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Dr. Lee connects ancient religious history with the physical and emotional healing we derive from dogs today.

DOG SPELLED BACKWARDS

The “God” Myth Examined

by Roberta Lee, DD., PhD., ND.

Is it just coincidence that GOD spelled backwards is DOG? Before you answer, let us look at the role dogs have played in man’s religious history and evolution.

In the King James Version of the Bible, the word "dog" appears 41 times. In other religions, the dog and several other animals are revered as sub-gods. In ancient Egypt, the jackal-dog Anubis was the god of the dead and protector of the afterlife but nowhere can I find any complimentary reference for the creative deity we know as a dog.

But we know that  humans had a lot to do with the way in which dogs evolved and in what we are even now learning from the dog. Most breeds are designed by man but the domestic dog was no accident of nature. People are always trying to project human emotions into the nature of dogs but that is wrong and misleading. Why? Because the dog is great the way he is and in many ways as amazing as any human.

Think about this. If you want to be healed from a devastating disease, don’t pray to a dog. On the other hand, dogs have been trained to detect deadly diseases in what was once considered "miraculous" ways. Modern science has proven that dogs can detect and pinpoint disease in humans.

Thankfully, some doctors finally put away their stethoscopes long enough to acknowledge that more than an infection, dogs can and do identify many forms of human cancer. They do it long before medical science can detect the malignant cells.

Dogs have probably done so for centuries until man became smart (evolved) enough to notice.

Some people seek counseling support in times of illness or great distress but think about this - only a dog would lick the leper’s hand. Emotional support is just one of the ways in which dogs have comforted man at his time of greatest need, whether it was physically or emotionally.

If you want your bills paid don’t ask a dog for money but there are dogs that do earn money for their owners. Throughout history, dogs have pulled or packed heavy loads, from the American Indian’s travois to the seal hunter’s sled. They went to war with the Romans. Today dogs go to war and even leap from helicopters with our soldiers.

If you are lonely a dog will be happy to keep you company.  If you need someone to love there aren’t many other beings that can love you the way a dog can.

If you seek loyalty unto death, look no further than a dog.

If you need a laugh, the dog knows just when to offer comic relief.

I have never met a bad dog. Some were trained by humans to be that way but it is not in the nature of a dog to be mean, deceitful or treacherous.

I have known dogs that gave their lives for their masters.

And if you give your heart to a dog he will not break it.

No, I don’t think that Dog is God spelled backwards but more than anything God created, dog defines incorruptible goodness, loyalty and everlasting love.

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