"The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth."
-- Revelation 9:7-8
I guarantee you: You read Revelation and you will be convinced it was written by an ancestor of Kat Kerr.
So the hair was not only like a woman's but pink? Apparently God told her she had to have pink hair. Amazing how God only tells you what you want to hear right?
I am so grateful you are doing this. As a child who was forced into revelation haunted houses every year where I faced my eternal hell after the rapture came terrifying for a little child terrified my whole life of that tribulation houses That's how they really scare people to death So I'm so grateful that you're doing this and I have so many thoughts as a Christian raised child This is great
I am just now able to enjoy Halloween! Finally have unwarped my brain enough to not feel like im "letting in evil" SMH no wonder I escaped to drugs as a teenager
Well, the question is did they know it? I gather it's pretty rare to find an out gay virgin. I know one and I'm pretty sure he was fucked up by Disney fairy-tales and a fundamentalist upbringing to want to wait for Prince Charming, who is apparently busy.
Maybe there was a revised version of the Bible that came out years later that said the opposite. It's not uncommon for works of fiction to be revised years later by their original authors (e.g., Nabakov with "Despair" and John Fowles with "The Magus").
Lots of references to the sons of Israel. It also says children as well as people, but given the patriarchal nature of the religion, that says "males." Revelation 14:3-4 details the 144,000 and their status as virgins.
Forgot to mention: the 144,000 are sealed with he sign of their god on their foreheads.
Martin Luther thought that Revelation should not have the same status or authority as the gospels or epistles. I grew up in a moderate Lutheran Church. Revelation was never discussed, preached on, or the subject of Sunday School or confirmation lessons.
I never really paid attention to it until someone gave me a copy of Hal Lindsey's "The Late, Great Planet Earth" when I was in high school. I was shocked by the bat shit crazy theories he was spinning. The realization that "fellow Christians" believed such far fetched bullshit was one of the first cogs in the wheel that eventually spun me to Hement.
I remember chariots of the gods, though I was probably a bit older than you when I read it. It was very quickly debunked if I remember correctly but that might be because I came to it late. But I also remember Velikovski's (?) what was it? Worlds in Collision or something. I remember discussing it with an engineering friend of mine who thought it was brilliant. I didn't really know enough about it until I met someone who had a degree in astronomy. :)
Ooo, this sounds exciting! If I had money I'd help, but I can give clicks and thumbs. I enjoy your bible videos and have a lot of questions of Revelation. Like what kind of drugs was he on and where can I get some. I looove a scary trip. ;)
Apparently, we are already underway for the end times. In church, one elderly gent informed us that it would all kick off in 1988. His math was based of one verse about the lifespan of an olive tree being 40 years - I think a verse (I forget which one) about jesus returning before the a generation of olive trees would pass - and Israel being set up in 1948. 1948+40=1988, when Bush Sr. was elected. Some events had already come to pass during the Kennedy presidency which was, apparently exactly 3.5 years of peace and prosperity (under a democrat????), or something like that.
He did enjoy some congregation-wide celebrity for his accurate calculations. So while we didn't know, in accordance with scripture, the "exact date," we at least knew the final year it would all have to kick off by. 2,000 years of "any day now" has finally come to an end. So, only another 1,000+ years until it's all over. I think that's the bit where (all hail) Satan is bound for 1,000 years by an archangel then unleashed for Armageddon. The Good Omens documentary covers this in a much more exciting way than my boring description.
Once it's finally all done, god will establish his kingdom on earth and (to the tune of Handel's Messiah) he shall reign forever and ever, and he shall reign forever and eevvvveerrrr. Aaaaaameeeeeen. Then we (but not me now), will live in a golden city 1,500 miles by 1,500 miles by 1,500 miles (that's right! A giant gold cube sticking off the side of the earth - that has got to affect the orbital mechanics in some fashion). Everything will be made of the most precious metals and gemstones, streetlamps of diamonds, streets of gold, yada, yada, yada... Gravity won't mean anything because you'll travel up or down by thought alone, like in Minecraft, only not controller. And to top it all off, if I remember correctly, we (but not me now) will all be served by kings and princes. Basically, what republicans promise every election cycle. ;)
I recommend you dig up a copy of C. Dennis McKinsey's book "The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy". It didn't have a very wide print run to begin with, and there haven't been any re-releases, so it's only available used, for a hefty price. But McKinsey was REALLY thoro, and it's a must-have for anyone seriously interested in all the extremely fucked-up things in The Greatest Story [sic] Ever Told.
Cool. While I'm vaguely aware that much of the symbolism was slams of the current regime(s) and political figures of the time, I'd love to read an "answer key" of which symbol goes with which figure/government.
I hope Hemant includes various interpretations of scripture and not just the fundamentalist view. It would be quite interesting to compare the "liberal" view with that of that fundamentalist view.
