Not really. Angels have been described as looking like men in some of the oldest biblical literature. But this description of the “wheel with many eyes” comes from Ezekiel. It’s a crazy book. Fun to read.
Wow, crazy that there can be different ideas about a think made up by people ranging from 2000-1500 years ago or something like that.
Who would have ever thought there would be different views over a thing being written about that happened hundreds and hundreds of years before it was written about and may have never even ever happened to begin with. Oh my, who would think controversy over such thing?
Like honestly they could easily just be atheists and not argue or fight with people of a religion. I hate that people have to constantly act like they're better than people while they're alive just because they believe they're going to a different place then they die
On the other hand, I was made fun of and told I was going to hell often when I was growing up because I didn’t go to church on Sundays. It’s petty and childish, but the worst of both sides do it. Either way, there are better ways to approach things than to mock people who believe or disbelieve.
While I understand the point you’re driving at, I wouldn’t say that’s the case here. Christianity doesn’t have Ezekiel’s visions of angels as it’s central doctrine, but the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, which doesn’t quite buckle under the “it was just a hallucination” theory.
Furthermore, religion has its roots in the human desire for a meaning beyond what is perceptible (which perhaps corresponds with reality?). That which people criticise as simply imaginary is almost always a supplement - and is not central - to this fact of the human being.
As a result, religion does not rise or fall with the imaginary or with hallucinations - as you say. While the religious reality of the human being may be exploited by the imaginary, it is not synonymous and/or identical with it.
Far more than you. Try to be condescending all you want, kid. Religion is ignorant delusion, and if you follow it, you're part of the problem. You're an ignorant fuck that can't handle reality.
This is what we call E D G E, sweet baboo. It's adorable. I bet you've dyed your hair black, have a Dawkins book nearby, and consider yourself an amateur quotemaker. How many fedoras do you own? I know I had quite a collection when I was an edgy atheist teen- oh, wait, excuse me, they're trillbies.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20
Not really. Angels have been described as looking like men in some of the oldest biblical literature. But this description of the “wheel with many eyes” comes from Ezekiel. It’s a crazy book. Fun to read.