Do Animals Go To Heaven?

The search for the truth of many questions, besides whether animals have souls, is what author Ben Garwood has tried to do in this book. Each person will come away from the book with his or her own beliefs.  I hope everyone who reads this book will at least consider the possibility that there is, indeed, answers to be found- regardless of your chosen religious affiliation or current beliefs.

There are many interesting antidotes to be found in this book; such as, early church elders wondering if women have souls and even if they are human beings! Imagine that!  That alone is worth reading this book to discover how they decided that yes, women are human and have souls. Women were blamed for everything from plagues to natural calamities, of being substandard, with malfunctioning mental and physical facilities. Nearly one million women were burned as witches in the 17^th century. There are many fascinating facts in this book that makes you wonder how we, as a people actually survived.

The author’s main goal with this book is for people to become truth seekers: to think and ask the questions that have not been addressed before. He says that for every person to become a truth seeker they must ask five questions of oneself – Who am I? What am I? Where did I come from? Where am I now? And where am I going?

His mission with this book is to share everything possible within the given realm of knowledge regarding each subject and what is related to it, while encouraging the reader to grow from there – not to accept what is being taught at face value, but to utilize the entire datum at their disposal while continuing to challenge, accept, reject and search - To pursue truth through examination and analysis.

Ben Garwood has presented a vast amount of exhaustive research from all religions, history, quotes, adages, proverbs, maxims and sayings. Having been a educator in the public school system for forty years, Mr. Garwood, in my opinion is not only a tremendous author, but he must also be an outstanding teacher and man. I wonder if his students ever realized that they had a teacher of such a grand caliber. He has fairly presented the reader with facts from both sides, and it is up to the reader to decide.

This book is definitely not a quick read, rather it is a book to be pondered, savored and digested over a period of time, a couple of chapters at a time. To read this book quickly would not give it the justice it deserves, and one would miss much of its essence and the true flavor of this stimulating book.

I congratulate Mr. Garwood on writing this book in an extremely well written, fascinating, thought provoking, extensively researched, and a sometimes, tongue-in-cheek manner. I thoroughly enjoyed my voyage into awakening consciousness through the pages of this book, which I consider a must read for everyone. 

Do animal’s have souls? Well I know what I believe, but it up to each individual to read this book and decide on this and all the other questions the author ponders throughout this compelling book.  

“ In God’s hand is the soul of every living thing.”

                      Job 12:10