“If your dog Joe is anything like my (specific) dogs and cats I owned, THEY are a HUGE part of MY soul. So, if MY soul goes, so do they. It can’t be separated.”
It is statements like yours that show the danger inherent in the whole “our pets go to heaven” theology. It has warped your understanding of who you are, and what your soul is.
I don’t mean to undermine your affection for your pet or be harsh. But reading what you said above confirms to me that it is a dangerous doctrine and I am glad I oppose it.
I have read others saying that if their pet doesn’t go to heaven, they don’t want to go either. That is another example of the error of this belief, and its bad fruit.
Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion.....My intuition tells me there is no question that if pets were an important part of your life, heart and soul, that they will be going with you....