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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:42 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do animals have an afterlife? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. of course they do. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe if they're eaten and assimilated. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Maybe we should change the saying to; "You are who you eat." |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That might make us have more respect for what we eat... |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. For those who even remotely believe the Bible: |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Amazing how many Christians don't even know their own Bible, isn't it? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. What is this a description of? Heaven? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. No. It's a description of what the prophets called "The Day of the Lord". |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. It doesn't sound very heavenly for the carnivores; it sounds like they'd all starve. (NT) |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. This isn't a description of an afterlife, but of the Messianic Age |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does this mean that cats might have nine afterlives? (nt) |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Awesome question. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. not if each afterlife has nine afterlives of it's own |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. By some Eastern standards |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. yes, they do |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Your first real apartment is doggie Heaven? |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Nope, every pet owner knows the bark in your face routine |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. My Fido kitty visited me one night about a week after I put her to sleep |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Devil's advocate |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 04:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. In other words, you had a dream |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Obviously, you were dreaming, |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. All animals automatically go to Heaven. People, well.......... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. What? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I think of "Heaven" as sort of like the garden of Eden before man |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Amebas are not animals... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Thank you for the correction |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Exactly. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. This is a fine demonstration of what happens when you try to apply logic to supernatural beliefs |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Overall they're nicer than we are. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I have known a few animals that were jerks, but most I have met are cool. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. I couldn't find the appropriate quote |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. So, if Animals(which people are) had an Afterlife... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. I think the whole idea of an afterlife is nothing more than a salve for our fear of death. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have absolutely no idea. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. The very idea of an afterlife is laughable. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. That's a very good way of putting it |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Well, since we're engaged in magical thinking, |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. I love you approach to this question |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. What about the other kingdoms of life? |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. While I embrace most atheistic views |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Great post. I love that last little story. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't know, but if they do, I kind of hope they're somewhere I'm |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
38. Probably not. But if all life force is essentially equal (and why wouldn't it be?) |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. We don't even know what time is. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Time is a sequence of events. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. I don't believe in afterlives, but if we do, they do. nt |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. All the religions we know of and can speak of are created by humans. |
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