Who gets to go to heaven?
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- 40 Gypsies arrive at the Pearly Gates in their Transit vans and caravans.
travellers here. Can I let them in?'
God says 'We are over our quota on Pikeys . Go out to the Pearly Gates and
tell them to choose
between them which are the 12 most worthy, and I will let just the dozen
in.'
Less than a minute later St Peter is on the phone to God again. 'They've
gone', he tells God.
'What?' says God, 'All 40 of them?'
'No, the Pearly Gates'.*
peter
flyingjase said:
This is one for the theologists amongst us
Who goes to heaven?
Let’s assume that I’ve been a good boy all my life and at the pearly gates the big man lets me in (unlikely and purely hypothetical)
I’d love to think that my 2 boys (a border collie and a lab/alsatian cross) would join me up there, but they are dogs so would JC let them in? If yes, would they also let my cat in? Or maybe my chickens and ducks?
Where does it end?
Are we so arrogant that the only life form that goes to heaven are homo sapiens?
Next time you swat a fly then think that you may meet him / her in heaven
Anyone know???
Anyone who speaks of their pets as being humans (ie. dogs=my boys) is mentally retarded. Who goes to heaven?
Let’s assume that I’ve been a good boy all my life and at the pearly gates the big man lets me in (unlikely and purely hypothetical)
I’d love to think that my 2 boys (a border collie and a lab/alsatian cross) would join me up there, but they are dogs so would JC let them in? If yes, would they also let my cat in? Or maybe my chickens and ducks?
Where does it end?
Are we so arrogant that the only life form that goes to heaven are homo sapiens?
Next time you swat a fly then think that you may meet him / her in heaven
Anyone know???
Children are nothing like pets, for starters they are rubbish at fetching sticks and they dont go out in the garden to "do their business".
elster said:
If you read the bible correctly everyone is forgiven, therefore everyone.
You can do whatever you like, all will be forgiven.
To a devout atheist like me, this is comforting. Knowing that when D-Day comes and I shuffle off this mortal coil, if it turns out I've been wrong all along and there is a heaven, all I've got to do is say "sorry" and I'm in.You can do whatever you like, all will be forgiven.
Cashback.
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown...
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown...
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