[b]cloudspit wrote:[/b] [quote]there is a simple explanation of why animals do not go to heaven. in the book of Job, all of Job\'s animals were killed. so was his family. at the end of the book, all of Job\'s animals were doubled EXCEPT his family. this shows us his family still lives on somewhere but the animals don\'t.[/quote] So, why don\'t animals go to heaven then? You said there is a simple explanation. You never said why they don\'t.