First, we can discard all the nonsense about the Emperor throwing John into a vat of burning oil and having him drink poison--neither of which had any effect. My own idea of what happened was that Christians were being persecuted, and John got to his island (Patmos) to save himself. But his situation was precarious--he could be executed at any time--and over time he went mad. And that was when he had his hallucinatory experiences and set down the Book of Revelations. The two very bad things that happened to Christianity were when Constantine made it a state religion, and when Revelations, after some discussion, was incorporated into the Bible. Both were disastrous, IMO.
SPOILER.......it's all bullshit.
"The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth."
-- Revelation 9:7-8
I guarantee you: You read Revelation and you will be convinced it was written by an ancestor of Kat Kerr.
So the hair was not only like a woman's but pink? Apparently God told her she had to have pink hair. Amazing how God only tells you what you want to hear right?
The pink hair is the only normal thing about her.
Why an ancestor? As much time as Kat spends in the spirit world, she could have written it herself.
And did the locusts have armor on all four of their legs?
Did they ride around in bubbles from cities made of Jell-O?
"I don't eat anything that moves"
-Richard Crenna's character in The Flamingo Kid when offered Jell-O.
He must hate anything noodly.
Jello, unlike noodles, actually vibrates. Scary, scary stuff. *smiles*
That's usually your warning that a t-rex is approaching.
The Book of R(ridiculousness)evelation.
I am so grateful you are doing this. As a child who was forced into revelation haunted houses every year where I faced my eternal hell after the rapture came terrifying for a little child terrified my whole life of that tribulation houses That's how they really scare people to death So I'm so grateful that you're doing this and I have so many thoughts as a Christian raised child This is great
My only experience with a "revelation haunted house". : )
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9085372/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrwIs10XvKA&t=2s
Obligatory.
Obligatory Something*Positive "hell house" series of comics.
https://somethingpositive.net/comic/holy-ghost-stories-pt-1/
Don't worry, the ones running the house gets what's coming to them.
I am just now able to enjoy Halloween! Finally have unwarped my brain enough to not feel like im "letting in evil" SMH no wonder I escaped to drugs as a teenager
Revelation reveals that the only humans who occupy heaven are 144.000 virgin Jewish males from the 12 tribes of Israel. Not a Gentile in sight.
Christians seem a bit oblivious to this little detail.
Presumably 144,000 gay virgin Jewish males. Or is there no sex in heaven?
Well, the question is did they know it? I gather it's pretty rare to find an out gay virgin. I know one and I'm pretty sure he was fucked up by Disney fairy-tales and a fundamentalist upbringing to want to wait for Prince Charming, who is apparently busy.
https://youtu.be/uJbooOYyBCA
Maybe there was a revised version of the Bible that came out years later that said the opposite. It's not uncommon for works of fiction to be revised years later by their original authors (e.g., Nabakov with "Despair" and John Fowles with "The Magus").
Here's what the many translations of Revelation 7:4 says:
https://www.biblehub.com/revelation/7-4.htm
Lots of references to the sons of Israel. It also says children as well as people, but given the patriarchal nature of the religion, that says "males." Revelation 14:3-4 details the 144,000 and their status as virgins.
Forgot to mention: the 144,000 are sealed with he sign of their god on their foreheads.
"You bear the mark." "That big old hairy mole? I had that thing removed"
Martin Luther thought that Revelation should not have the same status or authority as the gospels or epistles. I grew up in a moderate Lutheran Church. Revelation was never discussed, preached on, or the subject of Sunday School or confirmation lessons.
I never really paid attention to it until someone gave me a copy of Hal Lindsey's "The Late, Great Planet Earth" when I was in high school. I was shocked by the bat shit crazy theories he was spinning. The realization that "fellow Christians" believed such far fetched bullshit was one of the first cogs in the wheel that eventually spun me to Hement.
Did you read this one? Given the price, I'm rather sad that we gave away the copy I read after my mother died. (At least I'm pretty sure it's gone)
https://www.amazon.com/666-1000-Two-Bestsellers-One/dp/0899576141
I think I was in Jr. High when I read it. I thought it was fascinating at the time.
I remember chariots of the gods, though I was probably a bit older than you when I read it. It was very quickly debunked if I remember correctly but that might be because I came to it late. But I also remember Velikovski's (?) what was it? Worlds in Collision or something. I remember discussing it with an engineering friend of mine who thought it was brilliant. I didn't really know enough about it until I met someone who had a degree in astronomy. :)
How Murika Christianity works: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a04adbbcae1362530c04007b71e263e4d97e10e5fc89c1b1080acee74acb983d.jpg
The clerk is using a scanner, so the cash register is the dummy.
I'm oddly curious about "Bunnies & Pie."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_pie
Eta: First thing that came up when I searched "Bunnies & Pie".
