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Originally posted by marichiko
Well, in case it slipped your notice, his readers today don't have the faintest idea. I think one is fairly safe in questioning the sanity of some religous nut who literally expects 7 horned beasts to be lurking behind every street corner. And there are plenty of people who think just that. Surely, you've noticed one or two of them on the streets of L.A. pontificating to themselves, or do you just order your driver to speed up and pull the shade on the window of your limo?
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No arguments there. Some people take wild flying leaps with it. It just raises my hackles when people try to import a 21st Century western worldview to a 1st Century near eastern text, and then call it the ravings of a lunatic when it doesn't make sense to them.
The text does make a great deal of sense, and it's not even that difficult to track down John's imagery. It's literalism that kills it.
And my limo doesn't have shades. I'm a white male, so I just call our special direct number to the police, and have them clear the undesirables off the sidewalk before I drive down that route. No reason why I should have to obstruct my view of the city just because some guy chose to look disheveled that day. It's much easier on me this way.
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