(November 16, 2019 at 6:20 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(November 16, 2019 at 4:44 pm)Belacqua Wrote: The idea that anything in the book of Revelation is intended literally is a stretch.
A number of modern scholars disagree with you:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/revelation/7
In the Book of Revelation, John also sees a woman "clothed with the sun." But this is not evidence that, outside of mystical visions, he thinks women can wear the sun.
In his mystical vision, he sees a beast with seven heads. But this is not evidence that he thinks such beasts exist outside of mystical visions.
The fact that he sees something in a mystical vision is not evidence that he thinks it is true in the non-mystical-visionary world.