(December 29, 2014 at 9:43 am)Chad32 Wrote: I'm pretty sure the author of Revelations was talking about Rome, which is gone, and Jesus thought the end times were going to happen within a few decades, which it didn't, and only a minority of christians even believe in the rapture anyway.
Ssshhh! *Whispers* You're not supposed to point out that the ravings in Revelation are code for then-contemporary events, or that their God-man had feet of clay, or that the rapture is a goofy 19th Century interpretation. It might get them thinking about all the rest of the Bible that is wrong or that they got wrong. Don't ruffle their feelings unless you are prepared for a shit storm of transparently dishonest apologetics. Treat them very gently, poor things! They have a hell of a time squaring those circles.
