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I’m not OP and I’m not religious. I read the Bible to learn about many of the cultural references to it and to see what the big deal was. I was fascinated by tw

I’m not OP and I’m not religious. I read the Bible to learn about many of the cultural references to it and to see what the big deal was. I was fascinated by two sections: Ecclesiastes, in which the author explains why “there is nothing new under the sun “, and Relevations which seems to be an incredible drug-induced hallucination about how the world will end. Whether true or not, Revelations is entertaining. I treat it the same way I do reading “Lord of the Rings”. Entertainment and a good story.

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Ecclesiastes may be my favorite book of the Old Testament as I find it provides a very pragmatic perspective on modern day materialism and other vices. I don't want to start a theological flame war here but I think it's extremely unfortunate that the Dispensationalist's view of Revelation is the face of North American Protestantism. It's a rather new theology (mid 1800's) but I think it's what most non Christians, that have more than a passing interest in such matters, ascribe to the faith. For those of us who don't subscribe to this theology, the events predicted in Revelation already happened in 70 A.D.