Food for thought

[AngelaRachnid]

According to the book of Ancient jewish memories animals have no souls. Therefore there will be no animals in heaven...........................................so would heaven be hell for zoologists? and if that is the case whats in it for us animal lovers?

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[LEDO]

It is all in how one interprets the Bible. In Genesis (1:20-21)when God creates animals he created them as "nephesh hayyah" translated as "living creatures." However when he creates man he is a "nephesh hayyah" which is translated as "living souls."

According to one "Twilight Zone" episode, hunting dogs go to heaven.

[Anto Kennedy]

Heaven isn't supposed to refer to an afterlife. Originally, and in most cultures, it still only refers to the sky, the firmament, Hebrew "raqiya."

[LEDO]

Heaven isn't supposed to refer to an afterlife. Originally, and in most cultures, it still only refers to the sky, the firmament, Hebrew "raqiya."

Fire Below
Sky Above
Earth, Water & Air inbetween.

And that's our world.

It's a universal amongst all the worlds cultures (obviously, since we all share the same planet)

Oh, and the thunder god with the long beard, looks like Leonardo Da Vinci (and that is NOT a coincidence) actually belongs to the Air element, and not Sky (which is usually depicted as a snake encircling the earth i.e. Uranous)

The thunder god represents judgement. Air is the element of speech, so when you see a judge bang his hammer down and call for, 'ORDER', just imagine he's the thunder god. Because that's where the symbolism of the justice system comes from.

Actually heaven was both the sky and the afterlife. Rulers became stars and common souls became part of the Milky Way which the ancients correctly deduced was a group of stars. Meteors were seen as souls coming to earth to enter the body. The heavens had gates. Souls would enter via Cancer and leave via Capricorn.

The symbol for judgement was the scale. It is the constellation of Libra. It is where souls were weighed to sell if they could enter heaven. It is also harvest time when crops are weighed.

[fr0d0]

so would heaven be hell for zoologists? and if that is the case whats in it for us animal lovers?

Excuse the light hearted reply..

LOL

Poor old Francis of Assisi too

[Anto Kennedy]

Actually heaven was both the sky and the afterlife. Rulers became stars and common souls became part of the Milky Way which the ancients correctly deduced was a group of stars. Meteors were seen as souls coming to earth to enter the body. The heavens had gates. Souls would enter via Cancer and leave via Capricorn.

The symbol for judgement was the scale. It is the constellation of Libra. It is where souls were weighed to sell if they could enter heaven. It is also harvest time when crops are weighed.

Interesting stuff, where did you get that info from.

BTW, have you pieced the story togther yet?

[LEDO]

Actually heaven was both the sky and the afterlife. Rulers became stars and common souls became part of the Milky Way which the ancients correctly deduced was a group of stars. Meteors were seen as souls coming to earth to enter the body. The heavens had gates. Souls would enter via Cancer and leave via Capricorn.

The symbol for judgement was the scale. It is the constellation of Libra. It is where souls were weighed to sell if they could enter heaven. It is also harvest time when crops are weighed.

Interesting stuff, where did you get that info from.

BTW, have you pieced the story togther yet?

You can use any concordance for the Hebrew stuff. The fcosmic olklore comes from Allen's "Star Names Their Lore and Meaning." I quote heavily from it in my own soon to published work since its copyright has expired. The book is also considered to be one of the best on the topic. Ann Wright has a constellation web site which quotes him extensively also.

The souls being weighed is standard Egyptian Book of the Dead stuff.

[Anto Kennedy]

Actually heaven was both the sky and the afterlife. Rulers became stars and common souls became part of the Milky Way which the ancients correctly deduced was a group of stars. Meteors were seen as souls coming to earth to enter the body. The heavens had gates. Souls would enter via Cancer and leave via Capricorn.

The symbol for judgement was the scale. It is the constellation of Libra. It is where souls were weighed to sell if they could enter heaven. It is also harvest time when crops are weighed.

Interesting stuff, where did you get that info from.

BTW, have you pieced the story togther yet?

You can use any concordance for the Hebrew stuff. The fcosmic olklore comes from Allen's "Star Names Their Lore and Meaning." I quote heavily from it in my own soon to published work since its copyright has expired. The book is also considered to be one of the best on the topic. Ann Wright has a constellation web site which quotes him extensively also.

The souls being weighed is standard Egyptian Book of the Dead stuff.

Yeh I got the soul weighing, but have never once in my life studied astrology, the last piece of the jigsaw.

I take it you can get Allen's book on project gutenberg, right?

[LEDO]

I have no idea what project gutenberg is. I bought a used 1960's reprint on the Amazon.

[Purple Rabbit]

According to the book of Ancient jewish memories animals have no souls.

Since we know man is just a branch of the animal kingdom, that would mean that man has no soul. And I agree with that. Still it's baffling that ancient jewish memories should be valued for information content. Why dig out old corpses when you know that there's no flesh to the bone?