are helped will fall;

    all will perish together.

Psalm 49:20

People who have wealth but lack understanding

    are like the beasts that perish.

It's not just the horses but all the animals that perish. Animals don't have souls. They do not have consciences. They do not have self awareness to the point that they are aware they have such. This is reserved for man. Consciousness (the soul) is immaterial in nature, it does not come packed with your DNA. You will never find material proof of its existence. It is imbedded in everyman by Gods spirit. 

I read a lot about consciousness as I believe it proves Gods existence. (the rational brain like mentioned above etc). People do a lot of studies about consciousness trying to find out where it came from, proof of it's material existence etc. All they are ever going to find out is more detailed knowledge of how the brain works. There is no "material/physical" proof of consciousness. It's immaterial by it's very nature. It's spirit.

There is a book from outside of our dimension of time and space that explains it all. yup, see above.

Whats your better explanation? 

I got ears that hear and I'd love to hear it. 

"Come, let us reason together"