Americans love pets! It is reported that 67% of American households own a pet (the top pets being dogs). The amount of money Americans spend on their pets grows each year, increasing over 50% between 2013 and 2018. That means people spent $87 billion on their pets in 2018! I shudder to think what that cost is today in 2025! To put these numbers in perspective, in 2018 couples spent $845 on average per year on pets! Over 10 years (an average life span of a dog), that would mean spending $8,450 on one animal! Given the value that people put on their pets, it comes as no surprise that many hold to the viewpoint that pets are inherently equal to human beings. Although pets should be important to us, if we follow the cultural line of thinking, we risk elevating pets to an unbiblical place. I think it is…