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Originally Posted by shelschrader  Opps, sorry I tried to edit what I said and ended up messing the whole thing up. My father and I have this coversation all of the time. He says that they do not go to heaven and showed me the verses in the Bible. When we had to put our family cocker spaniel, Brandy, down a few years ago he said it broke his heart. He was so upset to think that was the end of Brandy, she just quit being altogether. My thought is this, God makes heaven perfect for everyone. I think that my furbabies will be waiting to spend all of eternity with me in heaven because that is what would make my heaven perfect. I hope I haven't offended anyone with this as it is just my opinion. Oh yeah, the reason I quote my father is that he is an elder at our church and very knowledgeable as he studies the Bible everyday. |
My mother believed that each one's Heaven would be tailor-made for that person, containing all the things that made him/her happy. You can prove anything by a certain verse or passage in the Bible, so quoting the Bible isn't much use. You have to take it as a whole book. And since no one has ever seen Heaven, it's all a question of how you interpret the Bible and how you feel about it. I think a loving God will take all of His creatures back to Him. Animals don't have souls, but they have God-given spirits that will return to the One who made them. I believe that and expect to see all of my loved ones, human and animal, in Heaven.