Larry, Nooooooooo
I'm thinking that's one of Elmer Fudd's recipes. Er, wecipies.
Elmer never has a rabbit, though.
Oh, he gets one in particular but the cawwot-chewing wascal outwits him every time.
They got tired of just eating carrots. Decided to expand their culinary tastes.
That's how 'Murikan capitalism works. You forgot to mention it was BOGO sale.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8ff734875627dd49aaa039209817ab6fb3b5d7c8c0fcbd9a37c02fa425a4e6c0.jpg
Ooo, this sounds exciting! If I had money I'd help, but I can give clicks and thumbs. I enjoy your bible videos and have a lot of questions of Revelation. Like what kind of drugs was he on and where can I get some. I looove a scary trip. ;)
Revelation. Let's see...
*The vivid remembrance of a mere dream?
*Written while ill and suffering from hallucinations due to malnutrition?
*One or more anonymous authors putting people on and laughing at anyone gullible enough to buy it?
You be the judge.
Both. ; )
That is basically what I learned at a United Methodist seminary.
Apparently, we are already underway for the end times. In church, one elderly gent informed us that it would all kick off in 1988. His math was based of one verse about the lifespan of an olive tree being 40 years - I think a verse (I forget which one) about jesus returning before the a generation of olive trees would pass - and Israel being set up in 1948. 1948+40=1988, when Bush Sr. was elected. Some events had already come to pass during the Kennedy presidency which was, apparently exactly 3.5 years of peace and prosperity (under a democrat????), or something like that.
He did enjoy some congregation-wide celebrity for his accurate calculations. So while we didn't know, in accordance with scripture, the "exact date," we at least knew the final year it would all have to kick off by. 2,000 years of "any day now" has finally come to an end. So, only another 1,000+ years until it's all over. I think that's the bit where (all hail) Satan is bound for 1,000 years by an archangel then unleashed for Armageddon. The Good Omens documentary covers this in a much more exciting way than my boring description.
Once it's finally all done, god will establish his kingdom on earth and (to the tune of Handel's Messiah) he shall reign forever and ever, and he shall reign forever and eevvvveerrrr. Aaaaaameeeeeen. Then we (but not me now), will live in a golden city 1,500 miles by 1,500 miles by 1,500 miles (that's right! A giant gold cube sticking off the side of the earth - that has got to affect the orbital mechanics in some fashion). Everything will be made of the most precious metals and gemstones, streetlamps of diamonds, streets of gold, yada, yada, yada... Gravity won't mean anything because you'll travel up or down by thought alone, like in Minecraft, only not controller. And to top it all off, if I remember correctly, we (but not me now) will all be served by kings and princes. Basically, what republicans promise every election cycle. ;)
But-but-but Katt Kerrrrr promised the city will be made of Jell-O!!
"the lifespan of an olive tree being 40 years"
This elderly has a weird way to write 500 🤔
Must be that fuzzy math. Makes for fuzzy prophecies. That's why they're all true, they can't be falsified.
I recommend you dig up a copy of C. Dennis McKinsey's book "The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy". It didn't have a very wide print run to begin with, and there haven't been any re-releases, so it's only available used, for a hefty price. But McKinsey was REALLY thoro, and it's a must-have for anyone seriously interested in all the extremely fucked-up things in The Greatest Story [sic] Ever Told.
Thanks for the recommendation. Ordered.
Gold Jell-O, maybe?
Cool. While I'm vaguely aware that much of the symbolism was slams of the current regime(s) and political figures of the time, I'd love to read an "answer key" of which symbol goes with which figure/government.
I hope Hemant includes various interpretations of scripture and not just the fundamentalist view. It would be quite interesting to compare the "liberal" view with that of that fundamentalist view.
He's already there.
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Five books of the Christian bible. Yahweh was not responsible for most of the fairy tale.
Yahweh had nothing to say about it at all. He was as silent as the grave. Like he never existed at all.
All holy books are the works of very human hands.
First, we can discard all the nonsense about the Emperor throwing John into a vat of burning oil and having him drink poison--neither of which had any effect. My own idea of what happened was that Christians were being persecuted, and John got to his island (Patmos) to save himself. But his situation was precarious--he could be executed at any time--and over time he went mad. And that was when he had his hallucinatory experiences and set down the Book of Revelations. The two very bad things that happened to Christianity were when Constantine made it a state religion, and when Revelations, after some discussion, was incorporated into the Bible. Both were disastrous, IMO.
That Christian debunker Candida Moss lays it all out. The gospel of John of Patmos is a forgery.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/everyones-favorite-gospel-the-gospel-of-john-is-a-forgery-according-to-new-research
John the Beloved Liar is the same guy who also supposedly 'wrote' Revelation.