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I think John was perfectly sane. He was just writing a typical apocalyptic narrative.
A typical apocalyptic narrative eh? Sheesh, I need to read more!
Patmos has psylocybin mushrooms growing all over the place, and claims that John wrote Revelation under their influence.
Hence my cryptic reference . . . thank you Scully.
Interesting angle AnonyMouse . . . must look into that
Count me in with the worldly ones! I'm like....Paul died???
Nah
they would be on here
giving obves and Lars a run for their money!
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There are those that interpret Revelation entirely in the framework of Nero's persecution of Christians. . . . AnonyMous
Hmmm . . . after some quick research it would appear this is in fact a fairly widely held viewpoint, particularly among mainstream Christianity . . . based on fairly sound scholarly reasoning as well.
Thank you transhuman . . . it would also appear that apocalyptic narrative was a popular writing form in ancient times . . . especially the first century. Kind of like their version of science fiction almost . . . but with a practical or contemporary theme that was historically relevant.
I wonder why God felt the need to imitate this particular writing style, contemporary of it's day. He liked to stay in fashion perhaps?
