Re: Global earthquake advisory for 03/29/2006

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote in
article <1139486156.059311.299600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Don Kirkman wrote:
It seems to me I heard somewhere that JessHC, aa#2220 thanks to Jason
Gastrich's effort wrote in article
<1139410955.185101.268950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote:
luis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Who is the one who is 'Crowned rider wielding a bow and riding a white
horse'?

A spirit of GOD.

Or a hallucination.

Or, in truth, an example of a literary style of Semitic writing roughly
two millennia ago; called apocrypha(l), its purpose is to share
information and support among members of a group in writings intended to
be unintelligible to non-members. The riders, the beasts, the angels
were all symbols familiar to the believers; some of the modern
interpretations and guesses are closer to magic and necromancy than to
the intent of the writer(s) of Revelation.

As if you were able to discern the truth.

Andrew, I've probably spent nearly as much time in post-graduate studies
as you have (three separate institutions), and much of that study
concerned precisely these kinds of issues: the validity and integrity
of the manuscript documents, the history of the interpretation of those
and subsequent documents, the teachings of the church community through
the centuries, and the relationship of the teachings to social,
cultural, and political issues. Without going into how or if I relate
personally to those topics, I have taken to time to learn them. You
obviously prefer to "discern" this without even understanding the
meaning of the texts you blithely snip and post.

The Book of Revelation is an extended example of this style (so is the
Book of Daniel and other shorter writings in the Jewish scriptures).
Two pressing issues of early Christianity were its conflict with some
elements of Judaism and concurrent suspicion from Rome. The Book of
Revelation sets out in highly symbolic style the expectation that in a
very short time Jesus would return and lead his followers to an age of
peace with relief from the problems and dangers they faced. One thing
Revelation is NOT is a map of the course of history or a collection of
predictions for the fate of mankind.

It seems you find comfort in disbelief.

It seems you find comfort in implying things not in evidence. You do
not and could not possibly have any knowledge of what I believe or
disbelieve. Nor does explaining the background and meaning of a
Biblical passage have anything to do with the belief of anyone.
--
Don Kirkman
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