PREACHER HELPS by Evangelist Don Boys, Ph.D.

Copyright 2009, Don Boys, Ph.D. #115

 

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Contents:

 

*Dogs, Cats, and Birds in Heaven, Flies, Mosquitoes, and Ticks in Hell?

 

*Nobel Prize Committee, a Bunch of Hypocrites!

 

*Finally, a Non-answer from my Critical Friend!

 

*Love Without Truth is Hate!

 

*Liberalism Rots Brains!

 

*Christian Anti-gun Nut in Australia

 

*Little Known Facts of History: Such Was Life in Ancient Greece and Rome!

 

*Illustrations: Any Preachers Around Like Cartwright?

 

*Funny Story: Why Athletes Can’t Have Normal Jobs!

   

*Incredible Quotes You Can Use:

 

*Pithy Sayings:

 

*Did You Know?

 

Dogs, Cats and Birds in Heaven, Flies, Mosquitoes, and Ticks in Hell?

 

In a recent column, I threw a rock at those who teach that pets will be in Heaven, and it sure caused a ruckus. Of course, those who yelled were those I hit with the rock. I do not believe the Bible teaches that dogs, cats, and birds will be in Heaven or that flies, mosquitoes, and ticks go to Hell.

 

One of my readers replied, “While it may be true that dogs and ducks won't be in heaven, or even dinosaurs, you cannot dismiss the fact that there are horses. Nor does this take into consideration any of the other fabulous beasts mentioned in Revelation. Clearly, the Bible teaches that there will be animals in heaven. Maybe not your pets, but animals nonetheless.”

 

The references to various “fabulous beasts” in Revelation are surely symbolic according to the context and all commentators I have read. As to the horses in Revelation 19, I can take two positions. Either they are symbolic or they will be created for that great end-time battle and are not stabled somewhere today on a back street in Glory. When that passage refers to Christ with a sword in His mouth, no one teaches that a literal sword will come from His mouth. Moreover, even if John is referring to literal horses, that does not speak to the issue of pets going to Heaven.

 

I googled “Animals in Heaven” and got 22,000,000 hits! This is a big issue for many people, far bigger than I thought. It is my opinion that many people are totally warped when it comes to pets. Sure, we can love them, even cherish them, protect them, take care of them, but they are still animals. They are not “one of the family,” nor your “babies,” and they will not share your home in Heaven.. One fool said, “If my pets are not in Heaven, then I don’t want to go there.”  

 

One website declared, “Our mission is to prove without a shadow of a doubt that when God made animals He made them with spirits and souls and intended that they have a place in Heaven.” Sara commented on that site saying, “I have a story for all of you who have come here to this site. I had a direct message from God, soon after one of my furbabies passed away. I was in so much grief and pain. I frequently have dreams sent by God about animals that I am supposed to rescue for him, I usually know what they look like exactly before I find them from these dreams. Well, This night I didn't expect a dream about my cat who had passed away. It was a vivid picture of her silver hair and big eyes looking back at me sitting in a windowsill, in the background was a huge Rainbow. God was telling me his promise: He will take care of my baby in heaven.”

The shallowness and ignorance of the Bible as displayed above is astounding. First of all, Sara did not have a “direct message from God,” since that only comes from the Scripture. There are no additional revelations, not until Christ returns again. Secondly, God does not send dreams today although He could use a naturally occurring dream. Thirdly, God’s rainbow is the promise about no future world floods to wipe out the human race, not a promise that He would take care of a cat. Fourthly, her “baby” was not a baby but a cat. Fifthly, her “baby” is not in Heaven but buried in the back yard.  

Many of the “Fido in Heaven” crowd get very biblical and quote Isa. 11:6, “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.” However, that does not refer to Heaven but conditions on Earth during the Millennium.

Of course, there will be animals on earth during the Millennium but that misses the whole issue: Do cats, dogs, lizards, snakes, gerbils, and parrots go to Heaven? If they do, must their owners (bad word according to the fanatics) also go there to guarantee admission for their pets? If so, since we know an individual must trust Christ to get there, what must a pet do to qualify? Do they skate in on their owners’ salvation?  

