thebird55:
I live in a small town near Lake George, NY. Most people are familiar with Lake George because it’s a huge tourist area. It’s a beautiful area with all the seasons represented!
I like to think that everytime one of my dogs have died they went to heaven and they’re all in a group together running around playing together all day. In my ideal heaven we’re all reunited with our pets like we’re reunited with the people we loved and have left before us.
I agree with Dino-1. There is nothing to indicate that animals don’t have souls. If we have them, why should we assume animals don’t? Anyone who has had a pet they loved, knows they have unique personalities.
I also agree with Jelzap—God is God—He’ll figure it all out! But I’m a firm believer that God didn’t make a mistake in the creation of any of life, and that therefore resurrection is not going to be limited to us human-centric creatures.
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them..” Isiah 11.6
” Let everything that hath breath praise the lord. Praise ye the lord” Psalm 150:6
Dino-1, In my younger days our family spent a lot of vacation time in the Lake George area - a very beautiful area. I was living in Montreal back then.
Geesh! this place is worse than the pitching mound at Peanuts park. Why don’t we try deciding if Batman uses the drive-thru, or who’s richer Thurston Howell III or Jed Clampett?
When I think about the wonderful bond between us and our pets, I cannot imagine that they dont have souls. They know our voices, they read our moods, they soothe us, look forward to us coming home, they forgive us… I say they must go to heaven. Any being that beautiful must. I hope to see mine there… Maybe Hobbes, too….
The Bible is remarkably short on specifics about heaven, hell, angels, and demons. Most of what we “know” about them was made up by theologians in the era when common people were prohibited from reading the Bible for themselves. Yes, there was a time when religion ruled the world; we call it The Dark Ages.
Not exactly true: the common people were not prohibited from reading the Bible–they were illiterate, and so couldn’t read anything.
There were plenty of other contributions to the ignorance of the Dark Ages–a plague probably worse than the Black Death, a breakdown of society and a depression that lasted centuries. In fact, if not for the monks, many of the classical books we have would be totally lost.
The book of Genesis says that, when first created, God gave the plants to animals and humans for food. It was only with the renewed covenant with Noah that animals (meat) became food. Maybe in heaven, only plants will be food again.
True, the white albacore tuna is being overfished, but the cheap skipjack tuna is not in danger at this time. Another benefit to eating the cheap tuna is that it has less mercury than the solid chunk albacore.
Actually twypsi, according to Genesis 2:7 when God breathed the breath of life into the man, he BECAME a living soul. So, we ARE souls, not that we HAVE them. That’s not man made thinking. That’s straight from the scriptures. Just wanted to let you know. :)
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor mind conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him and are called for His purposes = dunno if I got that exactly right, but you get the idea….amazing discussions for a six year old with an imaginary tiger. Perhaps Calvin would be happier going to more advanced classes in his school….
Your discussions have been thoughtful for the most part, as well as educated. Just look what Calvin and Hobbes have done.
Good Scriptures. The one from Isaiah about the lamb and the Lion is very dear to me. I believe in afterlife and one which is meant for us to share in happiness with the rest of God’s creation. I trust in God and feel that nature is constantly showing us that we will live again season after season.
Thank you bmonk, Final Solution, khpage as well as others
What a hoot you guys.NO beer,travel guide written by people who would kill son because he was told to by some one who was already there.
Me Im gonna catch the tail of a comet ,when the word comes.
I think Calvin’s odds of entering the kingdom of heaven are a wee bit slim, aren’t they - and as for Mom, she’s sure she’s in purgatory already! (especially when Calvin’s off school)
I got it! Tiger Heaven is People Hell. All the bad people are fed to the tigers. The tigers are well fed and have no desire to eat the people in Heaven. Simple!
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Tigers go to Tiger Heaven. I’ve seen it in The Twilight Zone
Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠
jelzap almost 14 years ago
Let god figure all that out… God is God afterall
rayannina almost 14 years ago
Solid theology, jelzap.
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
You’ll both be together even if they make it a special case!
G’Morning Grog, Marg & Mike!
rentier almost 14 years ago
In heaven eating will not be the problem, perhaps we don’t need to eat than and dear tigers are there and we need only to love everybody!!
ejcapulet almost 14 years ago
If your die, your don’t have a body and therefore no stomach and no teeth, therefore no appetite.
rentier almost 14 years ago
We have snow, snow was falling in the night!
