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Do Cats Believe In God?

Discussion in 'Religion & Philosophy' started by The Rhetoric of Life, Feb 27, 2020.

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House cats (and other animals); do they believe in God?

  1. Cats don't possess the cognitive function to believe in God.

    8 vote(s)
    57.1%

  2. Cats don't have to believe in God, so don't.

    3 vote(s)
    21.4%

  3. Cats believe in God, like every living thing (even a Christian spider).

    2 vote(s)
    14.3%

  4. Cats have the right idea by not believing in God.

    2 vote(s)
    14.3%

  5. House cats are considered beasts by God anyway so therefore cannot get into Heaven.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  6. Cats go to Hell when they die.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. There's no afterlife for any house cat no more than there is for you or for me.

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    35.7%
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  1. The Rhetoric of Life

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    House cats (and other animals); do they believe in God?
    Can they?
    Do they?
    Have they got the right idea in not believing in God?
    Are they too stupid (still love 'em bless 'em) to believe in God?
    Are house cats considered a beast so aren't allowed into Heaven?
    Do cats go to Hell?
    What happens in the afterlife for the House Cat?
    There's no afterlife for any house cat no more than there is for you or for me?
     
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    The Wyrd of Gawd Well-Known Member

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    Muslims can't sell cats but the Islamic doctrine tolerates cats, unlike dogs. They can have cats as pets but must care for them and not abuse them in any way.
     
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    Cats are God's.
     
    Montegriffo, Feb 29, 2020
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    ~ My cats think they are God ... [​IMG]
     
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    Thats pretty funny.
     
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    No

    They're more intelligent than humans who believe in sky hero...
     
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    I asked Baron, and he said cats are angels who make us better people.

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    Sorry. .I have no way to know the kind of consciousness a feline has .
     
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    ~ Let's ask my pal Andy - when he wakes up .
     
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    Mine believes in a full stomach and a comfy place to sleep. Looks like he could be praying though? Who knows!
     
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    They sure prance around the house like they THINK they are angels. :floating:
     
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    Looks like you might have to wait 9 minutes for an answer.
     
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    Cats aren't even atheist are they because that would imply something.

    They love their carer, there are many ways to love another, but a cat loves a human carer like a child loves its parent/carer - that's what I learned from that video (if this video isn't b/s or anything).
    Cats have souls right? / they have minds, personality, are alive, are aware/have souls/fear/feel/frolic...
    Are there any religious rights for our cats and animal brethren to bless them or something, some mass ceremony to bless the world so they get into heaven too?
    Can someone, anyone, bless all the beasts of the world?
    Or doesn't doctrine say they have souls.
     
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    Ask any cat and he or she will snidely inform you that it is God. All cats believe just that adamantly in themselves.
     
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    :clap: `:confuse: :whisper: :lol:​
     
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    Both my cats came from Muslim families found selling on pet notice board online sites. (different cats, different families), one cat even had a catified Muslim name; I almost named the kitten I got to name (no name on that one so it needed a name too) 'Mewhummid' because my cat who had the Muslim name that they then decided to alter for him (for some reason) and that's now his name. I wanted to name my kitten Mewhummid because of my cat; sort of got them around the same time too since I didn't think I see my cat again after he took off/got out after 4 minutes... He was found, he is home, he is a happy cat :), but now I've got 2, cat and kitten, from different parts of the London area, both happened to be Turkish families, and one named my cat after a Muslim they knew from Somalia but then decided to alter his name and that's my cat; he became my cat in June 2019 and my kitten became my kitten in July 2019 and my cat was found safe and sound July 2019.
     
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    double post
     
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    House cats are much more concerned with killing mice, rats, and birds every chance they get. It's what they do when their owners ain't looking.
     
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    A friend of mine named his dog Ala (short for alopecia because it came with mange) he regretted the decision later when he moved to Manchester. He would get evil looks from the Muslims in the park when he shouted ''Ala come here''.
     
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    Muhammad is said to have cut off the hem of his robe rather than disturb his sleeping cat.

    The tolerance for cats may be one reason the Black Death did not decimate the Arab cities nearly as badly as the Christian
     
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    There are lots of various superstitions about dogs and cats and other animals, which is strange because it gives them power over humans in religions.
     
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    Dogs are pack animals, they see their owners as the pack leader

    Cats are solitary hunters, but they have highly developed maternal instincts. They see their owners as either their mothers or their kittens (the instinct is global and applies to both sexes) Of course they love you.
     
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    It isn't a superstition that Europeans in the 14th century had many more rats than cats, and the fleas on the rats carried the plague. Now they may have been the filthiest people that have ever existed too, which certainly didn't help but viewing cats as even more vermin than the rats they catch (one or another Pope didn't like them) is a major reason Europe lost about 25% of its people at this time, historians agree.
     
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    A lot of those folks associated cats as being witches. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news.../the-spooky-history-of-how-cats-bewitched-us/

    Muslims think that a dog is powerful enough to keep their deity's angles from entering a person's house.
     
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