or the person is on some pretty intense hallucinogens. thing is fasting in a desert type environment does leave one susceptible to that type of hallucination. And also given that at that when the revelations were written, people had good access to some fairly strong hallucinogens. So you have to wonder about John and what was he on at the time he wrote the book.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Casey Dougall <ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > >> >> I thought that the idea of the Rapture started with Paul. I had to >> look it up, but it is 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 >> >> "According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still >> alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not >> precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come >> down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel >> and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise >> first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught >> up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And >> so we will be with the Lord forever." >> >> Paul had a bunch of other stuff related to Rapture, as I recall, in >> his letters he wrote from Corinth (which are Corinthians and >> Thessalonians in the New Testament). >> >> Judah >> >> > > Sounds like alien invasion. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
