If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- I believe certain dogs will go to heaven, but very few people will.
- In plain terms
- Dogs may get heaven, people rarely will.
- What can you take from it?
- Question moral worthiness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a person ‘heaven‑worthy’?
- Do we judge animals differently?
Another view
It’s a tongue‑in‑cheek claim, not a serious doctrine.
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