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08-19-2006, 04:02 PM
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Question (Christianity)
I have a question; one of the things that throws me off about Christianity a lot is the whole 'animals have no souls'. As you see in my signature, 'Heaven can not be heaven if my dog is not there to welcome me'. And when I say this, I mean family as well.
In the mind of a Christian, I see it being like this: All God's creations are equal. I see them as all going to heaven (aside from the humans who are intelligent enough to know about God). Otherwise, why would he create them and the other many species? For help? Then why when we grow attatched to them would he take them away from us? My friend believes that all the good of Earth (also God's creation) will be heaven which will constitute animals as well. If you think about it, without the bad on Earth, it'd be a pretty sweet place.  And Adam and Eve also called it paradise, until the devil came and screwed it all up... BUT at this point, he won't be around to do that. My friend ALSO said that no where in the bible does it specify that animals will not be in heaven. Does anybody have any scriptural evidence of this or anything similar?
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08-19-2006, 04:34 PM
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There is no evidence to whether or not animals are taken into Heaven. I believe animals do go to Heaven.
http://www.emmitsburg.net/tumc/pasto.../2005/pets.htm
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08-19-2006, 04:39 PM
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#4
08-19-2006, 04:42 PM
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No problem.
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08-19-2006, 04:45 PM
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I ABSOLUTELY believe that animals go to heaven. Tessa, that was a great link!
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08-19-2006, 05:10 PM
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I don't know which "Christians" you are refering to, but I know for a fact that Catholics believe animals have souls. Why would we have Saint Francis (Patron Saint of Animals) if we didn't? We also have a special "bless your pet" day at church once a year.
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#7
08-19-2006, 06:01 PM
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Right, BigDog . . . Only certain franchises of the Christian church embrace a dogma that doesn't include dogs . . . or any of the other creatures of the earth. That always seemed contrary to the idea that God knows when the tiniest sparrow falls . . .
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. ~Buddha Stupid is the most notoriously incurable and contagious disease known to mankind. If you find yourself in close proximity to someone infected with stupid, walk away as soon as said infection is noted. There are few things more nauseating than pure obedience. ~ Kvothe "silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation." — Rumi Be a god. Know when to shut up. Good Kharma Tags Felurian
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08-19-2006, 07:05 PM
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Catholics are called to care for all living things, specially animals, because God's placed them under our care. Our parish also have "Bless your pet" day . I love it 'coz that's when I can see so many different types of animals at Mass!!!
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#9
08-19-2006, 07:27 PM
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I think animals to go to heaven.. but then, does heaven even exist? I would like to think it does
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08-19-2006, 07:32 PM
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"No heaven can be heaven if my dog is not there to welcome me."
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