What is your opinion about seeing our pets in the next life?\n\nAre there any Biblical verses to prove whether or not, God would allow us to see them again?\nI sincerely hope so, but I wonder what others think or know??
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Indirectly there IS Biblical proof. In Rev. ch. 21, God promises a new heaven and a new Earth. Now, if you stop and think about that for a moment you immediately realize that a new earth without plants, animals, etc. is nothing but a big rock spinning in space. Not much of a reward, there!\n\nSo if God is true to His Word, the new earth will be populated with all the myriad lifeforms we see today and maybe some that have long been extinct. They'll all have glorified bodies and not need to prey on others. The lion will lie down with the lamb, etc. \n\nUnder such a scenario, I think it highly unlikely that a loving Father would fail to give us our precious babies, don't you?
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I believe that God made us in His image and why would he do that if he didn't want us to live on in heaven with him. Then just to make sure he sent His only Son to redeem our sins!  I almost died during childbirth 2 years ago and I don't think that was all there would have been to my life.  We don't only get life after death in heaven but our loved ones here on earth make sure we live every day!  We recall them and they are with us in our hearts.
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"Captivebird", Believe I know what you are saying, because I looked at your other ???, let me help you out in a small way.  You are asking good ???, keep them coming, & pay no attention to negative answers\n\nThis section of Isaiah’s prophecy concludes with a heartwarming promise: “No resident will say: ‘I am sick.’ The people that are dwelling in the land will be those pardoned for their error.” (Isaiah 33:24) The sickness that Isaiah speaks of is primarily spiritual, for it is connected with sin, or “error.” In the first application of these words, Jehovah promises that after their release from Babylonian captivity, the nation will be healed spiritually. (Isaiah 35:5, 6; Jeremiah 33:6;  Having been forgiven for their former sins, the returning Jews will reestablish pure worship in Jerusalem.\n\nIsaiah’s prophecy has a modern fulfillment. Jehovah’s people today have also enjoyed a spiritual healing. They have been liberated from such false teachings as the immortality of the soul, the Trinity, and hellfire. They receive moral guidance, freeing them from immoral practices and helping them to make good decisions. And thanks to the ransom sacrifice of Jesus Christ, they have a clean standing before God and enjoy a clean conscience. \nThis spiritual healing has physical benefits. For example, avoiding immoral sex and the use of tobacco products protects Christians against sexually transmitted diseases and certain forms of cancer.\n\nThere will be a grander fulfillment of the words of Isaiah 33:24 after Armageddon, in God’s new world. Under the rulership of the Messianic Kingdom, humans will experience a great physical healing along with their spiritual healing. (Revelation 21:3, 4) Shortly after the destruction of Satan’s system of things, miracles like those that Jesus performed while on earth will no doubt take place on a global scale. The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the lame will walk! (Isaiah 35:5, 6)\n\nLater, when the resurrection begins, those coming back to life will no doubt be raised with good health. But as the value of the ransom sacrifice is applied to an increasing extent, more physical benefits will ensue, until mankind is lifted to perfection. Then, righteous ones will “come to life” in the fullest sense. (Revelation 20:5, 6) At that time, in both a spiritual and a physical way, “No resident will say: ‘I am sick.’”
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I agree with your premise and conclusion. I would add that the quality that is the most important in seperating us from the animals is faith. The ability to choose to believe or not believe. To search and want to know your Creator. Even those who reject God, do so with high thought process and passion.
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Interesting scripure. But I'm also interested in this: the term 'last days' has been mentioned, and keeping in mind two things: the lord's overwhelming power to stretch and shrink time, combined with the fact that the last 2000 years there have been scoffers like mentioned above, when exactly will these 'days' end? This could take thousands of years, or be in a minute. But in that very minute a 'scoffer' *could* convert to the true faith, so if the lord is truly patient, he'd wait that minute too, or those thousands years, else it wouldn't be fair, I'd say.\n\nAnd tell me this: I am no scoffer, but in your eyes I'd probably be. But which of my desires are actually evil? My strongest desires are that people all over the world be stopped by blind judging other people, that people actually think before they act, that they take other people in mind when they take decisions that might effect them, in short that they respect other people and let them be. Another desire of mine is that helping people develop themselves, seek out their potentials, and enhance them, that they enjoy living in this beautiful world, and teach other people to enjoy too.\n\nBut since I don't need Jesus to actually do this, I am truly an ungodly man and I shall be destroyed by your lord.\n\nIf I'm to be judged by someone who doesn't look at my actions or my desires behind them, but at my lack of faith, and still wants to destroy me, please, let him do his thing, for I have nothing to be ashamed of and I rather live in hell knowing I have done right, than living in heaven for being a hypocrite.
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No, God has put animals under the dominion of man. However it talks about dealing with them kindly. That would include if we killed them for food, for example, to do it in a humane way, and not to promote their suffering. (I know I'm gonna hear from vegetarians on that one, but I stand by it.)
