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Originally Posted by zeek
Wouldn't we be better off deciphering what the mythical symbols mean,seeing if they have any relevance to the phenomenal world we live in . . .
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Revelation was written for an audience during the time it was published. And it spoke to them of the phenomenal world they were living in, in that day.
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Originally Posted by Z
. . . and, if not, discarding them except as bedtime stories for the children?
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And since it wasn't written for today's audience, it makes for some fantastic bedtime stories ; howbeit at least R rated, if not NC-17. Cuz it would give children nightmares ... and make 'em scared of Jesus, that's cartooned, as a mean, mean, dark monster, coming to spill out giant bowls of divine vengeance and human, suffering, torture and slaughter.
Surely we shouldn't read this book to children just before bed.