Why Didn't Jesus Have a Dog?

[SoDesuKa]

Jesus did a lot of traveling around, so why didn't have an animal companion to hear him out when he was alone? Pets are very good for that. I can understand that Jesus wouldn't have a cat, because cats aren't good travellers. But a dog will follow you wherever you go.

The more I think about it, the more I wonder what Jesus would have named his dog. Maybe he did have a dog, and the dog's name was Caesar. That would explain why references to the dog have been expunged, y'think?

[Lost in CT]

1. Like the story isn't sad enough as it is...

Be kinda of cool if the pup was waiting for him at the cave though.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. He had a little lamb

he suffered children to come unto him, and he was a fisher of men, not to mention that being god means everything was his.

How many more pets did he need? :P

[Richard Steele]

3. It wasn't a common thing in that time and place.

They didn't have the concept of 'pets' like we do today.

Dogs fell into 3 categories: Guard dogs, flock-tending dogs,
and FOOD.

It was a very different time.

[seaker]

4. Don't know he didn't

Maybe Christians are a metaphorical pack

[stewartcolbert08]

7. I think

The guys who translated the agenda...I MEAN Bible, lol didnt think that poor rufus was important enough to translate into the newer versions, hence Jesus is dogless.

[seaker]

12. Maybe just taken for granted...

Was is it King Herod,who said it that required all to go forth and be counted? Maybe he named man's best friend after him. Ya think?

[stewartcolbert08]

19. LOL that could be!

[seaker]

22. Could be fun to wonder the name of the pooch

[stewartcolbert08]

23. I am sticking with Rufus

Hence Chris Rocks character in Dogma! LOL Rufus the black angel!

[seaker]

29. Ok, me too.

Wonder how it would sound/read in Hebrew.

[rug]

5. Ask St. Dominic.

[JVS]

6. I don't think Jewish society of that time liked dogs very much

http://books.google.com/books?id=l1u-_VMDM80C&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=judaism+dogs&source=web&ots=tNEKVzWIRL&sig=Z0ULP6ZAL44f3_xL46DGxM_FdGk&hl=en&ei=I_2YSfrNEsml-gaW5cmICQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result

It seems that keeping dogs as pets wasn't done.

[SoDesuKa]

10. Not Pictured

This picture has been cropped. You can't see Jesus' faithful Labrador curled up at his side, hearing him out.



Maybe I can go back to Nazareth and take over the business . . .

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. BTW, since a lot of born-agains don't believe their pets can follow them to heaven

There's always JesesPets!
http://www.jesuspets.com/Home/2/What.is.JesusPets.aspx

If Jesus didn't have any pets then, he sure has a following now! :hi:

If Jesus returns tonight, who will feed your pets tomorrow?

What is JesusPets?

Who is going to care for your pets after you are raptured into heaven?

Many Christians believe that animals do not go to heaven. So when Jesus comes back and you return with him to heaven, will there be somebody to take care of your dog or cat?

If you have a non-Christian family member, they might take care of your pet, but if not, have you made any plans? Imagine being taken to streets of gold while your dog starves to death walking around in his own feces trapped in your small house or apartment, subject to fire and earthquakes or even being eaten by heathens searching for any remaining morsel of food. Do you want that to happen?

With the imminent collapse of the global economy and rampant godlessness, even the community shelters will not have the resources to care for your poor, hungry animals. So you need to make preparations.

That’s what JesusPets is for. We are assembling a community of heathen pet-lovers to care for pets that are “left-behind.” We are coordinating with feed mills and kennels in preparation for your post-apocalyptic pet care needs.

[texanwitch]

9. Heathen pet lover here.

Do these Christian know what the word Heathen really means.

Is this for real.

[deepthought42]

11. More pets for me! n/t

[RandomThoughts]

13. Dogs in Heaven? This issue has been discussed before.

Twilight zone episode, "The Hunt."

http://www.veoh.com/collection/CBS-The-Twilight-Zone/watch/v625824654n3nrxR#

[Richardo]

28. Will Rogers addressed the issue to my satisfaction, hence my sig line

:)

[MrsBrady]

18. omg

we are laughing our asses off over here.

i just had to go change my clothes, if you know what i mean.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Whoa_Nelly]

30. Yeah, somebody is capitalizing on The Rapture Crowd Mentality

:rofl:

[txwhitedove]

32. Priceless! Thanks, will share this with all my pet loving friends...

I actually had a boss who got very angry when I said pets go to heaven!

:hi:

[dysfunctional press]

14. simon peter was allergic to them...

little known fact.

