What if your dog is an atheist?

I used to think people were too attached to their pets until I got a beta fish. I love that fish. When I get up early in the morning, he’s the only one in the house who is awake and we kind of head nod to each other. I’m not kidding, I sincerely like that fish. I can’t imagine what would happen if I had a pet that actually had an ounce of affection in it.

In response to the love people like me have for their animals, some churches are now doing “Pet Blessings.” The point of a pet blessing is to bless your pet with a blessing so that they feel blessed and have a blessing and I don’t really know what I’m saying anymore. I’m not sure what the point is but that’s a thing now. And I think a lot of people genuinely like it. So I will withhold judgment until I actually attend one.

In the meantime though, I will laugh and laugh at this photo from the dog shaming site. I love how unrepentant the dog is. He’s just kind of sitting there like “Yeah, I peed on someone. That’s what I do when I’m nervous. This is not new information for you.” In my head I like to imagine this dog is an atheist and was pretty put out by the whole experience. Probably thought to himself, “You’ve blessed me, now allow me to bless you.”

And I also enjoy the thought that seminaries will have to start training pastors how to handle dogs. The idea of some professor saying, “Here’s how you want t bless a dog that looks like he wants to bite you,” is funny to me. That made me laugh inside of the part of my heart that’s not a very good Christian.

Have you heard of a pet blessing before?

 

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