The Baha'i Studies Listserv David, May I venture an opinion? I love animals too. However should I ever have the great good fortune of entering the Abha Kingdom and hanging out with the rest of you, I still wouldn't want to have to walk my mutts very early, every morning. Somehow that would tend to defeat all the good works I did in this life that would entitle me a small place in the most great mansions of the Lord.
On the other hand, in heaven it might be possible that they could always walk themselves and pick up their own mess. Then again I have had many pets in the course of my life but what would I do with all of them, all at once? How would I pick and choose from among them? The more I think about it the more complex it gets. I assume that justice would have to be practiced in the many worlds that will follow this one. Do you think that it might be possible that we will come to more deeply understand the place of our dear pets in the grand scheme of things? And that our memories of them will become more vivid over time? I once had a turtle named Roy and two goldfish named Phil and Don. I wish they were still around. Bill > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > It is upsetting to me that animals do not go to heaven. It is difficult to > see heaven as that wonderful if I don't get to see the pets I've had. Can > anyone help me on this? > > Regards, > David > _________________________________________________________________ > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
