This is too funny. It appears that Catholic dogs go to heaven, but Presbyterian dogs don’t…at least according to the church signboards.
This was a topic of conversation when my father was dying of lung cancer. Apparently no one in his household wanted to be presbyterian or go to presbyterian heaven. All his family was presbyterian. He was an an episcopalian, so I would assume they allow dogs.
The signs are a hoax by the way.
That is a funny back and forth, but I am glad it isn’t real.
But as an active Protestant, I believe dogs cats and animals can get into heaven NOT AS SAVED SOULS, BUT AS LOVED BEINGS.
I read in Heaven is for real, that there were animals in Heaven. But I do believe they cannot be saved. Thy have no concept of salvation, But they do have a concept of BAD DOG!!!
That just summed up my problem with religion in a nutshell.
Churches like that are the reason I stopped attending when I was 19 yrs old. :sigh:
As far as dogs going to ‘heaven’, we all know they go over the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ and are thrilled when their masters finally join them. Nuf said! 
You do know that’s a photoshopped joke, right? (One I find funny as I’m Catholic and we ‘win’ that shopped exchange…“Free Dog Souls With Conversion” cracks me up.) More seriously I suspect were I to ask a priest the Catholic view would be animals are not in need of absolution and salvation because they’re innocent creations-they didn’t commit original sin, they don’t commit sins and can’t discern, so if God wants there to be animals in heaven, they can go to heaven and don’t have to worry about sin, repentance, and forgiveness.
(As far as dogs go, if we accept the Christian postulate that acceptance of Jesus is necessary most dogs I have known would be like “HI JESUS COME IN PET ME DID YOU BRING LOAVES AND FISHES CAN I HAVE SOME?” Dogs are very accepting. Does kind of leave the question of cats open, though, as even King of Heaven might not be sufficient authority to impress a cat.)
Does kind of leave the question of cats open, though, as even King of Heaven might not be sufficient authority to impress a cat.)
The cats have Ceiling Cat. :winkgrin:
danceronice-I agree wholeheartedly about cats. I’ve had both dogs and cats and horses, and MOST cats do not recognize loyalty the way a dog does. But then again I’ve also had some cats that think they are dogs and would and do follow you through heaven and hell.
I think my current dog, a 12 yr old shelter dog, is actually part cat simply because the minute we get back in the house, she immediately curls up and goes to sleep like a cat would curl up. Actually I think that was her defense to block everything out for the 6 yrs she was in a shelter. Don’t get me wrong, she was very well cared for at the shelter. When I decided she was the dog I wanted to adopt, several of her caretakers came over to say goodbye.
PS. I have seen said joke before and did have a good chuckle at it! Photoshopped or not, it is funny. I think though by the time I see a joke twice, I get bored with it.
Misty, what’s Ceiling Cat?
ceiling cat
is any white cat up high, on top of a door, but especially looking out from missing tiles in a ceiling. His opposite number is of course, basement cat, who is black. These cuties are found at Icanhascheezeburger.com.
LOL excellent Laura!
If dogs, cats, horses and all our other loved animals don’t go there, is it really heaven?
If I have a choice between Heaven w/ no animals, and “over the Rainbow Bridge” , wherever that bridge goes, I’m signing up.
I also had seen the photoshop before, but its been a while and it did make me laugh again…
why would anyone want to go to heaven and hang out with uptight “holier than thou” folks? the dogs n cats know that place is no fun.
“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”
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The cats have Ceiling Cat. :winkgrin:[/QUOTE]
They also have Basement Cat.
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Misty, what’s Ceiling Cat?[/QUOTE]
It’s an LOL cat meme.
http://www.roflcat.com/ceiling-cat-creates-man
Paula
Thanks both Larksmom and paulaedwina for the Ceiling Cat explanation/pics. Yes, I’ve had 1 Ceiling Cat. He seemed to know that I had planned a trip to the vet for him that day. He hopped up on a shelving unit in a room that the workmen were putting in a plaster ceiling in the lower level but had left a hole exposed for a ‘door’ to go over where the HVAC runs were located. Vet’s office said that was not unusual that cats disappeared when they saw the carrier come out!
My friend owns Basement Cat. For those new to the Ceiling Cat meme, yes, that’s exactly what you’d think. And after she had her other cat put down, they got a new kitten so now…he has a minion.
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Once again we’re on the same page… LOL Laurie.
