tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667005464723133101.post4500646418177178271..comments2023-10-30T14:46:42.973+10:00Comments on Jottings: Some Thoughts on Animals in the Biblical World (for JH)Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356422488538820280noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667005464723133101.post-66023261982684135292012-07-31T03:47:42.801+10:002012-07-31T03:47:42.801+10:00Just as we are deified through the Uncreated Energ...Just as we are deified through the Uncreated Energies of God - sanctifying grace - so I also believe that animals are "humanized" through our love for them. They are a part of God's plan for humanity and for the cosmos. In and of their animal nature, they could not get into Heaven (St. Thomas Aquinas was right there) - insofar as we love them and they are our pets, raised up to fellowship with man by our love for them, how could they be excluded?Seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147139664156379333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667005464723133101.post-2563068854295103772009-06-22T15:12:24.399+10:002009-06-22T15:12:24.399+10:00Whoops rather unconscious there. It should have be...Whoops rather unconscious there. It should have been<br /><br />www.fearnomorezoo.org/literature/observe_learn.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667005464723133101.post-14014112454462620352009-06-22T15:10:32.825+10:002009-06-22T15:10:32.825+10:00Please check out this unique Understanding of the ...Please check out this unique Understanding of the non-human inhabitants of this mostly non-human world.<br /><br />1. www.fearnomorezoo.org/literature/learn_observe.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667005464723133101.post-2168513390929068572009-06-17T08:01:52.918+10:002009-06-17T08:01:52.918+10:00Have an email from a friend who wanted to add a co...Have an email from a friend who wanted to add a comment but couldn't for some reason. I'm sure I've got the settings right for people to comment so I'm up for any advice on that.<br /><br />But here's my friend's comment:<br /><br />Michael, thank you! Romans 8:19 is another indication of the place of the other "persons" in the creation. Best translated I think in the song "All creation's standing on Tiptoe, just to see the sons of man come into their own" (unfortunate, difficult to change genderised English) but, "standing on tiptoe..." We are being watched. I apologised to a magpie this morning for talking baby talk to it. (that was Caruso whom I identify individually by her personality and food preferences)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356422488538820280noreply@blogger.com