Why pets (dogs/cats) are better than religion

[Mudhammam]

Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a house pet,
being made in Felidae likeness.
And being found in appearance as a cat,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Bastet every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Christ cat is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Meow.

[tantric]

Hmmm - my ferret's name is 'Ahimsa Dharma' = 'lesson of peace' because despite the fact that ferrets are horrible destructive, they don't have a mean bone in their weasely little bodies. No, she does not love me unconditionally - unconditional love is a neurosis. I earned her love by being the most fun person in her world. Hell, I gave her a 55gal aquarium filled with edible packing peanuts, how's that for ferret fun? And, of course, as ferrets do, she died badly at 5 years of age. Marshall Farms and their inbreeding, selling ferrets doomed to die of adrenal cancer or insulinoma - well, sometimes I wish there were a hell. Still - I Speak For the Weasels. let it be known.

[The Grand Nudger]

Dogs are unassuming, unpretentious, useful, and rarely explode. /debate.