 

Is it possible that all animals go to Heaven? Does that include mosquitoes, ticks, and snakes? Some declare that every animal and  insect that has ever lived will be in Heaven while others teach that only those pets that were loved while here on earth will walk the golden streets and scratch themselves on the Tree of Life.  

 

Animal fanatics declare that religious scholars such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Francis of Assisi, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and the late Pope John Paul II supported the belief that animals have souls and a place in Heaven. However, “Fido in Heaven” people are not honest since they take statements (that I have read) by Luther, Calvin, and Wesley totally out of context to prove their unsupportable point.

Pope John Paul II showed his dedication and love of animals, when he proclaimed, "the animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren," and  animals are "fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect" and are "as near to God as men are." Well, John may have been an animal lover and was dedicated to them but he obviously was not dedicated to the Word of God as his above balderdash displays. “Smaller brethren” indeed.

Jack Van Impe, formally an Independent Baptist evangelist, now television evangelist has a 102-minute video on this subject. On that video, he maintains that animals have praise sessions! They “worship the Lord Jesus Christ!” According to a website that promotes his books and videos, many of “the greatest theological scholars, both past and present, emphatically and dogmatically taught and teach” that our little furry and feathered and faithful friends will be in heaven. Van Impe says that such leaders include Billy Graham, John Calvin, Vernon McGee, Dr. John Walvoord, among many others! If true, that only proves that great scholars are often wrong, very wrong. Two examples from his web site are Graham and Walvoord.

Billy Graham's response to a child's question, "Will my dog who died this week be in Heaven?" Graham replied, "If it would make you any happier, then yes, he will be." Graham was wrong there as he was wrong when he told a writer that baby baptism would provide eternal salvation for those “baptized” children. Moreover, he was wrong when he told Robert Schuller and Larry King in two interviews that heathen go to Heaven even if they had never heard the name of Christ as long as they believe in God. 

It is alleged that Dr. John Walvoord, past president of Dallas Theological Seminary and “the greatest prophetical genius of the 20th century,” said our pets will be raised from the dead at the Rapture mentioned in Revelation 4:1 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-54! Of course, there is no indication of any animals being resurrected in those passages.

Jack’s teaching has caused a great deal of harm during the last 20 years with his date setting and sensational far-out application of Scripture and now his dog and pony show video of pets in Heaven. Such confusion is reprehensible but it does sell videos and books. Moreover, all is fair in the market place. After all, it’s a “dog-eat-dog” world.

Some of the books referred to by Van Impe are Do Pets and Other Animals Go to Heaven?, How to Recover From the Loss of an Animal Friend, There is Eternal Life for Animals, and Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates. I think Jack is off his meds again.

Charles Colson wrote in Christianity Today, “It's true that only humans are created in the moral image of God (Gen. 1:26), but it doesn't logically follow that because my cat isn't morally accountable before God, she won't join me in the life to come.” Chuck knows better than that.

We are told that God is able to bring pets back from dust and ashes as simply as He does humans when the dead in Christ rise but that is not the issue. We know God could do so, but will He do so? Such a position cannot be supported by Scripture. Others teach that animals will be raptured or resurrected along with their owners. We are told even John Calvin “made shocking statements about animals being raised from the dead at the resurrection.” However, Calvin also made some other outrageous statements as he tiptoed through the Tulips.

Desperate people use figurative Old Testament language to prove their point such as Job telling us that animals and fish can teach us various lessons, but that has nothing to say about pets in heaven. Of course, humans can learn from animals.

One website settled the whole issue: “The Bible is very clear that there will be animals in heaven.” Well, that answers all my questions and settles the matter.  

They misquote Rom. 8:19, alleging it to be KJV, to prove their point: “Romans 8:19 says that the lesser creatures await Christ's return to redeem the sons of God so they, too, will be released from physical death to eternal life.” However, that verse actually says, “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.” Adding “lesser” is dishonest and the word “creature” does not refer to animals but is like preaching the Gospel to every “creature.” Or as Paul tells us in II Cor. 5:17 that when we come to Christ we are new “creatures.” Cats are never new creatures. Neither are dogs and a horse is always a horse, of course.

