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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The growing number of people who’ve found that bonding with their pets becomes a spiritual experience.

We are in the middle of the Great Pet Awakening — a surge of people who say that owning a pet is a religious experience. In a post-pandemic era when many people still live in isolation, more pet owners are saying their furry friends are not mere companions. They are “partners in a spiritual journey,” according to David Michie, an author and Buddhist commentator.

More people are publicly sharing how owning a pet led them to develop spiritual habits traditionally taught by religion. Pets, they say, teach them about forgiveness and the importance of fellowshipping with others. Pets also embody grace — they accept humans as they are.

What happens to our pets when they die?
Pets also prompt many of their owners to confront a heavy theological question: Does Fido have a soul?

It’s common for pet owners to ask online forums what happens to their pets when they die. That curiosity has spawned a new literary genre: pet psychics who assure people that yes, “some angels choose furs over feathers.”

Books such as “Yes, Pets Do Go to Heaven” and “The Amazing Afterlife of Animals” assure people that their departed now frolic in celestial meadows. [b]Some psychics offer pet owners even more consolation: a chance to hear personalized messages from their pets in the Great Beyond.[/b]

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What a waste of time that is!  When I was religious, clergy sadly said that pets couldn't go to heaven - or hell, because they weren't smart enough to sin.[/quote]

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