Would I? Could I? I wouldn't mind if he slept through eternity (he sleeps most of the time anyway). I'd just like to be able to move him around occasionally.
If I Became a JW, Could I Have My Cat on Paradise Earth?
by Cold Steel 33 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Introvert 2
Beautiful animal ! Tabby's are great. As a Bible believer I've adopted the wait and see attitude, it's not a deal breaker for me haha !! I dream of old mills with cut stone and timber frames, bunch of cats sleeping around in the yard. Wait and see until then live life trust in the Christ.
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James Mixon
Nice cat. Lets see if you can have your cat in paradise, your cat does he or she have a mysterious air about it, it may be linked to the occult. If so, your furry friend will go up in smoke like the rest of us, with Jehovah a sin is a sin be it man or beast.
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berrygerry
I wouldn't mind if he slept through eternity (he sleeps most of the time anyway). I'd just like to be able to move him around occasionally.
That makes it easy then. Just have him stuffed.
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Island Man
No. JWs say animals were not made to live forever and the resurrection hope doesn't apply to them.
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OUTLAW
No,Jehovah Hates Cats.....Rebel8
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Cold Steel
Ha...Jehovah hates cats! Love it.
JWs say animals were not made to live forever and the resurrection hope doesn't apply to them.
Actually, in all seriousness I strongly believe cats (and even dogs as much as I'm loathe to admit it) have immortal spirits and are covered under Christ's atonement. When I look into their eyes I see an intelligence that can't be just snuffed out. Each had a personality and when they die their bodies look every bit as empty as a human shell.
I've had many friends in law enforcement over the years and one thing I'm amazed to hear is that people, when they've been dead for awhile, look more like manikans than actual people. Cops hear it all the time when visiting crime sites, from witnesses and other cops. Yet no one compares people on the beach to manikans. In fact, when I was a kid I was both fascinated and repelled by funeral parlors and bodies of people I had known. Anyway, there's just this absence of something that's difficult to describe. The animating force early Christians believed was the spirit within man was certainly not a Greek idea that became embedded in Christian dogma three centuries after the apostles vanished, but it's a popular theory amongst adventist sects.
Anyway, I've never been clear on the whole Paradise Earth thing to begin with. Do animals born then die or are they immortal? And if they're immortal, isn't that unfair to the animals that came before? If they're not immortal and die, then Jesus did not exactly defeat death. But then, if an animal is born and is subject to death and if it fails to receive it back again, it could be argued that Jesus failed to redeem that animal from the fall. (And if you don't think a cat isn't self aware, just try not feeding it!)
"Imagine a cat. Now take away its independence, its cleanliness and intelligence. What you have left is basically a dog."
From 'Dear Kitten'
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scratchme1010
I was wondering when was there going to be a post about cats. As they say, a good 70% of the internet belongs to cats
Now, I have heard that question and similar many times. Sadly, some people still try to see if they can squeeze into paradise a loved one who isn't a JW, just like with the cat.
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ZAPPA-ESQUE
Sorry but Pussy will not be tolerated in the New World !