From: aspiring2live	Date: April 15th, 2004 01:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yes.

Yes!

	From: aspiring2live	Date: April 15th, 2004 01:15 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yes, you are right. And, it was a lot less painful for him than it was for my wife and me.

Thanks, Jay.

	From: aspiring2live	Date: April 15th, 2004 01:21 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I know you can relate, Michael. As I recall, your baby before you had Emily, and still, I imagine, is a French Bulldog named Dixie. Oh, and since you mentioned Heaven, here's a quote from Billy Graham's website.

"God will provide us with everything we need to be happy in Heaven -- and if animals are necessary to make us completely happy there, then you can be confident He will arrange for them to be with us.

Some Bible scholars have pointed out that the Bible suggests there may be animals in Heaven -- but without the aggressiveness and dangers that are part of their lives now. The prophet Isaiah saw God's coming Kingdom as a place of absolute peace, where even animals that had once been enemies will be friends. He wrote, "The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them" (Isaiah 11:6)."

	From: alphapythia	Date: April 15th, 2004 01:33 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I know I come from a different religion, but, for what it is worth, I believe that too. Animals love, anyone whos had a dog knows that. God is Love. God is never destroyed, love is never detroyed, dogs are love... dog is never detroyed? Ok, corney way to put it but yes, I think so too.