Having devoted a most rewarding part of my life to serving as dogs' (and other animals') willing "Sugar Daddy", I have point to a stark difference between me and God;
My dogs have always been able to count on me. I deliver, consistently.
Gods get credit from devotees for things that happen to them that the devotees like, but never the blame for shit they don't.
Dog owners get credit and blame in equal measure. They have to WORK (your parlance) for credit, not just pray.
Gods never have any visible causal connections to the things they are credited with having delivered.
Dogs know about, and use to the best of their considerable abilities, ALL the causal relationships operating between their owners and their food, their fun, their fear, their pain - it's ALL down to the owner. None of that sugar coated bullshit. In the wild it's the pack leader.
There's symbiosis with people and pets. God is nothing more than a tool for social control.
How about if i approach this from a different View - make YOU a dog & see if you like life from THEIR view point
As I stated before the relationship started with the dog taking scraps from us and becoming our guard at night
Even today - I grew up in India - and we have lots of Feral Dogs - Dogs that live in the streets - basically they stick to one
street - the people living in these houses throw away food and the dogs fight over them
In a lot of cases, the people will feed these dogs & so the Dogs stay awake at night and warn of any unwelcome intruders
These are not pets - they are not given any names - they are basically a step below the truly wild dogs of Africa and Australia
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Now let's picture you becoming a guard for an alien life form and his family - that was the job you applied for
Given a "salary" with which you buy food, sustain yourself
But one fine day the Alien says, you no longer have to do guard duty, you can if you like, because it is in your nature,
but it is no longer necessary - the alien has decide to make you his pet - you get to live in his huge mansion!
Free food! And since the alien is out most of the day, you get to sleep all day! No work, no worries!
And when the alien comes home, you get to play - fun, fun, fun - how wonderful!
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Now the downside - the food is free but it is the SAME food everyday - "chicken" every day - both morning and night or 3 times a day!
You cannot go anytime you want unless the alien has a yard and there is a dog door for you
Once or twice a day, the alien will put a leash on you and take you out and you get to do your business
You better be ready to go then, if you can't and then soil the carpet inside the mansion, your alien master will get very angry with you!
Esp hard as we age, we have to go more often, but we must not anger our master, so we hold it, we have no choice
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You are not allowed to socialize with your own kind
And even if you do, it is at the alien's pleasure - a dog park where you get to meet and chat with your friends - but whenever
the alien decides it is time, you need to go!
No such thing as falling in love, sex is controlled - you are taken to see a lady(assuming you are a man) and expected to perform
the deed! No such thing as being attracted to a certain lady - here she is, ugly, beautiful - whatever, you don't get to have an opinion
10-15 min and then it is bye-bye
So maybe sex once in a blue-moon
And if you are male, you may never know that you have had kids
If you are female, you don't get to enjoy the pleasures of motherhood for long, within a few days, all your babies will
be taken away from you & you find yourself all alone!
You are not allowed a family - you know, like what the alien has - father, mother, children, grandparents!
All the joys of family life - birthdays, graduations, other celebrations - are THEIRS, not yours
you are allowed to participate sometimes but you have no clue what is going on
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All these joys of family life is there for your wild cousins!
THEY get to have what the alien has - falling in love with the right one, starting a family, fending for them, bringing them up!
Sex anytime they want
Go anytime they want, anywhere
Eat food that is EARNED! Not given nor begged for!
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There is more - I bet you have never given a thought to what will happen to your dogs if you suddenly pass on
An accident, illness - whatever
The new owners may not be so kind - they can illtreat you, beat & abuse you at will - and a lot of Dogs endure this -
And there is nothing you can do about it because you can't communicate your distress to these aliens
Finally you may find yourself dumped into a shelter - your life is a small 2X4 cage!
Have you ever lived all day and months, years in a small cage, Mr. Elixir?
Maybe you should try it - see how wonderful it is!
But shelters can keep Dogs for only so long
And so one fine day these aliens decide you have lived long enough & you get to say bye-bye world
