"Jesus was a dog person"

The above quote from the vivacious ann1962 makes me want to write all kinds of blasphemous things that I have no business writing in her journal. So instead of replying to her there, I'll reply here.

I kind of agree that Jesus was a dog person. You'd think Jesus would like a pet that would follow him around and stay patiently nearby during his sermons ( setting a precedent by going to sleep during longer sermons), unlike a cat that would get bored and walk away during his talks, drop dead rats at his feet when he was telling people about the kingdom of heaven, claw strangers that would try to pet it. On the other hand I can see Jesus with a parrot. Jesus wouldn't care to make many jokes, I'm sure. But he'd certainly have a sense of humor. I can imagine him laughing at the parrot learning "Holy crap! That's a lot of loaves and fish!" from the multitude as the disciples passed out the miraculous feast. The disciples might not appreciate the bird repeating, "...call him Peter, cause he's the rock-head of my church!" On the other hand Jesus might not want the bird repeating, "...Gonna kick some money-changer butt!"