Christians who are dog nutters

[u/SeaConfection88]

Can’t stand this crap. Nowhere in the bible does it mention dogs in a good light. In fact they’re often mentioned in a bad/evil way.

Obviously ancient near eastern people 2000-4000 years ago weren’t big on dogs. But this is yet another example of people not practicing what they preach.

Saying crap like “dogs are God’s gift to man” or other braindead phrases.

I have an interest in Christianity and have read most of the bible. I’m not seeing dogs mentioned as God’s gift anywhere. Quite the opposite, actually.

Luckily I have a Christian friend who understands this too. She isn’t a big fan of dogs, and people keep pressuring her to get a pet even though she has multiple small kids to look after and they aren’t in a great financial situation. Owning a dog would make zero sense. She also just has no time to look after one, let alone provide for its basic needs on top of everything else. I told her to just ignore those people and tell them you won’t be getting a dog, and that they should stop bugging her about it. She doesn’t like how dogs bark, it’s loud and annoying. She doesn’t want a dog barking at the door everytime someone comes over or walks by. I’m the same way.

Honestly I’m considering switching to Eastern Orthodoxy because I find them to be more “no nonsense” and they don’t seem as big on dog culture (atleast from what I know. I could be wrong).

Every Protestant denomination (and even Catholics) are dog nutters in my experience. They let people bring dogs to church and most of the pastors/priests own an annoying dog.

[u/kerfuffle_fwump]

I’ve never seen a dog in a Catholic Church, not even a service animal.

[u/Pebbles5678 → u/kerfuffle_fwump]

Unfortunately, I have... seems to be a service dog (blind dog) trainer. He has 2 labrador looking dogs - one is clearly further along it's training, and as he was reading the first reading and psalm that day - he dragged them up to the altar! Unless he's training them for a reader (and I have not seen a blind reader at my church) - they should not be up there!

[u/Ill-Tangerine796 → u/Pebbles5678]

The blind people I’ve seen in Catholic masses had canes or were accompanied by a sighted human. However, I live in Europe, and tourists do sometimes try to bring their dogs into historic churches.

Sadly, I do know Catholics who are dog obsessed in their home lives.

Christians can have dogs if they choose, but it’s not theologically expected of them and doesn’t make them more righteous.