One website declares, “Yes all things have a soul even the trees of the field have a soul toward their Maker. God made all of the birds, the cats and the dogs and yes, I believe they have a soul. Animals are able to understand commands and love. They often crave love. They would not understand love if they had no soul. I believe we shall have pets in Heaven including those we fear here. We shall have nothing to fear there. Not all animals are edible and therefore have another purpose.” Great reasoning, huh?

Another said, “Look into your pets eyes and see their soul.” Sure! 

Still another said, “From Numbers 22:21-34 {about Balaam and his donkey} it is quite obvious that at times animals are much more spiritual discerning than people are!” Well, I think I have documented the low level of spiritual discernment and Bible knowledge in this article!

Another deep thinker wrote, “God likes animals--Animals serve God. If such were the case, then it would make sense that He would have them in Heaven as His pets.” However, just because God forbids us to mistreat animals (and for kids to torture animals is a definite predictor of further cruelty to humans) that does not mean God will have Fido or Fluffy or Felix sitting at His feet in Heaven.

Another member of “Fido in Heaven” crowd said, “Heaven is for everyone and every living thing.” Another said, “If there are no animals in heaven then heaven does not exist.”

All traditional Christians have taught that only those who have trusted in Christ (and innocent young children) will go to Heaven. Is it possible for a pet owner to go to Hell while the pet goes to Heaven? Must animals hit the sawdust trail in repentance? No animal can repent of “sins” besides they can’t even sing “Just as I am.”

No, dogs, cats, and birds don’t go to Heaven, and flies, mosquitoes, and ticks don’t go to Hell? They go to a shallow grave in the back yard or end up as road kill. 

 

Finally, a Non-answer from my Critical Boyhood Friend!

 

Recently I was viciously attacked by a lifetime friend and he promised to answer my message of correction to him. I sent him a short note two weeks ago that I was still waiting for his reply. In that email, I sent him a copy of my lengthy rebuke to him for his many mistakes and misinformation so he knew what it was all about. In my original missive to him, I told him I expected him to do one of three things: Apologize, or prove his statements or not do anything. He chose, like most critics, to do nothing. I called him a coward then and he is still a coward. A boyhood friend, but a coward! Following is his non-reply.

 

“Don:  I can't remember what it was about so just forget it.  What ever I wrote, it wouldn't be right anyway.  You have not changed since we were young together.  You were always right then and you have to be right now or no one has an opinion but you.  Forget it and we will go on.  I don't need an answer from you.”

Sorry, David but that is unacceptable. You made malicious, slanderous charges using misinformation and I corrected you with the facts. Therefore, I will not “forget it.”

Your statement “Whatever I wrote, it wouldn’t be right anyway” doesn’t make any sense. I assume you are referring to the fact that I might not agree with you. Well, you were surely not right in your original tirade. That’s why I expect you to make it right. If I respond wrongly then that is my problem not yours.  Then you are obligated to correct me.

You declared that I have not changed since we were young together, but I have in many ways. However, one thing that hasn’t changed is my commitment to truth. All you or other critics need do is supply me with truth and I will jump to that position. However, you are wrong (again) in stating that I thought I was always right when I was young. Well, I was both right (about some things) and wrong (about some things). Moreover, that would be true of every person on earth!

Of course, everyone has a right to his own opinions but not to his own facts. Our opinions are not very important, but facts are. You seem to have assumed your opinions to be facts or cannot differentiate between facts and opinions.

You stated that you didn’t need an answer from me. You want to move on and you can do that but not without understanding that you are the one who started this by using false information and making silly unsupportable accusations. I rebuked and corrected you but you refused the correction. Proverbs 9:8 speaks about people like that: “Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.” Also Pro. 27:5 declares, “Open rebuke is better than secret love.” I rebuked you and challenged your misinformation because of our long-time relationship and my Christian love for you. Instead of appreciation, I received scorn.

You didn’t want a reply but you got it anyway. I am very disappointed in your response to my rebuke. If I am wrong, you should have corrected me as an erring brother. I built my case for your errors plus your unchristian attitude toward a long time friend and you stiffened your neck in rebellion. That is your choice. You were not taught that at Grace 50 years ago. Makes me wonder about your spiritual life and church involvement at this time in your life.

