The SOULS of DOGS: are they purified "spirits", who have come back to teach

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us about "unconditional love? Some people believe in reincarnation - the "transmigration of souls(spirits) - do you?

Do you feel as I do, that some dogs if not all, are purified beings who have chosen to re-incarnate, solely out of love for the rest of us: have chosen to come back, only so that they can teach us the meaning of "unconditional love"?

What do you think?

Alberich

[redglory]

if they are, than they don't have unconditional love towards firemen...

considering stereotypically, they pee on hydrants....

Besides, not all dogs are nice. I also don't believe in re-incarnation (in that sense)

[Half God Half Ape]

So that lump of fur that licks its butthole and drinks out of the toilet could really be my dead grandmother? Ewww....

[Kevin S]

I've never heard that before, but what a sweet idea. I love dogs and have always found them to be the most loving animals of all.

[maria h]

I do not believe in reincarnation, or that dogs are spirits that are here to teach us anything. In the Bible, it says:

And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:24-25)

God made dogs as animals that are companions for us -- primarily for work or for protection. Over the past 50 years or so, we've treated them like members of our family. But that doesn't mean that they are. They're just good animals.


~Maria
http://www.jubileeonearth.com

[Frank D]

I believe there are a class of spirits so to speak.

All life must have some kind of spirit force to it.

A dog is a god and a cat is a cat. Man is man.

I had a dog who died and he hung around me for some time after his death.

When people die they can do the same. I believe that boredom has a lot to do with this.

You need a body to play the game . You need a body to be able to communicate.

After a while the life force ( spirit ) will want a body so he can be in communication and play a game of life.

The longer I spend on this site I am very surprised that more people don't have the wisdom of the fact of spiritual life.

They know little or nothing or just flatly don't believe in spirits.

This is actually very sad. A very sad conditi9on that man has fallen down to.

Actually i believe it's only in the West where we see this as the older Eastern Religions have much more belief and regard for the spirit.

[Squid]

No, sorry a dog is a dog and no soul or spirit. When dogs
die they just go back to the ground. There is no such thing
as " transmigration of souls" lie from Hell.

Unconditional love is from Jesus Christ on the cross when He
took all of our sins and He was innocent. That's love!

[Isis]

Thats rather a lovely idea...I have two dogs and they are very loving and affectionate..but boy, they do have some very gross habits too!