Pets can save humans lifes, show loyalty and respect to humans and indeed god. Humans love there pets. How come the christian God treats them differently. There is no after life for them as far as I know and if they do get an afterlife why don't all humans get the same treatment.
discord71
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Excuse me? Where did you get the idea that animals won't exist in the resurrection?
God does NOT treat animals differently.
Isaiah 11:6
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.
The Dickens
God does love animals. He knows every sparrow that falls from a tree.
There is nothing either in the bible or tradition that says animals won't be in heaven. It simply isn't discussed, but now that I think of it... a lot of references to heaven mention animals. How will the lion lay down with the lamb, unless there are lions and lambs in heaven, hmmm?
The way that we tend to treat our pets like furry little humans is very different than the way God regards them, that much is clear. I'd go so far as to say God's way is better than ours. He respects the "dogginess" of dogs and the "cattiness" of cats far more than we do. I'd guess if our pets are in heaven, they won't be made slaves to our whims and mere sources of our entertainment and pleasure. God probably has something better in store for them.
Maxinquaye
You have to remember that until the flood, no one eat Animals. So in the beginning God did care for the animals. After the flood, he decided their life was only worthy of being laid to rest on a barbecue.
If God is real then animals will go to heaven because they have a soul.
Anonymous
You are referring to animals. Pets are more of a category of an animal. Owned and part of the family Lol Well just like the christians god treats us inferior to him, we treat animals inferior to us, and thus, of course, god treats them far less than us. I won't go into details further into your quesion because i know why you're asking it. All the details written in the bible about what god wants done to the animals and allows us to do and so forth.
yohn
G-d knows when even a sparrow falls. The soul, Life, is in the blood.
In the Kingdom to come, the lion lies down with the lamb. G-d cares for every part of His creation. His lovingkindness is for thousands.