[Lou]

Originally Posted by For My Coby

What an enlightening thread. And what a risk to open it. I can't believe that as passionate as all the YT'ers are, everyone has been so open-minded while defending their own beliefs! Kudos to all!

This is what our minister told us years ago when asked this question. He said that in heaven, we are complete and perfect as God intended us to be. No affinities, no diseases, no handicaps. There are those of us that are not complete without animals. If you consider yourself to be complete without your animals, there will be no reason for them to be with you. If you do not conisder yourself to be complete without your animals, they will be with for eternity in heave.

To take this belief one step further (which is where the rescuers verse comes in at the Rainbow Bridge), if you feel strongly that ALL animals should go to heaven - not just yours because you need them - then all animals will be in heaven with you, whether their owners "need" them there or not. Obviously, this would include the lost and abandoned animals too.

My only hope is that in heaven, no animals have the need to shed, because otherwise, I'm going to be so busy sweeping my little corner of heaven with all my animals and the other unclaimed ones!!

I love this post!