I have done my part. Now you are on your own. What you do is between you and Christ. You will not hear from me again. You are still my erring friend and a personal coward.

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Love without Truth is Hate

 

Recently an Australian wrote me saying, “Wow you guys are so full of hate... maybe you should exercise a bit of love and tolerance, stop hating everyone and everything. Reading your site, I now understand what is meant by the religious right in America. Thank god, we do not have such an ugly equivalent here in Australia. Our right is far less loony than you guys. Smile, relax a bit, and try to hate a bit less.”

 

He was responding to my article “Homosexual Mob Prove they are Fascist Jerks!” I was commenting on a violent reaction by homosexuals. I wrote, “Yesterday, WND reported on Christians who were singing in San Francisco’s Castro (homosexual) District and were surrounded by a mob of 500 homosexuals threatening to kill them. One man grabbed a woman’s Bible and hit her over the head with it. The mob chanted, ‘Shame, shame, shame.’  Homosexuals shouting ‘shame’ to praying, singing Christians is like a skunk accusing a rabbit of having bad breath.” (Read the complete article here: www.cstnews.com.)

 

Note that the Aussie did not point to any hate in the Christian group or in my article although he no doubt objected to my identifying the mob as “perverts.” Of course, that is a very apt, accurate, and acceptable term for those who practice perversion! However, I am “full of hate” because I reported on the mob’s action but the hateful mob gets a pass! I think my Australian fan has been standing in the sun too long and his thinking is impaired.

 

As to his advice for me to smile, I’ll go much further than smile. I’ll laugh out loud at his unthinking, unbalanced, and unfair comments. 

 

Liberalism Rots Brains!

Thanks for writing about my article dealing with sodomy; however, you evidently are a very careless reader as well writer. You wrote, “Your article scares me a bit. I am straight but you are saying we should get rid of anyone that is different. I guess you also hate African Americans (sic)! You mentioned that some lives could had (sic) been saved if sodomy was illegal, but isnt (sic) murder also illegal so what makes you think another law would scare them from committing murder?”

 

If you read my article again you will note that I did not suggest getting rid of anyone “that is different.” I did take the position that if sodomy were illegal, then the police could have arrested the sodomite/killer/cannibal before he sodomized/killed/ate other victims. The fact that laws against murder do not deter all killings is no valid objection to such laws.   

 

It is interesting that you suggest that I hate Blacks (I don’t use “African Americans” since they are either Africans or Americans). It is amazing that you equate or parallel “race” with the “behavior of sodomy.” From your comments and others, I am convinced that sodomy may not rot the brain but liberalism sure does.   

 

Christian Anti-gun Nut in Australia

 

Recently an Australian reproached me for my article dealing with Christians and guns. He declared that American Christians were obsessed with guns although we should be serving God and leading others to Christ. Did I miss something in that statement? Is he suggesting that one cannot do both? Is he suggesting that if one likes, uses, and promotes guns, he cannot be the right kind of Christian? If so, he did not support that contention. He needs to understand that an assertion is not an argument.

 

He affirmed that Christians are not to be “overly” involved in politics but who defines “overly”? I will not permit him to define my words, not with his lack of balance. He then managed to get scriptural by quoting the statement of Christ giving unto Caesar what is his and to God the things that are His. Of course, that is the first fallacious argument that wimps, weasels, weaklings, wafflers, and worldlings use to justify an unscriptural, unprincipled, and undefendable position. (My word here should be indefensible but for sake of alliteration, I made up a new word. Look for it in next edition of Webster’s.)

 

He asked, “Are guns an issue that will lead people to Christ, or lead them away?” Guns won’t do either since they are inanimate objects. In another email, he declared, “Guns are evil. They are meant to kill.” No, people are evil and those evil people use guns, knives (now illegal in Australia) clubs, cars, rocks, etc., to kill other people (who don’t have a gun for protection). And guns are for protection, not to kill, but they will do that if necessary, especially to provide food.

