Oh, come on. Revelation was a mushroom dream that belonged in the Apocrypha. The New Testament is basically about what happened when God got religion
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Revelation is portrayed as a dream and the New Testament is framed as a story of God changing his ways.
- In plain terms
- The Bible's later books are dismissed as weird dreams, and God seems to have changed his mind.
- What can you take from it?
- View religious texts as human stories subject to change rather than absolute truths.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much of religion is human interpretation?
- Is faith based on fixed truths or stories?
Another view
It dismisses the spiritual significance held by believers.
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