Destiny23 almost 14 years ago
I’m sure they could find SOME people for tigers to eat in Tiger Heaven! As in, the people who don’t get into People Heaven…
kreole almost 14 years ago
We may not need to eat in heaven but I’ve been told they serve draft beer there.
Dino-1 almost 14 years ago
thebird55: I live in a small town near Lake George, NY. Most people are familiar with Lake George because it’s a huge tourist area. It’s a beautiful area with all the seasons represented!
I like to think that everytime one of my dogs have died they went to heaven and they’re all in a group together running around playing together all day. In my ideal heaven we’re all reunited with our pets like we’re reunited with the people we loved and have left before us.
michaelw777 almost 14 years ago
I agree with Dino-1. There is nothing to indicate that animals don’t have souls. If we have them, why should we assume animals don’t? Anyone who has had a pet they loved, knows they have unique personalities.
I also agree with Jelzap—God is God—He’ll figure it all out! But I’m a firm believer that God didn’t make a mistake in the creation of any of life, and that therefore resurrection is not going to be limited to us human-centric creatures.
Yukoner almost 14 years ago
Hobbes, there will be lots of canned tuna so you won’t have to eat people.
Actually the best idea is to let God deal with it.
rentier almost 14 years ago
Hobbes can eat people who don’t come into heaven!
TheFinalSolution almost 14 years ago
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them..” Isiah 11.6
” Let everything that hath breath praise the lord. Praise ye the lord” Psalm 150:6
Draw your own conclusions.
rshive almost 14 years ago
Cheer up Hobbes. I’ll bet there’s lots of heavenly canned tuna.
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Dino-1, In my younger days our family spent a lot of vacation time in the Lake George area - a very beautiful area. I was living in Montreal back then.
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**
Is Marg out chasing petrified poo again?
kab2rb almost 14 years ago
Good morning. Me I’m not sure if pets go to heaven they may have their own place. What about serpants that are bad?
twj0729 almost 14 years ago
We have souls? That’s an invention cooked up by man! When you’re dead, you’re dead! End of story!
micalk almost 14 years ago
you misspelled ‘servants’.
:~)
KEA almost 14 years ago
Geesh! this place is worse than the pitching mound at Peanuts park. Why don’t we try deciding if Batman uses the drive-thru, or who’s richer Thurston Howell III or Jed Clampett?
gjsjr41 almost 14 years ago
Where do the Tuna go after they die? Into cans? That just doesn’t seem right. lol
agpeter almost 14 years ago
Isn’t there something in the Bible about, “neither shall they hunger nor thirst?”
UBarW almost 14 years ago
When I think about the wonderful bond between us and our pets, I cannot imagine that they dont have souls. They know our voices, they read our moods, they soothe us, look forward to us coming home, they forgive us… I say they must go to heaven. Any being that beautiful must. I hope to see mine there… Maybe Hobbes, too….
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Dino-1 and michaelw777, I agree with you both. I also believe animals have souls and who are we to say they don’t.
Mister-Edd almost 14 years ago
I’m with you on that, Kreole! Heaven should have GOOD Beer. It should go well with all the spirits there. :-)
Mister-Edd almost 14 years ago
Methinks that Moe will be one of the people on Hobbes’ menu.
margueritem almost 14 years ago
Yawnnnn, I was overtired again. Good morning, All!
bmonk almost 14 years ago
RichardSRussell said, 15 minutes ago
The Bible is remarkably short on specifics about heaven, hell, angels, and demons. Most of what we “know” about them was made up by theologians in the era when common people were prohibited from reading the Bible for themselves. Yes, there was a time when religion ruled the world; we call it The Dark Ages.
Not exactly true: the common people were not prohibited from reading the Bible–they were illiterate, and so couldn’t read anything.
There were plenty of other contributions to the ignorance of the Dark Ages–a plague probably worse than the Black Death, a breakdown of society and a depression that lasted centuries. In fact, if not for the monks, many of the classical books we have would be totally lost.
The book of Genesis says that, when first created, God gave the plants to animals and humans for food. It was only with the renewed covenant with Noah that animals (meat) became food. Maybe in heaven, only plants will be food again.
margueritem almost 14 years ago
I like that thought, bmonk. It’s nice to see what you look like, LXO13.
sukhdeep almost 14 years ago
i also like tigers…… tigers are our frnds so they r in da heaven 4 our safety
esconopeles65 almost 14 years ago
“Hobbes, there will be lots of canned tuna so you won’t have to eat people.”
