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  2. Peter's vision of a sheet with animals - Wikipedia

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    A voice from heaven told Peter to kill and eat, but since the vessel (or sheet, ὀθόνη, othonē) contained unclean animals, Peter declined. The command was repeated two more times, along with the voice saying, "What God hath made clean, that call not thou common" (verse 15) and then the vessel was taken back to heaven (verse 16).

  3. Christianity and animal rights - Wikipedia

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    The Bible presents several views on the ethical relationship between humans and animals, which have been interpreted in various ways. This is seen in the creation narrative in the Book of Genesis. [11] On the one hand, Genesis 1:26–30 says that humans, having been made in the image of God, are to have dominion over the non-human animals. [11]

  4. Dogs in religion - Wikipedia

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    For instance, in Islam, some Muslims have become more receptive to dogs as pets, recognizing the importance of compassion and kindness to animals as emphasized in the Quran and Hadith. [30] In Judaism, the negative portrayals of dogs in earlier texts are tempered by an awareness of the responsibility for proper care and treatment of animals. [ 38 ]

  5. Heaven in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The Orthodox concept of life in heaven is described in one of the prayers for the dead: "…a place of light, a place of green pasture, a place of repose, from whence all sickness, sorrow and sighing are fled away". [10] In the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox, only God has the final say on who enters heaven.

  6. Hell in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The posthumous supplement to Aquinas' Summa theologiciae suppl. Q97 A4 flags discussion of the location of hell as speculation: As Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xv, 16), "I am of opinion that no one knows in what part of the world hell is situated, unless the Spirit of God has revealed this to some one."

  7. Allegory of the long spoons - Wikipedia

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    In each location, the inhabitants are given access to food, but the utensils are too unwieldy to serve oneself with. In hell, the people cannot cooperate, and consequently starve. In heaven, the diners feed one another across the table and are sated. The story can encourage people to be kind to each other.

  8. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Yet other interpretations of תַּחַשׁ ‎ are "blue-processed skins" (Navigating the Bible II) and "(blue-)beaded skins" (Anchor Bible). Basilisk — occurs in the D.V. as a translation of several Hebrew names of snakes: פֶתֶן ‎ p̲et̲en (Psalms 90:13) - translated as "asp" in the KJV

  9. Soul in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Animals as nephesh [ edit ] And out of the ground the L ORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living [chay] creature, [nephesh] that was the name thereof.