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How many of us have seen angels, what type of shapes they do have and how do they keep flying arround etc etc but we all ( most of us) believe in angels.\nMuslims do believe in angels becasue the creator of angel has mentioned in the quran that angels do exist.\nAs far as the quotation is concerend 'that the angel will not enter a house where the dog lives' is right but tell me how do people die becasue the angel of death should not enter the house that means the dog owner must live forever.\nThis quotation refers to the angels of speciifc job for example an angel is assigned to take food and blessings to people will not enter the house but angel of death will definitely enters when the time comes.\nSimilarly there is another quotation of Mohammad (peace be upon him) that angels don't enter the house where there are pictures.\nTherefore the angels deputed to record our good or bad deeds remain with us and do their job and that record will be presented to us at the day of resurrection.
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I think that maybe God is saving that level of healing or miracle for a time right before the tribulation, as a last sign of His power.\n\nMany people have wondered about this subject, even those with the gift of healing, but I do not know of any one receiving an answer.
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Point taken and understood,but a life is a life.Wouldn't you want someone to think of you when you are gone?Once again, it goes back to human emotion.Even some animals show emotion.
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man, i feel bad for you. you're playing on the wrong team. God is so real. it seems like everyday he's proving himself (to me anyway). i mean there are times i look back and it could have only been God that got me through. God gives me peace, protection, and he is a great provider. My first year in college I didn't have a job or a dime to my name, but God made a way for me. He made is so that I was never hungry, and that I never wanted for anything. to you God might be an "invisible friend" but for me he is my best friend. the bible is a guide that tells us how to live. and if people live right they dont have to fear God. he gave his only son for us, do you really think that he wants to destroy us? to cripple us with fear? No, thats not him, he is loving. I'm sorry if you feel that God has failed you, or that he's not real, because you're missing out.
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Proof that our "friend" is a hypocrite and a mental case, see above.\n\nI ask myself every time I read the Bible, what does this mean FOR me.
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Greek are you? I believe everyone, Christians included have become more and more of this world instead of trying to keep themselves in touch with God or their loved ones. How many of us only see our families (extended) once or twice a year. When I was a child my father and my uncle spent a great deal of time together and his 3 boys and I and my 2 sisters would play and have a great time. Today I live 30 miles from 1 sister and only see her a couple of times a year. I think God intended us to spend more time cultivating our relationship with Him and with our family and instead we cultivate our wallets. When do we take our families back and leave the worldly things to the world to handle?
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Have you ever had a tiny pet that was really helpless on its own? I hate two pet parakeets and at first I literally had to work to teach one of them how to drink water. Now they really have nothing to offer me, they kinda hate me sometimes and ignore me, stare at me like I am the animal in a cage, and all I do is find myself cleaning up their poo-poo and giving them new food and water...... I think God might view us in much the same way.... And for some strange reason, he just really loves us and thinks we are worth it.
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sounds interesting, will need to read the rest of it before i come back to comment!\n\nbut things are looking up for us gays huh? lol\ngood to know that God let us know that he will love us unconditionally too....... that is more than i can say for some on yahoo answers....
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when do you see a baby who just happened and born what do u say? you will say "look at that Angel". in fact the baby is not really an Angel but just a human being who look so cute.\n\nthe same thing happened to Jesus. people saw his miracles that God has given him and people admired him so much until someone came up with the idea of "he is such a God" others said "He is such a Son of God" . but in fact he was just a human being who happened to born that way and chooses to be a prophet. \n\nand i think God is little bit mad about the whole thing, that He creates people and they worship someone else and thank someone else. i am sure it will be a big surprise after death, death will uncover the unseen and we will be like "OH GOD! i know u told me to not worship anything except you! but things happen!"
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I woul say no "God" exists, nothing which "Rules" us or "Owns" us.\n\nWe do not have to obey any other beings but ourselves, do other animals have "Gods", do they build shrines? Are they nice to the environment and dont kill other animals?\n\nNo is the answer\n\nOk we take it a bit too far, manufacturing animals, growing them for food. But like animals we live on a planet that has gone through billions of years evolution, we was not "placed" here we evolved from the very animals around us. We are unique to our planet, but are we unique to our galaxy?\n\nI think not.\n\nThanks for stimulationg me... I like these descussions, and please i hope i didnt offend anyone who beleives in a "God" etc. Its really up to you, good day :)
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I don't think we'll get a second chance.  I'm not sure there's anything in the bible to support that.\n\nAnd yes, no one knows.  What about people in comas?  What about when they come out of them?  What about miscarriages, do they have souls?  What about children born without a nervous system (i.e. no brains)?  What about when twins are conceived and one child end up growing into the other(called fetus in fetu, kind of gross, actually)?  The bond between the soul and body is one of the most ellusive, yet real aspects to humanity that we will never be able to answer.  Being a medical student I'm going to have a lot of thinking to do on that question in a few years.