While no one really knows if all dogs go to heaven, Calvary Episcopal Church is giving area pooches and their owners improved odds with a new monthly worship service.
The first Perfect Paws Pet Ministry takes place on Sunday, May 16, from 5 to 5:30 p.m., in the church’s Parish Hall.
After that, the church plans to hold the pet service on the third Sunday of every month, complete with communion for the humans who wish to partake and special blessings bestowed on pets and people alike. Dogs will get treats as part of the service.
It looks like it’s going to be only for dogs. That’s not very inclusive of them. I wanna bring my frog.
I am soooo relieved. I honestly thought they were going to report that the dogs were being baptized and communed.
Oh help.
Does count in their ASA?
I saw a different headline for this story on msnbc.com, and immediately thought, ‘oh, no, please tell me it’s not an Episcopal church.’ But, of course, it was.
What I found most astounding about this is that at least part of the point is to make it easier for dogs/pets to get into heaven.
Now, I have no personal knowledge re: whether animals have souls — they can certainly be soulful, but that’s something else — but let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that they do. We know they lack the capacity for rational thought and self-examination, so: (1) how can they be said to sin; (2) if they can’t be said to sin, then their sins do not separate them from God; and (3) if they can be said to sin, how can they repent if they aren’t capable of understanding either sin or repentance?
Perhaps my response is too serious, but the whole thing strikes me as preposterous. And I’m beyond devoted to my dogs!
‘Do not give to dogs that which is holy.’
“While no one really knows if all dogs go to heaven….”
-we do know that naughty ones go to curgatory.
—- The Hound of Heaven