Originally Posted by
ik9000
oh ffs, this depresses me so much. Is his faith really so vulnerable he has to clutch at straws to try and justify it? Who's he trying to convince with that? Sounds to me like someone with doubts desperately trying to reassure himself, all the while undermining his own credibility to onlookers. Is there more to life than meets the eye? Sure. Do I believe in God? Absolutely. Is that an angel or a moth. Moth. Blatantly a moth. Moth moth moth moth moth.
If he flicked open his bible he'd remember that in the few times angels are referred to as visiting people on earth (as opposed to the apocalyptic visions in the book of Revelation) they are consistently described as "like a man", "in the appearance of a man" etc "shining", "dressed in white" but "like a man". They had definite features, since people "fell at their feet". The encounters were always purposeful, and for unique and specific reasons, and the resultant message very very clear. The visited were in no doubt as to what had happened. Nowhere does it describe such encounters as "something happened we didn't know about until later" "oh, and it looked like a mustard smudge in a baby's nappy." IT'S A MOTH.