Noah way?

[AV1611VET]

Yeah. John creates a complex allegorical fantasy about the fall of Rome.

Uh-huh.

More like academia allegorizes the book of Revelation that way.

I suppose you think Humpty Dumpty is about the downfall of King Richard III?

 

[BCP1928]

Uh-huh.

More like academia allegorizes the book of Revelation that way.

I suppose you think Humpty Dumpty is about the downfall of King Richard III?

Why would "academia" want to do such a thing?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Why would "academia" want to do such a thing?

Because AV needs something to rail against.

 

[AV1611VET]

Why would "academia" want to do such a thing?

Out of obedience.

 

[BCP1928]

Out of obedience.

To whom?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

To whom?

Satan, obviously, and AV has it so that the Muses of classical mythology are inherently evil. Just because he says so.

 

[AV1611VET]

To whom?

Satan

 

[AV1611VET]

Satan, obviously, and AV has it so that the Muses of classical mythology are inherently evil.

Impressive.

You have a good memory.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Impressive.

You have a good memory.

I have a good memory for the farcical.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Satan, obviously, and AV has it so that the Muses of classical mythology are inherently evil. Just because he says so.

Aren't they also real too? Demons or angles or whomever the badguys are.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Aren't they also real too? Demons or angles or whomever the badguys are.

AV does consider them demons, yes.

 

[AV1611VET]

AV does consider them demons, yes.

Indeed.

And all nine of them answer to their boss: Satan.

In this case: Urania.

Walking the halls of academia.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Indeed.

And all nine of them answer to their boss: Satan.

In this case: Urania.

Walking the halls of academia.

So you say, Senor Quixote.

 

[AV1611VET]

So you say, Senor Quixote.

From The Talon:

As a new college semester starts, many are on the lookout for ways to spend their free time and socialize. Dungeons & Dragons is often students' game of choice.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

From The Talon:

As a new college semester starts, many are on the lookout for ways to spend their free time and socialize. Dungeons & Dragons is often students' game of choice.

Doing nothing to helping your case at all, good Don.

 

[AV1611VET]

Doing nothing to helping your case at all, good Don.

It beats thinking John wrote Revelation as "a complex allegorical fantasy about the fall of Rome".

Something I don't think even you believe.

(Or do you?)

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

It beats thinking John wrote Revelation as "a complex allegorical fantasy about the fall of Rome".

It doesn't, really.

Something I don't think even you believe.

(Or do you?)

Never even considered it, but looking at it and how Rome was THE WORLD at the time of the Bible and Christ, it makes some sense.

But that's the thing with allegory: just because someone sees something in it doesn't mean it's the truth.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

I don't doubt it makes some sense to you at all.

Understanding something does not mean you agree with it.

 

[AV1611VET]

Understanding something does not mean you agree with it.

Fair enough.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Yeah. John creates a complex allegorical fantasy about the fall of Rome.

.... I wouldn't call it a fantasy. From my angle of interpretation, the book of Revelation appears historically cogent and relevant even to today's headlines, all that despite what someone like Bart Ehrman (or others like him) says otherwise.