[stewartcolbert08]

24. OR

Mary Magdalene was ! heehee :P

[underpants]

15. For the same reason you will never hear Paul Simon in a strip club

I think Jesus was "good with Dog"

[Richardo]

27. I don't understand that but it is hilarious

:rofl:

[Bryn]

16. It didn't make it to the bible

There's a story that didn't make it to the bible. Jesus found a little boy crying over his dog. He comforted the little boy, picked up an empty shell on the beach and told him that his dog went to heaven leaving behind his empty body (shell).

I read this story in a book by George Anderson. There's a book that you can read that didn't make it to the bible ...purged pages. I don't know what you call it.

I don't take the bible literally. Jesus may well be a mythology borrowed from Egyptian Mythology..Horus. Romans started this religion to control people, writing ideas from Jewish Mythology and Egyptian Mythology, weaving it into "true history".

[Jamastiene]

17. Maybe, he was more of a fish person.

I know. I'm going to Hell...but I'll have the most fun getting there. :evilgrin:

[Bryn]

20. Actually Jesus supposedly was born in Age of Pisces

so they had a symbol of Fish to present that age.

Remember when Moses threw 10 commandment stone to a golden bull statue and destroyed it? Bull represented the age of Taurus. They were in the age of Taurus at that time. Bulls were sacrificed.

If you study astronomy/astrology you will see that pattern fits. Plenty of astrology stuff in the Bible, but people who don't know astronomy/astrology don't recongize them. Ancient people would study, scanning the sky for signs. Only high priests were allowed. Common people were forbidden to do that..to keep them in the dark, ignorant.

When Age of Pisces entered Age of Aries..Jesus became "The Lamb" that was sacrificed. Aries represent The Ram, sheep, lamb.

We are supposedly in Age of Aquarius, Age of Reason, I hope!

[PaddyBlueEyes]

21. cause its god spelled backwards

and Im guessing he had some daddy abandonment issues.. :shrug:

[dynasaw]

25. Dogs Regarded with Contempt in Old Testament

many scholars have argued that the Israelites viewed dogs with contempt. They point to passages in the Old Testament that depict dogs as despicable creatures who should be avoided.

Jesus probably had a donkey.

[KamaAina]

45. Cats not mentioned at all

Old or New, for that matter; they're the only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible.

One wonders if all cat references were systematically edited out during the "Burning Times", cats, as you know, being witches' familiars.

[Autumn]

26. Wasn't that the disciple "whom he loved"

who's name was not mentioned? Who else could it have been except for his dog?:shrug:

[KansDem]

31. Because he "didn't need a friend now!"

Davy Jones "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" 1965 Rare

...groovy!

[MrPerson]

33. Because 40 days in teh desert would have killed the little guy.

[Obamanaut]

34. Luke 16:21 "Moreover the dog..." And that's why "Rover" is such

a popular name for a dog.

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. Because he was God, and therefore was smart.

Smart people don't have dogs.

They have batrachian abominations from another plane.

[no name no slogan]

36. Dogs were unclean animals to the ancient Jews

You didn't let dogs live in your house with you, and you didn't touch them unless you absolutely had to. And if you did have to touch them, you had to clean yourself-- not an easy thing to do in a place that didn't have a lot of potable water around.

Incidentally, dogs are considered unclean to many observant Muslims, too, and you will rarely find a dog in their houses. Cats, OTOH, are not considered as unclean and they will often be kept as pets in some Muslim households.

[bookworm65t]

37. unfortunately, he couldn't take it for a walk...

without a thousand people to follow him

maybe he had one of those toy dogs, the kind you can fit in a cloak. :)

[jobycom]

38. Jesus was a cat person. nt

[graywarrior]

39. He did.

It was reflected in the mirror.

[petronius]

40. 'Cause he had a dinosaur. C'mon people, read the freakin' Bible!

[MissHoneychurch]

41. He had Biff

http://www.amazon.com/Lamb-Gospel-According-Christs-Childhood/dp/0380813815/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234818221&sr=8-1

[ismnotwasm]

42. Canaanites

He evidently considered dogs. At least that's what he said.

I bet he had a dog. Probably named it Seven.

[Midlodemocrat]

43. He did. His name was Bart. Bart the dog.

[rateyes]

44. He did...

Medium-well with, of course, some A-1 sauce. "Yeah, it's THAT important!" Delicious. :evilgrin:

[Orsino]

46. He thought the extra set of footprints would only confuse freepers. n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. He did. Why do you think god is dog spelled backwards?

It was a code name.