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

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:35:16 -0400, Dennis Francis Heffernan
<hefferman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:


>	The prophecies of Revelation were supposed to come to pass within the 
>lifetimes of the apostles.  As a result some Christians believe that
Satan's 
>fall has occurred and we are living a world he rules.  Since the fall
takes 
>place after the opening of the seals and (IIRC) the sounding of the
trumps, I 
>think there would have been some historical record of, say, the seas
turning 
>to blood and locusts the size of lions scourging mankind, but theists
have 
>never really been big on things like logical consistency or evidence.

Er...I don't recall reading anything about locusts the size of lions.
However when I read Revelation, it did seem to me to be quite clearly
a vengeful picture of the fall of Rome.