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05 Mar 2010, 12:35 pm

I don't think the devil latches on and skews behavior, I also don't think animals are anything but natural in terms of the way they interact with the world around them.



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08 Mar 2010, 7:22 am

Cats tolerate us. Horses put up with us and dogs love us.

Think about it. Out of all the species of animals in this world only dogs really and truly love us.

Only a dog will give his life to protect his master. Only a dog will mourn the loss of his master.

Dogs are not only our best friends they are our only friends.



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08 Mar 2010, 9:25 am

Wombat wrote:
Cats tolerate us. Horses put up with us and dogs love us.

Think about it. Out of all the species of animals in this world only dogs really and truly love us.

Only a dog will give his life to protect his master. Only a dog will mourn the loss of his master.

Dogs are not only our best friends they are our only friends.


Which only indicates that dogs are on the other side of the IQ bell curve.



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08 Mar 2010, 8:36 pm

There is no Devil

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08 Mar 2010, 9:50 pm

Wombat wrote;

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Cats tolerate us. Horses put up with us and dogs love us.

Think about it. Out of all the species of animals in this world only dogs really and truly love us.

Only a dog will give his life to protect his master. Only a dog will mourn the loss of his master.

Dogs are not only our best friends they are our only friends.


And that is the reason I hold my dog in such high regard.

:salut:



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08 Mar 2010, 10:19 pm

Raptor wrote:
Wombat wrote;
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Cats tolerate us. Horses put up with us and dogs love us.

Think about it. Out of all the species of animals in this world only dogs really and truly love us.

Only a dog will give his life to protect his master. Only a dog will mourn the loss of his master.

Dogs are not only our best friends they are our only friends.


And that is the reason I hold my dog in such high regard.

:salut:


I also am fond of dogs, but ass kissing is not their most pleasing aspect.



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09 Mar 2010, 5:11 am

Wombat wrote:
Cats tolerate us. Horses put up with us and dogs love us.

Think about it. Out of all the species of animals in this world only dogs really and truly love us.

Only a dog will give his life to protect his master. Only a dog will mourn the loss of his master.

Dogs are not only our best friends they are our only friends.


Dogs are so god-damned stupid. The only dogs worth keeping alive are dogs that do something useful like seeing eye dogs, dogs used in herding livestock or guard dogs.

Frankly I cannot stand dogs. I don't like them. They are stupid and filthy. I tolerate working dogs. At least they earn their keep. One the other hand, I think cats are wonderful mammals. I like their attitude.

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09 Mar 2010, 8:09 am

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Dogs are so god-damned stupid. The only dogs worth keeping alive are dogs that do something useful like seeing eye dogs, dogs used in herding livestock or guard dogs.

Frankly I cannot stand dogs. I don't like them. They are stupid and filthy. I tolerate working dogs. At least they earn their keep. One the other hand, I think cats are wonderful mammals. I like their attitude.

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Cats really are agents of satan.



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09 Mar 2010, 8:13 am

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Dogs are so god-damned stupid. The only dogs worth keeping alive are dogs that do something useful like seeing eye dogs, dogs used in herding livestock or guard dogs.

Frankly I cannot stand dogs. I don't like them. They are stupid and filthy. I tolerate working dogs. At least they earn their keep. One the other hand, I think cats are wonderful mammals. I like their attitude.

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Cats really are agents of satan.


And at night you can hear witches on broomsticks sailing over the rooftops.



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09 Mar 2010, 10:01 am

Sand wrote:
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Dogs are so god-damned stupid. The only dogs worth keeping alive are dogs that do something useful like seeing eye dogs, dogs used in herding livestock or guard dogs.

Frankly I cannot stand dogs. I don't like them. They are stupid and filthy. I tolerate working dogs. At least they earn their keep. One the other hand, I think cats are wonderful mammals. I like their attitude.

ruveyn


Cats really are agents of satan.


And at night you can hear witches on broomsticks sailing over the rooftops.

...fighting their never-ending war with Santa Claus and his army of elves.



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09 Mar 2010, 10:21 am

Lecks wrote:
Sand wrote:
Raptor wrote:
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Dogs are so god-damned stupid. The only dogs worth keeping alive are dogs that do something useful like seeing eye dogs, dogs used in herding livestock or guard dogs.

