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Ha! Not likely. My daughter has extreme anxiety and avoids most conversations like the plague. She'd be quite likely to notice and really like such tattoos, but not be brave enough to chat with the person about them! I suppose if it did come up in a conversation she was already in, or she ever...

I've actually been digging into some of the OT prophets recently, trying to look at how they deal with Israel....its very interesting. Am maybe re-orienting my end-time view a very, very little bit...maybe. Still factoring in some things. Always interesting to take in new info and see where God...

LOL! Golly, you just wouldn't think it, sometimes, would you? But, I suppose someone has to think about how to make people look all...uniform-y and proper. Still....I think that would...chafe my individualistic streak a little. Sometimes you just want pink hair in buns, ya know? Well...I've...

Thank you...I believe its going to be a fairly low-key birthday for her, given how things are with coronavirus...plus, she hates a fuss. I voted "other"....simply because there was no option for "no, have not had a conversation based on a faith - based tatt, and would very likely be too timid to...

"Hair like women points to their smoothness of deceptive working". Huh. As a woman, I'm not sure I like the generalization of the representation there. Personally, I think it's much more likely to point to the horrifying trend of man-buns. I mean...you can't deny that it's totally unnatural.

The OT uses the imagery of locusts to represent armies many times, but yes, I agree that Joel's symbology is closest to what is represented in Revelation. I haven't really landed on what I think they are. But I think the most likely is either armies, as described in the OT. Or its using that...

I agree that its highly unlikely that actual demonic creatures will appear to torment people. My point was: if people who make a point to take scripture in a strictly "literalistic" manner, suddenly go "helicopter", rather than "demonic creature", they've just blown way outside their own...

Regardless if I personally agree with this particular interpretation, it, at least, draws it's interpretation directly from scripture. It is, I would contend, a legitimate view. Helicopters... not so much.

Exasperating, I would say. I mean...sure...believe what you believe. I think you're in error in this particular point, but feel free. But let's have some consistency, yeah? Either you're reading it all literally, or you're not. Flip-flopping all over the joint is NOT what your hermeneutic allows...

Fantasy/sci-fi shows have been plumbing the bible for ages! How often have you watched/read something where they've plucked 'exotic' names from the cosmos, only to go "yeah...that's a bible name". What was it that Solomon said? "Nothing new under the sun". And there's zero doubt that God's done...

Okay, sure. It seems pretty far out there to picture a crazy scorpion/horse/lion creature, doesn't it? Seems much more likely that a helicopter would fit into the narration of this world? Your problem with that is that Revelation is not describing something that would fit into the narration of...

It will never cease to amaze me that the 'literalists', who constantly point there fingers at people like me (Amillennialists) and roll their eyes in woe at our 'spiritualizing' of Revelation...will then go on to interpret such a passage as this in such a manner. Helicopters? Really? :rolleyes...

I didn't go to college. I just read. And I find it somewhat funny that you're basically fighting against me over a particular word that you dislike, even though the meaning comes back to what you are directly arguing for. The point....you've already conceded the point, you just don't like the...

If you will note, I didn't say Revelation, or any scripture, was poetry...I said it used poetic language. Because you don't seem to believe me, here are some external examples of what I am referring to: "Poetic language, for example, refers to a more artistic form of ordinary language. While the...

Oh, cripes. You really don't get it, do you? "Poetry" has nothing to do with something being fictional or not. It just describes the style in which something may have been written. For example, should a poet write a love sonnet to his wife, or significant other, do you suppose its all made up...

It's true, many Christians don't give Prophecy or eschatology a thought, and I agree that that's a serious gap in how they should see and understand God's promises to his people. I think another problem lies in the contention of the topic and how many different views there are regarding what and...