As this picture indicates, religious activists have made great strides into breaking into inter-species faith-based initiatives.
The success of evangelical animal activists, however, has magnified the widely held belief that cats are largely atheists.
The move into canine Christians may be a response to a recent poll showing that scientists polled at the National Academy of Sciences indicate that disbelief in God and immortality among biological scientists was 65.2% and 69.0%.
By tapping into other species, the numbers of practicing religious individuals would be exponentially increased, adding both political and social support. Some dog breed seem bred for the role like St. Bernards.
Of course, Tibetan Mastiff, Tibetan Spaniels, Tibetan Terriers tend to be Buddhist and Japanese Chins tend to be Shintos. However, Boston Terriers and Italian Greyhounds are uniformly Catholic.
Irish Setters, Irish Terriers, Irish Water Spaniels, and Irish Wolfhound remain divided between protestants and Catholics.
Scottish Terriers, English Bulldogs, English Foxhounds, English Cocker Spaniels, Shetland Sheepdogs, Welsh Springer Spaniels, Welsh Terriers, and Scottish Deerhounds have been claimed by the Anglican Church.
Pharaoh Hounds have been claimed by Muslims.
For dog bone:
Jesus, Buddha and the Prophet Mohamed walk into a bar.
The bartender says, “What is this, a joke?”
Do Muslims believe in Dog?
Guys, keep thy religion to thyself and don’t argue with any fools/nutcases because people may not see the difference!
Religion should have no place on this blawg unless a priest, a minister and a rabbi get busted for organizing a porn ring.
Buddha,
I loved moon pies,but I don’t know what Whooliebacon means by a “forcornernab” is!
db,
you probably think the Obama girls are getting a Pharaoh Hound, don’t ya?
Vaya con pies.
BIL
Large grape and a forcornernab to your moon pie.
Jack B.,
Nice. Well played, sir.
Thank you all for the above. Good times.
db your humorous too in a petulant sort of way. (BIF assisted)
You continue to prove logic and fact aren’t your strong points, Wayne. Your interpretation of the Founding Fathers in the face of their explicit intent to form a secular government is fundamentalist wishful thinking. God isn’t American, neither was Jesus. You consistently misuse the word “Christian” like it’s a uniform strata of thought. How very Fundamentalist of you. What the Founding Fathers did by drafting the Establishment Clause to was insure that none of the hugely varied Christians beliefs, be they RCC, CoE or any other religious belief for that matter, would not be able to assume control of government and mechanisms of State. Their stated positions were indeed based on what they had seen done in the name of religion in Europe. And those men you listed to a one went to their graves deists. They were products of the Age of Enlightenment. Well educated, unlike you. There weren’t fundamentalist in those days as you think of it, only the Puritans, who got kicked out of every country they ever went to for being aggressive and repressive killjoys bent on forcing themselves on others much like modern fundies. The Establishment Clause applies to them as well. Just as it applies to you and your retrograde idea of a “Christian nation”. Theocracy is a good idea, eh? Convert to Wahabist Islam and move to Saudi Arabia if you want to put your money where your mouth is, sport. Because the idea of this being a “Christian nation” is the propaganda of theocratic assholes like yourself.
Those who wish to promote the secularization of the United States only need to point to one document: The Constitution of the United States of America.
If the United States was intended to be a “Christian Nation”, then the constitution is a miserable failure, as it leaves out any mention of God, Jesus and the Bible.
On the other hand, if the United States was intended to be a pluralistic, secular nation, the constitution works, what with all that Freedom of Religion jazz and no religious tests required for office holders.
VIDEO – two days ago Mexican drug war just across from Texas border town Sounds like Fallujah battle.
This violence is on the way to the US and Mr. Turley objects to Americans arming themselves from this mob.
youtube.com/watch?v=gno6p49P0Cw
Dogdamn, Dogbone!
from Dog-forsaken Texas, “Praise All o’ Y’all!”
The population of the colonies during the American Revolution was over 99% Christian, and the Founding Fathers were elected by this general population to represent them at the government level.
As representatives of the people, politicians, including professed, closet, or experimental “Deists,” respectfully worked within the general mindset of the people they represented.The vast majority of the colonists and the Founding Fathers were Christian, and saw the successful Revolution and formation of the United States as a blessing from God, and God as being very active in their personal, religious, and political lives.
Those who wish to promote the secularization of the United States often point to the writings of a few Founding Fathers in order to assert that the Founders were primarily Deists, rather than Christian, and that their original intent was to establish a secular nation. There is some evidence to suggest that some highly respected intellectuals and politicians of the day, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Thomas Paine, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin may have, at least at some points during their lives, been more Deistic than Biblical in their thinking.
Benji, Lassie, and Rin Tin Tin were Scientologists.
Scooby Doo believed in different dogma.
Beware of Clifford, The Big Red Dog.
If the founding fathers were Deists, then they were Christian Deists because they didn’t hide their love of Jesus Christ very well.
Consider that as Paine, Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson approached the end of their years, each handled their religious crisis in his own way.
Paine sought to explain and convince others of the principles his own religious beliefs. Washington gracefully accepted his role as a political leader; he set for others an example of resolute honor, Christian forbearance, and calm demeanor. Franklin approached his end with humble faith. And Jefferson scoured the Bible for something in which he could believe.
The malarky that our founding fathers were devoted Deists is as phony as a two headed coin.
Could wolves, forerunners of all dogs, be Zoroastrians?
No wait. They are of the Moon Pie.
Oh whoopee, more “The founding fathers were Deists” crap put out by……….Deists.
A deist is nothing more than a person who wants to believe in a God, but also wants to do whatever he feels like and wants to believe his God doesn’t care what he does.
Ouch! I just happened on this blog and can’t believe all the attacks over it! I once owned a bloodhound, and, believe me, you could never get one to pray, no matter what god they believed in. Maybe most of these folks own pitbulls. Oh, well, the picture speaks for itself — just a cute kid praying with his slobbery old hound who is hoping he can steal the kids candy.
Roman Catholic Church.
As a native Southerner, I do most assuredly get the Royal Crown reference, which I will call and raise you a Moon Pie.
Buddha,
our posts must have crossed. I agree wholeheartedly with your thoughts, but I am a little confused by the RCC term. To an old Chicago area resident, that stands for Royal Crown Cola so please explain.