{"id":7336,"date":"2006-05-06T09:39:37","date_gmt":"2006-05-06T13:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=7336"},"modified":"2006-05-06T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2006-05-06T13:39:37","slug":"i-hear-heaven-is-really-going-to-the-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/i-hear-heaven-is-really-going-to-the-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"I hear Heaven is really going to the dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Post by Morbo<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m used to reading poll results that fill me with despair. More than half of Americans do not believe in evolution. Significant numbers think a UFO crashed near Roswell, N.M., in 1947 and space aliens were recovered. More than 30 percent of the population still thinks President George W. Bush is doing a good job.<\/p>\n

But every now and then I see a poll result that makes me wonder if the public isn’t just pulling the pollster’s leg. This week, The Washington Post asked, “Do you think people’s pets like dogs and cats can go to Heaven when they die or do only people go to Heaven?”<\/p>\n

Forty-three percent said they think pets go to Heaven. Twenty-eight percent said they don’t, and 22 percent said they are not sure. (Seven percent agree with me that there is no Heaven.)<\/p>\n

But wait, it gets better. The Post then asked the 43 percent who believe in Heaven-bound pets this question: “Do you think people’s pets can go to Heaven even if their owners do not?” Ninety-three percent said yes<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, The Post did not ask about pets going to Hell. I love our family cat, but I have to say that sometimes she gives me the creeps. She’s coal black, and when she looks at me with those narrow yellow eyes, I feel she’s glaring into the depths of my soul (if I have such a thing). Surely this cat is familiar with Hell. And if she keeps scratching the furniture, she may get back there sooner than she thinks.<\/p>\n

Just kidding. If there’s a kitty Heaven, I’m sure mine will be there with a big bowl of Science Diet that never goes dry — even if I don’t make the cut, which, to be honest, looks extremely doubtful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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