[Slings and Arrows]

I already knew that my pets were angels.

[Slings and Arrows]

[defconw]

I don’t know if they do or they don’t but I always sprinkle Holy water on them and make the sign of the cross on them just in case. :)

[Resolute Conservative]

Scripture reference? As much as I’d like to think so I haven’t read anything that suggests this is true.

Does that include mosquitoes and ticks?

[Buckeye McFrog]

People who have had these near-death experiences and claim to have spent time in Heaven all report seeing animals there.

[null and void]

Would Christian heaven be Heaven without our pet dogs?

muslims, not so much...

[Bettyprob]

This includes insects?

[vpintheak]

Something about having a soul breathed into humans separate us from animals. I read that in the Bible, pretty sure. Now if he was just being a nice old grandpa, I could let it slide.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

King James Bible

Ecc 3:21
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Ecc12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

[IronJack]

This guy is unfit to be Pope. He’s a theological moron.

[ThomasThomas]

Even Kujo?

[Biggirl]

I make an effort to bless my cats and the cats/kittens at the local no-kill shelter I volunteer at.

[onyx]

One of the few statements of his I’ve liked.

[CrazyIvan]

“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” - Mark Twain

[Always A Marine]

How progressive and modern! "All animals go to heaven" is another insight into a mind apparently ruled more by feelings than by informed thought. Such an extra-biblical "wish it were so, so it is!" pronouncement is consistent with Francis's socialist and anti-capitalist sympathies -- feel-good philosophies that fail the tests of rational scrutiny and the real world. So here is a pope that sees many issues not as they are or as Scripture says they must be, but as he "feels" they should be. This is a dangerous trait in a leader who influences many millions of followers. Perhaps Francis is right in this instance, but Scripture is silent on the matter so we really can't know. Thankfully we have a most reliable and enduring guide, as Isaiah 40:8 reminds us: "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever."

[kjam22]

[Arlis]

Well, I know of no scripture that says this. But there are a few animals in the heavenlies in scripture: eagles, horses, Ezekiel’s whatever’s, etc.

Some animals are beasts. We’ve had 5 purebred collies - we live in the forest and they are home-bodies and generally don’t run away.

Collie #2 was evil. From 6 weeks old would bite your hand as you tried to feed him, baring teeth angrily, growling. Rabidly (almost) would attack anyone who tried to show him affection. Incorrigible.

We were not upset when a pack of feral dogs attacked him in woods near our house and killed him. Led to Animal officers finding the pack and shooting them all as they had been terrorizing our area for a month or so.

Generally humans are the only ones who torture and are evil. This dog was the exception.

[ravenwolf]

I don`t know anything about it because the bible don`t say but it would not surprise if the animals has a lot better chance that their owners.

[Biggirl]

There is a thing called the “Rainbow Bridge”.

[RichInOC]

I find it hard to believe that the bits from Isaiah about even wild animals being at peace with each other are just poetic

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Man, there is going to be a lot of beef cattle and poultry in Heaven. We’ve slaughtered a lot of them!