 

He questioned where I got my information about the heavy increase in Australian crime since most guns were banned in 1996. Of course, that is a ploy or tactic that a desperate person uses rather than deal with the issue. It is true, as claimed by gun possession advocates, that the assault rate has increased a huge amount since the ban/buyback. The homicide rates provide no support for a proposition that the ban/buyback has helped. But, in the event that  my critic really does not know the facts about results of his nation’s oppressive gun laws, the following stats (found in various places if one really wanted to know) are from WorldNetDaily: Nationwide, homicides are up 3.2%; assaults are up 8.6%; armed robberies soared almost 45%; in Victoria gun homicides climbed 300% and a “dramatic increase” in home burglaries.

 

My critic declared, “I can tell you that majority of Australians SUPPORT these laws,” however, he did not tell me how he knew what a majority of Australians believe today about the gun ban in 1996.

Then the gun-hater developed a scenario when someone breaks into my home. “This is usually done suddenly, so you have no time to unlock your gun from a cupboard.” No, my gun is always loaded and accessible so I will be ready if a thief, rapist, killer, etc., breaks into my home. He then brought up the probability of my children playing with my guns; however, my children were taught better than that. They did not rummage through our house or anyone else’s. Furthermore, I kept my guns out of sight and on a high shelf. For the record, since my children are now grown, my loaded gun is always within reach. I do take extra precautions when grandchildren come to visit.

 

Waxing eloquent, he then decided to arm the intruder. Now we both had guns and “you both start shooting and everyone gets killed.”  No, the intruder gets killed. That is reason for having the loaded gun!

 

My critic thought that the Kennesaw, GA requirement that every home must have a gun was a joke or urban legend. He wrote, “It is serious, it actually happened?? Dear oh dear. The logic is, make everyone have a gun, then they will all cancel themselves out. A bit like 2 wrongs make a right. Sorry but my wimpy pacifist cowardly logic says, if something is bad then remove it. Don’t  give it to everyone and hope it cancels itself out.” Dear, oh dear, his “wimpy, pacifist, cowardly logic” is breathtaking!

 

Although he told me that he was very familiar with the Bible, he admitted that he was not familiar with the command of Christ in Luke 22:36 for the disciples to sell their coats to purchase a sword. He then admonished me not to subjectively quote Jesus “to support our own hobby horses.” I don’t but I do quote Him to support every Christian owning a gun and knowing how to use it.

 

Like all pacifists, wimps, and cowards he managed to find, quote, and misapply Matt.. 5:30 that teaches if someone smites you, “turn the other cheek.” Obviously, Christ was not speaking of self-defense since He would never contradict other scripture passages. It should not be necessary to remind Christians that Abraham called out his trained servants (militia) and went after the bad guys who had captured Lot and stolen his goods. That was justified retaliation.

 

Exodus 22:2, 3  clearly teaches that I can defend my home and family if a thief or intruder breaks in my home at night. However, if it is during the daytime and the situation is not life threatening then lethal force is not permitted. Moreover, Paul told Timothy in I Tim. 5:8 that a man must provide for his family. Provide also carries the meaning of protection and protection requires a protecting agent and that means a weapon and a backbone. A wet washcloth does not qualify.

 

In the turning the other cheek passage, the Jews had taken Old Testament Scriptures that were to be taken as instructions for civil leaders and applied them to personal reaction. Christ was saying, if one smacks you on the cheek as an insult, you are not to respond. We know this example is not a matter of self-defense since an assailant would normally slap a person on the left cheek. However, the passage specifically mentions the “right” cheek so the assailant uses the back of his hand to insult him. The Christian is to suffer the humiliation and bear it for the cause of Christ and never take revenge but reflect the meek spirit of Christ. On the other hand, many Bible passages teach that we do have the right and the duty to defend our families and ourselves.

 

The gun hater then wrote that the third paragraph “scares me.”  I wrote, “I took a vow to protect my wife so that means anyone in our home late at night will be presumed a thief, rapist, and killer. He will be shot graveyard dead. The following day, I will contact the governor of Georgia and ask him when he wants me to come to Atlanta for an awards ceremony. I assume he will give me the key to the city of Atlanta and maybe designate the day, ‘Don Boys’ Day; in honor of me removing scum from our state and making innocent people more secure.” My statement was meant to scare a would-be intruder from breaking into my home.

