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Revelations

Poll: Regarding the Book of Revelations found in the Bible ....
This poll is closed.
I believe that Revelations must be translated literally and that such stories of a seven-headed beast rising from the sea and the four horseman are going to be very real and exactly that.
5.71%
 2 5.71%
I believe that Revelations is partially literal and partially alligorical.
5.71%
 2 5.71%
I believe either the large majority or the whole of Revelations is allegorical. I don't believe that beasts from hell will be running around devouring people up.
11.43%
 4 11.43%
If you're left behind after the rapture, you are going to witness terrifying monsters for real!
2.86%
 1 2.86%
Revelations is the ramblings of a primitive lunatic. Stop asking silly questions Cinjin!
74.29%
 26 74.29%
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RE: Revelations
October 31, 2013 at 5:42 am
(October 30, 2013 at 1:57 pm)Darwinian Wrote: There are two aren't there? The O.T. God and the N.T. God.. I mean they are clearly completely different characters!

I think the argument could easily be made that the god in the OT is actually several different gods. El Shaddai, Elohim and Yahweh are all names used for god in the OT. The trouble is that the first two names are plurals.

I have also read from various sources that the original god of the OT, El, was part of the Caananite pantheon of gods. A brief search found an article that goes into it in more detail:

Are Yahweh and El the same god OR different gods?
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Revelations

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Revelations - by Cinjin - October 29, 2013 at 1:50 pm
RE: Revelations - by max-greece - October 29, 2013 at 2:02 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 29, 2013 at 2:10 pm
RE: Revelations - by Neo-Scholastic - October 29, 2013 at 2:24 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 29, 2013 at 2:37 pm
RE: Revelations - by Neo-Scholastic - October 29, 2013 at 2:43 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - October 29, 2013 at 2:47 pm
RE: Revelations - by Dionysius - October 29, 2013 at 4:29 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - October 29, 2013 at 7:34 pm
RE: Revelations - by Captain Colostomy - October 29, 2013 at 8:02 pm
RE: Revelations - by Dionysius - October 29, 2013 at 11:10 pm
RE: Revelations - by Doubting Thomas - October 29, 2013 at 4:35 pm
RE: Revelations - by Neo-Scholastic - October 29, 2013 at 6:42 pm
RE: Revelations - by Darwinian - October 30, 2013 at 1:53 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 30, 2013 at 1:56 pm
RE: Revelations - by Doubting Thomas - October 30, 2013 at 3:19 pm
RE: Revelations - by Neo-Scholastic - November 8, 2013 at 2:38 pm
RE: Revelations - by DeistPaladin - November 8, 2013 at 3:19 pm
RE: Revelations - by themonkeyman - October 30, 2013 at 7:17 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - October 29, 2013 at 7:52 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - October 29, 2013 at 8:16 pm
RE: Revelations - by Drich - October 30, 2013 at 12:45 am
RE: Revelations - by Doubting Thomas - October 30, 2013 at 1:37 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 30, 2013 at 1:45 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - October 30, 2013 at 1:33 am
RE: Revelations - by GodsRevolt - October 30, 2013 at 3:16 am
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 30, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: Revelations - by Darwinian - October 30, 2013 at 1:57 pm
RE: Revelations - by Bob Kelso - November 5, 2013 at 10:42 pm
RE: Revelations - by DeistPaladin - November 5, 2013 at 11:21 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - October 30, 2013 at 3:13 pm
RE: Revelations - by Neo-Scholastic - October 30, 2013 at 8:06 pm
RE: Revelations - by Esquilax - October 30, 2013 at 8:10 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 30, 2013 at 10:26 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - October 30, 2013 at 8:56 pm
RE: Revelations - by Esquilax - October 30, 2013 at 9:17 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - October 31, 2013 at 6:35 am
RE: Revelations - by Optimistic Mysanthrope - October 31, 2013 at 5:42 am
RE: Revelations - by Polaris - October 31, 2013 at 8:28 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 31, 2013 at 10:51 pm
RE: Revelations - by Ryantology - October 31, 2013 at 11:02 pm
RE: Revelations - by DeistPaladin - October 31, 2013 at 11:10 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - October 31, 2013 at 11:17 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cinjin - October 31, 2013 at 11:20 pm
RE: Revelations - by DeistPaladin - October 31, 2013 at 11:50 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - November 1, 2013 at 12:13 am
RE: Revelations - by bladevalant546 - October 31, 2013 at 11:27 pm
RE: Revelations - by Polaris - November 5, 2013 at 9:47 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - November 5, 2013 at 10:52 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - November 1, 2013 at 3:49 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - November 1, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: Revelations - by Doubting Thomas - November 1, 2013 at 3:53 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - November 5, 2013 at 11:41 pm
RE: Revelations - by Ayen - November 6, 2013 at 7:32 am
RE: Revelations - by Dionysius - November 6, 2013 at 11:18 am
RE: Revelations - by Mystical - November 6, 2013 at 7:44 am
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - November 8, 2013 at 2:45 pm
RE: Revelations - by Minimalist - November 8, 2013 at 4:04 pm
RE: Revelations - by Cyberman - November 8, 2013 at 4:07 pm



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