Frankly I cannot stand dogs. I don't like them. They are stupid and filthy. I tolerate working dogs. At least they earn their keep. One the other hand, I think cats are wonderful mammals. I like their attitude.

ruveyn


Cats really are agents of satan.


And at night you can hear witches on broomsticks sailing over the rooftops.

...fighting their never-ending war with Santa Claus and his army of elves.


Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn !


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09 Mar 2010, 10:44 am

Psychopompos wrote:
Lecks wrote:
Sand wrote:
Raptor wrote:
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Dogs are so god-damned stupid. The only dogs worth keeping alive are dogs that do something useful like seeing eye dogs, dogs used in herding livestock or guard dogs.

Frankly I cannot stand dogs. I don't like them. They are stupid and filthy. I tolerate working dogs. At least they earn their keep. One the other hand, I think cats are wonderful mammals. I like their attitude.

ruveyn


Cats really are agents of satan.


And at night you can hear witches on broomsticks sailing over the rooftops.

...fighting their never-ending war with Santa Claus and his army of elves.


Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn !


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09 Mar 2010, 12:57 pm

MissConstrue wrote:
Psychopompos wrote:
Lecks wrote:
Sand wrote:
Raptor wrote:
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Dogs are so god-damned stupid. The only dogs worth keeping alive are dogs that do something useful like seeing eye dogs, dogs used in herding livestock or guard dogs.

Frankly I cannot stand dogs. I don't like them. They are stupid and filthy. I tolerate working dogs. At least they earn their keep. One the other hand, I think cats are wonderful mammals. I like their attitude.

ruveyn


Cats really are agents of satan.


And at night you can hear witches on broomsticks sailing over the rooftops.

...fighting their never-ending war with Santa Claus and his army of elves.


Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn !


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12 Mar 2010, 6:08 pm

I don't believe in the devil, so no. Even if I did, I wouldn't think this. I would think every animal (including us) is controlled by both God and the devil if I did believe in the devil, because every animal (again, including us) has a good side and an evil side. There is no such thing as any creature being entirely one or entirely the other. Sometimes it may seem this way, but truly, even my worst enemies had a good side. They just never showed it when they were talking to me ;) And even the most pure of heart people in the world have a bad side. Otherwise they wouldn't have the ability to develop an appropriate emotional gauge. Good and evil, to me, are like a yin and a yang, you can't have one without the other ;) Also, I know I mentioned people in the majority of this paragraph, but I also think animals, esp. the more evolved (if you'll pardon the phrase) ones (mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and amphibians) have the ability to know good from evil. My pet cats are a wonderful example of this, as there have been times when they have been both :)



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12 Mar 2010, 8:11 pm

GriffinGuitar12 wrote:
I don't believe in the devil, so no. Even if I did, I wouldn't think this. I would think every animal (including us) is controlled by both God and the devil if I did believe in the devil, because every animal (again, including us) has a good side and an evil side. There is no such thing as any creature being entirely one or entirely the other. Sometimes it may seem this way, but truly, even my worst enemies had a good side. They just never showed it when they were talking to me ;) And even the most pure of heart people in the world have a bad side. Otherwise they wouldn't have the ability to develop an appropriate emotional gauge. Good and evil, to me, are like a yin and a yang, you can't have one without the other ;) Also, I know I mentioned people in the majority of this paragraph, but I also think animals, esp. the more evolved (if you'll pardon the phrase) ones (mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and amphibians) have the ability to know good from evil. My pet cats are a wonderful example of this, as there have been times when they have been both :)


I once discovered my pet cat forging my checks to buy catnip. I just caught him in time. He was about to invest in Bernie Madoff.



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19 Mar 2010, 4:27 am

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Why would anyone think that animals are controlled by the devil?
I'm nearly convinced my dog is an angel sometimes.

My parents say "When the angels are busy, God sends a dog." Why would Saint Francis of Assisi love animals so much if they were just minnions of the devil? I just can't see how beings that are so accepting and non judgemental could be agents of evil. My pet lizard has prevented me from commiting sucide and knows when I am having a panic attack and need her. Animals are angels in diguise if anything.