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meow2u3

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16. Fundiegelicals don't understand the Bible like they think they do
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 04:44 PM
Dec 2014

There are several passages implying animals are destined for paradise when they die.

Did they ever hear of Isaiah 11:5-7?

Isaiah 11:5-7New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,
and faithfulness the belt around his loins
6 The wolf shall live with the lamb,
the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze,
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.


Or Sirach 47:2-4?
Context: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+47:2-4&version=NRSVCE

Sirach 47:2-4New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
David

2 As the fat is set apart from the offering of well-being,
so David was set apart from the Israelites.
3 He played with lions as though they were young goats,
and with bears as though they were lambs of the flock.
4 In his youth did he not kill a giant,
and take away the people’s disgrace,
when he whirled the stone in the sling
and struck down the boasting Goliath?


This in the OLD Testament, mind you.

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Taking as he did, his papal name from St. Francis, that statement seems apropos. hlthe2b Dec 2014 #1
JP II said essentially the same thing. ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #2
My priests once told me "All things return to God" Drahthaardogs Dec 2014 #21
Just so. ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #22
. baldguy Dec 2014 #3
That one always gets to me... Rhiannon12866 Dec 2014 #6
"Travelers to unknown regions would be well-advised to take along the family dog." rug Dec 2014 #10
As my grimmer used to say... Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #4
Doggie tails are wagging vlyons Dec 2014 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author pangaia Dec 2014 #7
What I would give to see my Pyrs Abigail and Belle Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #8
“dogs and angels are not very far apart” - Charles Bukowski bluedigger Dec 2014 #9
Every year they have a Catholic Mass for the animals in this neck of the woods. MADem Dec 2014 #11
I brought my daughter's chinchilla one year. rug Dec 2014 #12
Oh dear - the fundamentalists LibertyLover Dec 2014 #13
I think fundiegelicals.... BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2014 #14
Fundiegelicals don't understand the Bible like they think they do meow2u3 Dec 2014 #16
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) is one of the seven rustbeltvoice Dec 2014 #17
Scripture also warns against personal interpretation meow2u3 Dec 2014 #19
Oh dear, the Aggressive Atheists already are.. whathehell Dec 2014 #18
Sometimes the only way to tell the difference okasha Dec 2014 #23
LOl. .True, that. whathehell Dec 2014 #24
Question is, do cats go to heaven? meow2u3 Dec 2014 #15
Lol! rug Dec 2014 #20
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