Do you think it is wrong to have a dog as a pet?
"This generation kiss their dogs and kill their babies"
I heard a pastor said this during a radio sermon today. I did a searched about what the Bible says about dogs and came across the following article.
"Here is a fact we need to pay close attention to.In the Bible, where there were domestic dogs, there was idolatry, evil and sin.Scripturally, dogs and idolatry go hand in hand.How many people have ever considered that? Ancient Egypt had domestic dogs and we know that nation came under terrible judgement for the idolatry in the land.The ten plagues during the time of Moses were for judgement on Egypt.We know Egypt worshipped various canines as ‘gods’ and we know idol worship originates from evil spirits.We notice the Lord’s chosen people, the children of Israel did not keep domestic dogs.How many people have noticed that? The Lord’s people were not allowed to own dogs because they were unclean animals.At the time Israel was to flee from Egypt, the Lord God silenced all the dogs owned by the Egyptians.‘There will be a great cry throughout all Egypt, such as there has not been nor will be again.But against any of the children of Israel a dog will not bark or move its tongue, against man or animal so you will know the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel’ (Exodus 11:6 & 7).The Lord made the distinction between the idolaters who owned dogs and His people who did not own dogs.That implies the Lord’s people – Christians, should not own dogs either.That is something Christians need to consider and pray about.The Lord has authority over everything evil, including the evil spirits that inhabited the dogs owned by the Egyptians and He silenced them.Many hundreds of years later, Jesus also took authority and silenced evil spirits when He was on earth.Many people do not realise dogs are capable of ‘housing’ evil spirits and their owners might need to be delivered from the spirit of the dog.‘Deliver my soul from the sword and my precious life from the spirit of the dog’ (Psalm 22:20).People who overly ‘love’ and idolise their dog are practicing a form of idolatry and could possibly have a spirit of the dog in their soul without realising it."
PDF What The Bible Says About Dogs - bibleabookoftruth.com
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@sonstraal This is one of the strangest things I have ever read.
"Scripturally, dogs and idolatry go hand in hand."
No evidence to support this.
"Ancient Egypt had domestic dogs and we know that nation came under terrible judgement for the idolatry in the land."
They weren't punished for owning dogs.
"We know Egypt worshipped various canines as ‘gods’ and we know idol worship originates from evil spirits."
This does not mean we shouldn't own dogs, this means we shouldn't worship them.
"The Lord’s people were not allowed to own dogs because they were unclean animals."
This does not mean they are evil. And besides, there are no such things as "unclean animals nowadays" anyways. God made all animals clean in the NT and said not to "call unclean what I have made clean".
"‘There will be a great cry throughout all Egypt, such as there has not been nor will be again.But against any of the children of Israel a dog will not bark or move its tongue, against man or animal so you will know the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel’ (Exodus 11:6 & 7).The Lord made the distinction between the idolaters who owned dogs and His people who did not own dogs.That implies the Lord’s people – Christians, should not own dogs either."
The passage does nothing of the sort! If so, how?
"Many people do not realise dogs are capable of ‘housing’ evil spirits and their owners might need to be delivered from the spirit of the dog."
I have not seen evidence of this.
"People who overly ‘love’ and idolise their dog are practicing a form of idolatry"
This is undoubtedly true. This can be the case with loving any earthly thing too much.
"and could possibly have a spirit of the dog in their soul without realising it."
How so? Again, insinuating that dogs house evil spirits without evidence.
I've never heard of this site, but their flawed reasoning brings its reliability into question.
