I have a pastor friend who says animals see into the spirit world (seeing for example, both angels and demons).
I have another theologian friend, very well educated in Europe and all, and that Dr. says the same thing...
This dog is great.
My 95 year old aunt walked us on her mile long path on the Bronx River near her apt. She was complaining about the Canadian geese, that they were pests who miscled in on the food chain of the ducks whom she was trying to feed.
A few months later she died and at her burial, at the gravesite, four geese flew past just as the priest was sprinkling holy water. They were in a four ship formation and one flew off as a missing man.
Everyone (there was a crowd) who knew anything about military flight, noticed it. A cousin, a Navy captain, siad, “that was a fly by!”.
I know this is a dog thread, but I would like to have some theologian explain that one.
We walk our dogs daily and have different routes we take them on. Thrre or four years ago, about dusk, we were walking our previous dog when suddenly her hackles rose and she started barking furiousy at ~something~ on the rooftop of the building across the street. She followed this thing down the street until it seemed to disappear. She had never done this before, and she never did it again.
Fast forward to two days ago, we were walking our two "new" dogs down the same street, as we have for years. The setter mix suddenly stiffened, her hackles rose, and she began to bark furiously at ~something~ on the rooftop of the building acoss the street. The australian shepherd mix didn't bark, but his nose was twitching like crazy. They watched something across the street, that we couldn't see, until the perceived danger was past.
I truly believe dogs can see into the spirit world.
“I have a pastor friend who says animals see into the spirit world (seeing for example, both angels and demons).”
Isn’t that the truth. My dogs have sat and stared at something which my human eyes could not see. Not just for a second but for a minute or more. My chihuahua seems to know about a minute or two in advance when the taxi arrives.