Well poop. I was looking forward to tuna heaven.
rentier almost 14 years ago
Marg: I’m already so very old, but I don’t feel so!!
rentier almost 14 years ago
Tunas are dieing out, they are overfished!!
ratlum almost 14 years ago
A good draft beer would do it.
zerotsm almost 14 years ago
True, the white albacore tuna is being overfished, but the cheap skipjack tuna is not in danger at this time. Another benefit to eating the cheap tuna is that it has less mercury than the solid chunk albacore.
rentier almost 14 years ago
Outdieing animals should be very well protected and people should accept it earnestly!!
HobbesIsSoCute almost 14 years ago
Is there life after death? Get into the tiger cage at the zoo and find out.
jasonmichael75 almost 14 years ago
Sorry bmonk, but your version of history is a bit off….there was indeed a time that commoners were not allowed to read the bible.
rogue53 almost 14 years ago
Actually twypsi, according to Genesis 2:7 when God breathed the breath of life into the man, he BECAME a living soul. So, we ARE souls, not that we HAVE them. That’s not man made thinking. That’s straight from the scriptures. Just wanted to let you know. :)
dahawk almost 14 years ago
In Heaven, we will dine on soul food!
Captain_Commando almost 14 years ago
twypsi said, “We have souls? That’s an invention cooked up by man! When you’re dead, you’re dead! End of story!”
[SARCASM] Thanks for telling us that, twypsi. Now I’m gonna go over to your house and shoot you (It’s not like you have a soul or anything.) [SARCASM]
khpage almost 14 years ago
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor mind conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him and are called for His purposes = dunno if I got that exactly right, but you get the idea….amazing discussions for a six year old with an imaginary tiger. Perhaps Calvin would be happier going to more advanced classes in his school….
hopeandjoy2 almost 14 years ago
Your discussions have been thoughtful for the most part, as well as educated. Just look what Calvin and Hobbes have done.
Good Scriptures. The one from Isaiah about the lamb and the Lion is very dear to me. I believe in afterlife and one which is meant for us to share in happiness with the rest of God’s creation. I trust in God and feel that nature is constantly showing us that we will live again season after season.
Thank you bmonk, Final Solution, khpage as well as others
pswhitlark almost 14 years ago
I have it on good authority that nobody eats enyone, but there is great food, even meat and fish. How can that be, you ask? It’s heaven… Dah……………………..
James Lindley Premium Member almost 14 years ago
And the lion shall lie down with the lamb…
ratlum almost 14 years ago
What a hoot you guys.NO beer,travel guide written by people who would kill son because he was told to by some one who was already there. Me Im gonna catch the tail of a comet ,when the word comes.
Salamurai almost 14 years ago
sheep go to heaven, goats, go to hell. Tigers, I dunno.
Gretchen's Mom almost 14 years ago
Kab Buch said: Good morning. Me I’m not sure if pets go to heaven they may have their own place. What about serpants that are bad?
micalk said: you misspelled ‘servants’.
I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure Kab Buch meant serpents … as in snakes.
doc7sea almost 14 years ago
NO ONE is unhappy in Heaven!
Lesson: Be happy here by spreading happiness… and be happier in heaven!!!
rentier almost 14 years ago
There is no beer on Hawai……
steve26 almost 14 years ago
I think Calvin’s odds of entering the kingdom of heaven are a wee bit slim, aren’t they - and as for Mom, she’s sure she’s in purgatory already! (especially when Calvin’s off school)
mikdeeps almost 14 years ago
Thurston Howell III was by far the richest.His was old money.Jed Clampett’s money was new oil money
rtvld almost 14 years ago
If Calvin doesn’t make it to heaven I don’t want to go there. As for Hobbes,he’ll have to eat veggies. Aren’t tuna supposed to go to heaven either?
DannyPasca almost 14 years ago
He should’ve exclaimed: “Look, go ask your ‘mommy’ who your daddy is?”
alan.gurka almost 14 years ago
I got it! Tiger Heaven is People Hell. All the bad people are fed to the tigers. The tigers are well fed and have no desire to eat the people in Heaven. Simple!
jr1234 about 1 year ago
Ad on tv, now, Oct 2023
YOU can adopt a tiger in the wild for just $14 a month.
(I first thought of Hobbes)
The few that are left are being poached. Help protect them.