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When four-year-old Colton began talking about what happened when he left his body during an emergency hospitalization, his parents began listening intently. According to the book’s Prologue,
Colton specifically recalled that angels sang Jesus Loves Me and Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho to
him, but that they would not sing the rock-and-roll song he later requested.
The description that Colton gave of one of the angels matched that of his deceased great-grandfather as a young man.
After accurately stating what his mother (talking on the phone) and his father (praying) were doing while in other rooms during his surgery, Colton went on to describe what “Heaven” was like. He claimed to have met Jesus - and John the Baptist, too. He also met a sister whom his mother had miscarried (without ever having told Colton) years before. Sometimes Jesus (who had marks on his hands and feet) was teaching children, and other times he was riding a rainbow-colored horse. Colton also reported that “there were all kinds of animals everywhere.”
This last statement addresses a question that pet-lovers have been asking for centuries: Do animals go to Heaven? According to thepetwiki.com, “Muhammad is said to have conversed with animals.” However, “the Qur’an places humans on a higher plane than animals.” Although Judaism places a great importance upon the proper treatment of animals (as do Islam and Christianity), it considers humans to be “superior to all other beings in creation.” A belief of many Christian theologians is that “since animals don’t have souls they will not go to heaven in the conventional sense.”
However, it may be possible that a pet owner will “see his or her pet in heaven as part of his/her own paradise.”
Resources
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42154263/ns/today-books/t/heaven-real-one-boys-astonishing-account/
http://www.notjustanotherbook.com/isheavenreal.htm
http://thepetwiki.com/wiki/Pets_in_Religion
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