A few years ago there was a cartoon movie titled All Dogs Go to Heaven. In the movie, the main character, a dog named Charlie, arrives in heaven suddenly. Startled, he asks an angel dog, “Where am I?”

“This is the great hall of judgment,” the angel dog says.

“Judgment!”

“Not to worry, Charlie. You’ll get in. All dogs go to heaven. Unlike people, dogs are naturally good, loyal and kind.”

Dogs, it would seem, aren’t tainted by original sin.