(October 15, 2013 at 8:49 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:(October 14, 2013 at 11:15 pm)Drich Wrote: Look at the book of revelation as an example. That book was written to the generation who would endure the last 7 years of man's reign on earth. Evidently because we are not there little of it makes sense.I have an alternate theory why little of it makes sense.
It was supposedly penned by John of Patmos. Patmos is an island that was know for hallucinogenic mushrooms...
Revelation seems to be a jewish apocalyptic screed written as the Romans were closing in on Jerusalem as the Great Revolt came to its end. It was later edited into xtian bullshit.
