God is very creative. Just look at the cherubim: 4 faces, 4 wings, cow legs and flying at 90 degree angles? WEIRD!!
And then think about the cherubim: 6 wings! What must their flight pattern look like?
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Just how big wingspan do these angels have, anyway? Most angels, as depicted in artwork, would not be able to fly. You'd need something ridiculous, like 10-meter wing span to get a human off the ground.
"God is very creative. Just look at the cherubim: 4 faces, 4 wings, cow legs and flying at 90 degree angles? WEIRD!!"
Weird, indeed. And likely "stoned" also applies to the one who thought it up.
"And then think about the cherubim: 6 wings! What must their flight pattern look like?"
Anything you can imagine. And there's a very good reason for that. See if you can work out what it is.
Yes, they look suspiciously like the demi-gods of the Babylonians. Its almost as if the writers of the bible stole the image from that pagan society. Hmm, I wonder if the bible contains any other ideas borrowed from pagan societies.
Bah, I am not impressed, other MYTHOLOGIES have cooler creatures.
Oh wait, you think they are real?!? *backs away carefully*
#1044478 wrote:
"Most angels, as depicted in artwork, would not be able to fly. You'd need something ridiculous, like 10-meter wing span to get a human off the ground."
Not if the wings beat 1000 times per minute, like a humming bird.
Of course, normal mammalian muscles would not be able to pull off such a feat. There's only so much force that a kilogram of muscle tissue can generate. But these are Angels we're talking about here. Their musculature comes from the planet Krypton, or something.
Or -- maybe they're like Hawkman. They have an anti-gravity belt for lift and the wings are just used as control surfaces.
Personally, I'm leaning toward the Planet Krypton hypothesis. Maybe the "iron" chariots in Judges 1:19 were actually made of Kryptonite, which would explain Yahweh's inability to defeat them.
No word was spoken amidst the distant sound that grew nearer and nearer, but as I followed the memory-face's mad stare along that cursed shaft of light to its source, the source whence also the whining came, I, too, saw for an instant what it saw, and fell with ringing ears in that fit of shrieking epilepsy which brought the lodgers and the police. Never could I tell, try as I might, what it actually was that I saw; nor could the still face tell, for although it must have seen more than I did, it will never speak again.
And then think about the cherubim: 6 wings! What must their flight pattern look like?
6 wings? Meh. Now 7 wings, or even 8 maybe, yes, now that would be something. But I guess I'll have to wait for your creative god to think those up. Seriously though look up Cerberus, Hydra or Chimera on wikipedia. All that stuff is pre-christianity and makes your stupid aerodynamically impossible angels look stupid by comparison, and your god a 7 year old with a box of crayons.
And then think about the cherubim: 6 wings! What must their flight pattern look like?
6 wings? Meh. Now 7 wings, or even 8 maybe, yes, now that would be something. But I guess I'll have to wait for your creative god to think those up. Seriously though look up Cerberus, Hydra or Chimera on wikipedia. All that stuff is pre-christianity and makes your stupid aerodynamically impossible angels look stupid by comparison, and your god a 7 year old with a box of crayons.
@Campbunny
If it's a poe, it's a very dedicated one. She's a regular poster on RR and regular featured artist here on FSTDT.
Although I grant you it SOUNDS like it should be a poe.
Hard to tell ...
First, Cherubim had four wings, Seraphim had six*, perhaps you should read your post before posting it. Also, I hardly think that throwing stuff together in the most senseless manner possible makes someone creative... it makes them stupid.
*- That is, if they had ever existed.
"God is very creative. Just look at the cherubim: 4 faces, 4 wings, cow legs and flying at 90 degree angles? WEIRD!!"
Yeah, he was probably stoned when he did that ...
Um...Angels are...like, spirits, right? Can't they look like anything they want, and do they even have to use their wings to fly?
I think it's pretty funny that these people not only believe that these creatures are real, but sit around wondering about how they fly. If I believed in them, I'd have to say that since heaven is a magical place, they could fly however they wanted. Of course since they're magic they really wouldn't need wings. Maybe that's why I don't believe in mythical creatures.
I was in a church recently that had the ceiling behind the altar painted with creatures that were just a human head with a set of wings underneath. Kind of creepy. Don't know what kind of angel/cherubim/drug trip creature they were supposed to be.
The cherubim come from Ezekiel, in the same chapter where he describes wheels of fire. Seraphim (which is what NPBF perhaps meant to say) come from Isaiah.
I'd bet both came from the minds of those prophets, not God. Those guys must have scored some righteous weed. (Warning: non-drug user; substitute more appropriate substances.)
Awesome, but don't forget about the cherubim - they have 8 wings, and instead of a face, they have four arses . CRAZY!!
To say nothing of the cherubim - 10 wings! Imagine what happens when they go for a picnic?
I am wondering if they are fixed wings or if they... hey, wait a minute, they're not real!
Fundies love to mention that 'wacky' creatures like the duckbilled platypus proves that god has a sense of humour. I think they prove that evolutionary changes are amazing.
Fictional beings are fictional.
*turns on They Might Be Giants 'Science is Real'*
4 wings, 6 wings, and still fucking invisible. Funny, that.
Also, thank fuck God doesn't design airplanes for a living, if he can't decide on how many wings a flying object needs.
It's the /Seraphim/ who have six wings, bitch.
Re: the question on angelic wingspan -- I take it that humans can't depict the true forms of angels, but we perceive them in ways we can comprehend. *shrugs*
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