Do dogs go to Heaven? Cowboy poet Baxter Black loses a friend.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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Sorry if this seems like a dupe, but I didn't want THIS to get
buried in the "Do animals have a soul" thread.
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Baxter Black, certainly the most well-known cowboy poet around
(and I think the best). His YouTube stuff -- meh -- not so hot...
but his poetry on his early CD's was incredible.
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He's an actual cowboy., I sat and drank and talked with an old
cowboy here in Tucson and I was in absolute AWE of the man
simply because he had once worked a temporary cowboy job
with Baxter.
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My most excellent poetry professor told us there was only one rule
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NO... DEAD... DOG... POEMS!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!!!!!
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He said even the professional poets get over-maudlin and sucky
when it comes to an ode to their dear departed doggie.
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Baxter Black proves him wrong. I'm pretty sure he's close to crying
at the end... but, true to his dual professions of poet AND cowboy...
he got the job done.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkL9PoOABPE&feature=related
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[madinmaryland]

1. No. There is no heaven. eom

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. I was an agnostic for most of my 'conscious' life...

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...and I'm leaning more and more towards being an atheist...
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...but since there is no way to PROVE a negative, your simple
statement -- though very dramatic -- certainly causes me to
believe that you speak with the same absolute 'Leap of Faith'
certainty as any fundie out there.
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Course... I'm just expressing an opinion.
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As you were.
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And this post was not about heaven yes/heaven no... it's about
the profound loss felt by a man here on Earth.
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I hope that doesn't get lost in dogmatic (pun FULLY intended) debate.
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I'm sure you'll have plenty of opportunities for that along the way.
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[DBoon]

7. That' what human science days

But doggie logic says there is an afterlife with abundant chewy toys

Which do you believe?

We should listen to both sides - human science and doggie logic

"Fair and balanced"

[mnhtnbb]

3. Bawlin' like a baby here. What a beautiful tribute.

[snooper2]

4. No, but in a 12 Billion years, one of the atoms in the dogs body

May end up being part of a new carbon based life form in a new solar system :)

[betharina]

5. "you were just a dog, but you'll be in my heaven"

ain't that the truth. what a beautiful tribute!

[sarge43]

6. I like Will Rogers' take.

"If there are no dogs in heaven, I don't want to go there."

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. Kicking for the late weekend crew