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Fr. Z: If Pets can go to Heaven, They can also go to Hell
Canada Free Press ^
| 12/14/14
| Judi McLeod
Posted on 12/14/2014 10:55:42 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
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To: plain talk
The Bible says the animals (and all the world) are “good”
in the Creator’s eyes....Genesis 1:25.
Human beings “Fell”, Genesis 3. Human beings ate the forbidden fruit. So, God banished human beings from the Garden of Eden.
You can ask my cat. She is still happily resident in the Garden. She gets tuna, turkey, chicken, salmon, and $15 special kibble all for free. It is her “fallen” human servant that has to go out and work hard and earn all these treats for her, by the sweat of the brow (Genesis 3:19).
She has to do no work ,or anything useful all, for any of it. Patently, she is still in the Garden of Eden.
QED.
(And you can add Isaiah 65 as further substantiation that the animals have a place in the future world/Heaven... but just ask my cat, she’s only too happy to brag about her exaulted “arrived” status....)
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posted on
12/14/2014 11:57:11 AM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
12/14/2014 11:57:26 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
12/14/2014 11:58:29 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
To: cripplecreek
Ours are definitely hell-bound, there to be cold and wet and chased by coyotes for eternity. And they’ll never get anything but the cheapest dry food, and not enough of that.
At least that’s what I tell them.
To: Gefn
>>Personally I dont see why dogs and cats cant be in heaven. That would be heaven in my eyes.<<
Sorry — I am a Rainbow Bridge believer.
Once a loving bond is established between a pet and its owner (in the case of dogs) or staff (in the case of cats), then that pet will be there in the bye and bye.
Did Jesus die for our pets? No, of course not. Can God, the Almighty both create a soul and insert it at the first moment of love and caring? He is Almighty, of COURSE he can!
But theology of pets is fraught with difficulties as we explain feral dogs and cats and pigs we eat, etc.
All I know is that if heaven doesn’t include my beloved 18+ and 25+ year old cats and my wife’s beloved collie then it ain’t heaven for us.
Who can possibly be the Erasmus of animal theology? Not I so I must fall back on beliefs upon which my understanding of Scripture is understandably silent.
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posted on
12/14/2014 11:59:44 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
To: plain talk
dog good, they roast in hell —
combine = Chinese roasted dog.
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posted on
12/14/2014 11:59:57 AM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
To: 1_Rain_Drop
Do Aliens (the little green/grey men) read the same Bible we do? I know for a fact, based on Twilight Zone, the Aliens have a VERY different Bible.
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:01:16 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
To: Sean_Anthony
Perfect response to this idiocy.
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:01:22 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Life is good.)
To: Sean_Anthony
Since animals don’t have free will, they can “go” to neither place.
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:13:22 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: Sean_Anthony
My personal belief is that God wouldn’t have put beautiful critters on the earth for us to love, and not give them a soul.
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:21:45 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: LostInBayport
hope they join us in Heaven...but that they also get litter box duty for a millennia or two.
All things on heaven and earth being equal, litter box duty is a tad easier and less messy than outdoor poop pickup for big dogs.....
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:35:22 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(“We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.”)
To: faithhopecharity
Amen!
Animals, because God called them “good”, be they cats, dogs, other animals, etc., would go right straight in to paradise.
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:35:57 PM PST
by
Biggirl
(2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
To: Hot Tabasco
All things on heaven and earth being equal, litter box duty is a tad easier and less messy than outdoor poop pickup for big dogs.....
That task should be reserved to democrats, to make up for all of it that they spread during their time here...
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:38:10 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: mass55th
I think you’re right.
A pig must have a soul, because roast pig is truly soul food.
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:38:28 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: plain talk
their dog will go to Heaven yes
they will roast in Hell, quite possibly (especially if they eat their dog)
ask Obama
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posted on
12/14/2014 12:44:48 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: 1_Rain_Drop; plain talk
Anyway, God gives us the abiblity to have choices. Based on how we choose to live we can end up in Heaven or Hell. I wonder why Asians have overwhelmingly chosen to be in Hell. There must be billions of Chinese, Indians and Japanese destined for eternal torment.
And btw, have you given up all your wealth to the poor? Or have you made the choice to spend eternity in the Bad Place?
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posted on
12/14/2014 1:10:20 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet stays on the internet.)
To: Ken H
good points. gnats and mosquitos go to heaven but not billions of people? The default position is not heaven. The default position is absence of God or hell. The gospel is quite clear - no one sees the Father except through Jesus Christ. Plants and animals just die. No heaven or hell. Could there be something else? Of course. But that knowledge is way above our paygrade
To: Sean_Anthony
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posted on
12/14/2014 1:52:01 PM PST
by
AceMineral
(One day men will beg for chains.)
To: faithhopecharity
Pets never took the fall in the garden of Eden.
They were created good and theyve stayed good in Gods eyes... I've got a serpent who has a different opinion... along with an interesting proposition.
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posted on
12/14/2014 1:54:32 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: Sean_Anthony
Father Z. is sometimes wrong.
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posted on
12/14/2014 1:56:33 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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