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Do we think cats go to heaven

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INeedANewUserID · 01/10/2026 21:26

Do we think cats go to heaven?

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EmpressaurusKitty · 01/10/2026 21:59

If it exists, I want my cat to be there. But just cats?

It would be only fair for other animals to go too, especially the ones who spend their lives suffering in battery farms.

InterestedDad37 · 01/10/2026 21:59

Cats cavort with witches - they are masters of dark secrets and they rub against the legs of the Lords of Darkness.
So if there are any in heaven, then someone left the door open. 🐈‍⬛

dustabsorber · 01/10/2026 22:01

I meant the Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, so they must have assumed that cats would be in the afterlife.

ItsAlwaysTwins · 01/10/2026 22:03

I don’t believe in heaven, so no. But if there was one, it absolute should be full of billions of cats and dogs.

StormGazing · 01/10/2026 22:12

They go to cat heaven. There’s a cat flap to human heaven which takes then through a portal to their human slave from earth and much the same happens!

GustyGertie · 01/10/2026 22:16

StormGazing · 01/10/2026 22:12

They go to cat heaven. There’s a cat flap to human heaven which takes then through a portal to their human slave from earth and much the same happens!

I like this and assume it’s exactly as described.

MustUseAName · 01/10/2026 22:17

Cats go wherever they want. Have you ever tried to make a cat do something that they don’t want to? Have you ever successfully stopped a cat doing something it wanted?

I am certain that if a cat wants to go to heaven, it will do. It will also then want to go back out again. And then back in again ad infinitum.

SeedsOfReason · 01/10/2026 22:20

Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside Layer

sweetpickle2 · 01/10/2026 22:28

MustUseAName · 01/10/2026 22:17

Cats go wherever they want. Have you ever tried to make a cat do something that they don’t want to? Have you ever successfully stopped a cat doing something it wanted?

I am certain that if a cat wants to go to heaven, it will do. It will also then want to go back out again. And then back in again ad infinitum.

lol yes this!

When you get to heaven there’s bound to be a cat outside, miaowing to be let in.

theblame · 01/10/2026 22:44

i think all animals do. I like the saying “no heaven can heaven be, if my horse isn’t there to welcome me”
my horse and my cat had best be there or I’m filing a complaint!

Nospringchix · 01/10/2026 22:47

Ratherhaveacupofteaandabiscuit · 01/10/2026 21:34

The rainbow bridge poem makes me cry my eyes out and I never cry.
If there is a heaven (unlikely to say the least) I am not going if my animals aren't there.

Edited

Makes me cry too. I discovered it just when I needed to. Brought me comfort too.

SinuousTendrils · 01/10/2026 22:50

Heaven IS cats 😻

MushMonster · 01/10/2026 22:51

Well, some may prefer sitting by the fire, so hell for them (and me!)!
(Just joking)

Yes, definitively there are plenty of animals in heaven.

ToadRage · 01/10/2026 22:52

Yes, they cross the rainbow bridge and they are greeted by all your previous pets who show them where to wait for you to come and get them, then you all enter heaven together.

5128gap · 01/10/2026 23:02

Officially, yes. But they keep going missing because the guy downstairs keeps his place toasty and they like to curl up by his fire.

gullgal · 01/10/2026 23:15

BugJuice · 01/10/2026 21:36

I don’t believe in heaven, so it’s a no from me. However if it’s comforting for people to think that their pets are in heaven, then that’s ok.

This.

Lilyhatesjaz · 01/10/2026 23:25

No they are reincarnated.

ChooChooMooMoo · 01/10/2026 23:29

I really hope so. I've lost 3 of my 4 cats to the road and they were too young to die (two brothers just a year old), I missed out on all of those years of purry snuggle time.

I'm hoping they and my remaining cat who lived to 14 and my beloved dog who died 4 years ago (and I still miss him every day) are waiting for me when my time comes.

MidnightMeltdown · 02/10/2026 00:52

Animals will speak on judgement day and tell of how they were treated.

Be nice to your cat!

ScottishSheepie · 02/10/2026 01:05

I love Sarah’s scribbles.
She definitely knows cats 🐱
I think I see my two in the second picture 😺😺

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Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 02/10/2026 01:26

If all the cats who've ever lived and died are up there, you won't be able to move for fear of tripping over one.

Given most cats hate each other, it should be interesting to watch though. And listen to - imagine all the screeching and hissing!

VoiceOfCommonSense · 02/10/2026 04:39

INeedANewUserID · 01/10/2026 21:26

Do we think cats go to heaven?

If it exists then definitely..

IceCreamCone543 · 02/10/2026 05:01

StormGazing · 01/10/2026 22:12

They go to cat heaven. There’s a cat flap to human heaven which takes then through a portal to their human slave from earth and much the same happens!

Ahhh I absolutely love this! When I was younger I used to believe in Animal Heaven and got a bit sad thinking that much-loved pets we used to have might end up separate from myself. I really like the way you have described this. There have been so many amazing cats in my life (and dogs!) it is very comforting to think of this

Ifailed · 02/10/2026 05:13

If animals go to heaven, then presumably it'll be full of all the animals we've ill-treated in factory farms, cosmetic testing labs, whales we've hunted, rhinos and elephants killed for their ivory etc. I'm not sure they'll be so pleased to see us.

EmpressaurusKitty · 02/10/2026 05:26

Ifailed · 02/10/2026 05:13

If animals go to heaven, then presumably it'll be full of all the animals we've ill-treated in factory farms, cosmetic testing labs, whales we've hunted, rhinos and elephants killed for their ivory etc. I'm not sure they'll be so pleased to see us.

Agree. And for it to be properly heavenly, they wouldn’t need to worry about being killed for any purposes - even by each other.