Don't you think they should have used a bat instead of a bird? They both are mammals and closely related.
2006-08-25 12:30:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Haha! Love the question man! It's a good one.
To be sure, I have NO fukking clue. Haha.
2006-08-25 12:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by Kirtap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK... The angels are a lot more than birds...your thinking of the pretty blond blue eyed angels you see on T.V.
The bible describes something MUCH MUCH different....
I can't exactly remember what it said I'll look it up later and tell you but it's not only birds.
people got that angel image because the actual angel would scare a human so the angels used a human form. If they didn't the people would be to scare to even listen to what the angel was saying.
2006-08-25 19:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by girlperson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly something to do with the Greeks and those stinking harpies don't you think? But yes the feathers do seem a bit far-fetched... if far-fetched has any meaning when talking about angels!!!
Wait a minute, are you saying an angel is a mammal....Yikes!
2006-08-25 19:34:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you actually read the Bible, you will notice that angels predate Christianity and appear in the Old Testament hundreds of years before the Christians.
2006-08-25 19:38:33 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becuase they can read scripture but cannot understand metaphor is not literal:
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [a]
2 I will say [b] of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge-
10 then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him
and show him my salvation."
2006-08-25 19:36:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Know your facts - angels first appeared in the old testament, a portion of the Bible also honored by the Jewish religion. Christians did not come up with angels, nor did we come up with the old testament.
2006-08-25 19:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aren't angels depicted in the old testament?
2006-08-25 19:39:31 · answer #7 · answered by reid c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahaha... Well, they depict Demons with bat like wings
2006-08-25 19:35:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God created the angels . Do you think your funny because i don't .I think you just showed everyone how smart you really are.
2006-08-25 20:06:54 · answer #9 · answered by mom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How far some go to fabricate a question
2006-08-25 19:34:22 · answer #10 · answered by rangedog 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