Pope Francis says all dogs do go to heaven

Today.com ^ | 12/12/2014 | Matt Murray

[FR_addict]

We've all heard the expression "all dogs go to heaven." On Wednesday, the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion people around the world gave it his imprimatur.

During his weekly address in the Vatican on Wednesday, Pope Francis was consoling a little boy who had recently lost his dog, assuring the boy that he and his furry friend would reunite in heaven.

“One day, we will see our animals again in the eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all of God’s creatures,” the pontiff said, according to Italian news sources.

[Elsie]

[Elsie]

So “bad dogs” don’t go to hell.

They just get shamed in public...

 

[Elsie]

I guess the better question would be: do fleas go to heaven too?

Fleas Navidad!

[Elsie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o#t=51s

[Elsie]

I had a poodle once that would eat the tomatoes off the vine!

[Elsie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H17edn_RZoY

Always remember that Dog is God spelled backwards.

[Elsie]

A dyslectic atheist does not believe in Dog.

[Elsie]

AMEN!

[Elsie]

Unfortunately, I expect I'll be in a considerably hotter place.

 

 

 

 

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Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

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John 6:28-29
Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?

 Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

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1 John 3:21-23
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

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James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

 

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[CAluvdubya]

If I have to pick up dog poop in heaven I ain’t going.

Not a problem....in Heaven, dogs poop rainbows!

[docbnj]

Actually, the Bible does not give any explicit picture of heaven: no pearly gates, no check-in by Saint Peter, and no animals are ever mentioned, unless a dog is a kind of angel.

There is one direct reference by Jesus. He is asked by someone in a crowd (probably a plant from the opposition) one of those trick questions which occasionally popped up: would marriage apply in heaven? This poses a dilemma, obviously. Jesus answered that there will be no giving or taking in marriage in heaven, and moved on to more immediate topics. This implies that heaven is a spiritual state: no floating on clouds, no playing harps (as the cartoons would have it).

There is a lot of pagan influence in many of our religious images, and the Catholic Church in particular takes readily to these features.

And since ‘tis the season, I might as well mention that Santa Claus is not Saint Nicholas. Santa Claus is of Germanic origin, and is derived from Belsnickel (or Pelznickel), which means fur devil. He was supposed to visit around the winter solstice, with a whip to punish bad children, and a bag of toys for good ones. Saint Nicholas, on the other hand, was a priest in Anatolia (what is now Turkey), where they did not wear furs; nor did they have sleighs and reindeer. Decorating fur trees is a Germanic seasonal derivation from pagan times. All these things are fun, but they do not have anything directly to do with Christianity. I hope that this does not disappoint anyone! It makes little difference, because the customs are mainly harmless, and even enjoyable.

Back to the Pope. He perhaps should have told the boy that he sympathized, but that he should save up and get another dog. We have many hardships, but we have to carry on.

[RoosterRedux]

Heheh. That’s a mortal sin.;-)

[CAluvdubya]

Threaten my animals and I won't behead you...but I will kill you.

That's pretty much how I feel.

Also, for those that don't believe animals will go to heaven on their own accord (I do), think of it this way: Heaven is all things to us. It stands to reason that all creatures we loved will be there to meet us. Our pets are part of our family circle and will be thee because we loved them. They are there to make our eternity blissful.

[CAluvdubya]

A wonderfully wise old priest once told me that the things that made you happy in this life (in the realm of virtue) will be with you in the next.
Which means my 4 dogs and 2 cats will have a great time.

This is what I was trying to express in my post above. Again, you've said it better and more succinctly!

We think alike, again! :)

[HiTech RedNeck]

No, no, Rooster is a chicken, not a man. That’s all a chicken can think of

[HiTech RedNeck]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[GOPsterinMA]

True.

[SkyDancer]

That TV show was so long ago so really don’t remember the details too much only that the dog recognized Satan for who he was.....

[chris37]

Maybe you care about the pope, but I don’t.

Now go and marinate on that a while.

[goat granny]

Have thought of that many times, and the only answer I have come up with, is our memories are erased...otherwise heaven will be hell if our loved ones are there..