 

My critic wrote “Be in the wrong place at the wrong time in Georgia (and I assume also the wrong colour..) and you will be assumed scum and shot dead and the Governor will hold a parade... urghh.. it is possible for someone to be on your property for genuine reasons, and shoot now, ask questions later does not allow for this. I am a liberal wimp, I know.” Not only is he a wimp but he can’t read or understand plain English. The “wrong place at the wrong time” is a person being in my home late at night! Is that too complicated to understand? How could any thinking person suggest that a person could be in my home late at night “for genuine reasons”? Guests excluded.

 

He then got way off base and added that the intruder is probably the wrong color! Now, this desperate Aussie, not being able to discuss the issues, resorts to slurs, slander, and stupidity by assuming race. (I don’t like to suggest a brother is stupid; however, getting saved does not cure stupidity.) He plays the race card. Ah, yes, when going down in flames, play the race card then maybe shallow folk will not notice the dearth of his arguments.

After insulting me, he claims to be insulted! He wrote, “Our brains are not steamed, thank you. That is a pure insult.” Maybe not, but if he had any brains, he was not using them.

 

He insisted that England and Australia are still great nations and “I guess we do not share the American paranoia of the government. I do not fear my government as you obviously do yours.” Then he is a fool or knows nothing of history, every nation’s history. I love my country but I fear my government. Government must be chained down by laws to protect citizens.  George Washington said, “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” Government is a fire and if it gets out of control, it will destroy everything.

My Aussie fan declared, “You will struggle to find a Christian that would entertain owing a gun” in Australia. He doesn’t even know his own country. I know many Christians in Australia who not only believe guns are legitimate but who own illegal guns! Some of them admitted to me that they sold some junk guns during the buy back in 1996 and purchased better guns on the black market or from abroad. 

He closed by writing, “Anyway, you keep your Georgia with guns, and I keep my Australia as gun-free as we can, maybe one day we will meet in heaven and discuss it further.”  Moreover, living in Sydney without a gun he may get to Heaven (with a bang) before I do!

 

I Don’t Think These Muslims Like Me!

 

“Did you , Don Boys, who pretend to be Ph.D is really does not have Ph.D. ...That Don Boys has no sort of information about Islam, but he pretend that he knows a lot. ...that Don Boys thinks by starting rumors about Islam, he could turn world against Muslims, but he does not know that he is wrong.”

 

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“what are you talking about? haha, this a little funny but also pathetic. i am a Muslim and lying to anybody is a sin. you should not lie because it will not get anybody anywhere. your information is inaccurate if not completely wrong. god bless you, i hope you stop hating and spread more peace and love in  this world.”   

 

The above from a Muslim!

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“dear u r not know any thing about isam all thing u write not true u should before lie ask the peoble who become muslim in your contry which god help them to find the right way the way of fair the way which lead us to heaven and remember this words well because there will aday every 1 will be sorrowful to not go on the way which god order us to follow honestly.”

 

Evidently these dudes don’t know much about their own religion. However, I am pleased that they have mastered English. 

 

BIG NEWS!

 

The new edition of my book, ISLAM: America’s Trojan Horse! is now available with 25 additional pages and completely updated. The new chapter deals with “The Gospel of Barnabas” which is a best selling book in Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc. “The Gospel of Barnabas” is a medieval forgery that purports to be written by the biblical Barnabas. It was written to give some credibility to Mohammad and Islam that they don’t deserve.

 

This “gospel” has Judas dying on the cross instead of Jesus. This seeks to give some credibility to the Muslims’ teaching that Christ did not die on the cross and rise from the dead.

The alleged Barnabas “quotes” Jesus giving Mohammad a biblical and historical record that he does not have. It is a farce, falsehood, fraud, and fake. And did I make clear that it was written not in the first century but about the 14^th or 15^th century? I easily prove that fact, and some honest Muslim intellectuals recognize the fact of the forgery.

 

My book is the only Islam book that deals with this