Re: 2nd Season Joan of Arcadia - Common Thread - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

"Dennis Francis Heffernan" <hefferman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> John Richards wrote:
>> "Dennis Francis Heffernan" <hefferman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> kstahl wrote:
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>>>> The primary source for the explanation that the devil is a fallen 
>>>> angel is John Milton's "Paradise Lost" - which, strictly speaking, is

>>>> not canonical.
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually, the primary source that the devil is a fallen angel is 
>>> Revelation 12:7.
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>> 
>> Most scholars interpret that verse as being a prophecy of a future 
>> end-time event.
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> That's not in dispute.

We were discussing whether the devil *is* (present tense) a fallen angel.
If the future prophecy is not in dispute, it would mean that the devil is 
not (yet) a fallen angel.

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John Richards