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Originally Posted by ohio_eric  He does realize the Book of Revelation is a social criticism of Christians treatment by the Roman Empire and not a prophecy right? Well probably not. |
That's one theory. There is no proof to it.
I'm not a Christian, but I went to a private Christian elementary, junior high, and high school and, having read the book of Revelation and looking at the theory that you brought up, the prophecy angle makes a lot more sense.
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Originally Posted by noodles This is why religion scares me. It causes adults to hide in the shadows, afraid of fucking ghosts.  |
People use religion to support whatever they want to believe. I've seen people use Christianity to support love and pacifism and other people use the same exact religion to support war and violence. You look at the major ideas held by Christianity/Catholicism over the last 2000 years and you'll see it change drastically again and again, and preachers and priests using the exact same scriptures to back up 5, 6, 7, 8 drastically different viewpoints.
One thing I love about Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories is his absolute hatred of puritanism and a good deal of Christianity. He does oftentimes illustrate this mob mentality and grabbing at straws to twist anything to fit what you want.