Revealing Revelation

Someone raised a point about Revelation this week, so I thought I'd take a refresher and started reading.
Before I got to the end of verse 2 I noticed something or, rather, something came into focus so, if you'll permit me...
let's take a look through a lens with a religious tint on it...

The Bible - King James Version.

Revelation
1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

Look the same as always? Not noticing any difference?
That's because of the fairly universal saturation of Abrahamic teachings.
Whether we like it or not, almost everyone's lenses have had a coat of religious tint, all added without our permission of course!
Okay, so, let's take the tint off...

Revelation 1:1 The fictionalised representation of the end of the world of the feature fictional character, which the feature fictional character's fictional father gave unto the feature fictional character, to show unto the feature fictional character's fictional groupies, things which must shortly⁽¹⁾ come to pass⁽²⁾, and the feature fictional character sent⁽³⁾ and signified by a fictional flying extra unto the feature fictional character's fictional groupie:
1:2 Who bare record⁽⁴⁾ of the fictional word of the feature fictional character's fictional father, and of the fictional testimony⁽⁵⁾ of the feature fictional character, and of all things that the feature fictional character's fictional groupie saw⁽⁶⁾.

⁽¹⁾ Nondescript time parameter; open ended predictions are not predictions.
⁽²⁾ in the fictional world of the story.
⁽³⁾ "Sent"?? Imagined dad to imagined son to imaginer of the whole tale... The actual distance of travel is?
⁽⁴⁾ "Record"?? For the transcription of a monologue on the apocalyptic end of the world delivered by the feature fictional character to a lesser fictional character in the form of a dream(it had winged humans), one may only suppose "record" is a little... grand?
⁽⁵⁾ "Testimony"?? This is a report of what was said in a dream; it cannot legitimately be called testimony. The ONLY witness was asleep(winged humans). It is, at best, the remembered portions of a dream; the result, as Scrooge so instantly surmises in "A Christmas Carol", of dodgy crumbs of cheese perhaps?
⁽⁶⁾ "Saw"?? Imagined is all we can say for sure.

And that's just the first two verses!

Anyway, I think, the point is, beware:
Sometimes one does not realise the extent to which a culturally, historical belief in fantasy has surreptitiously furnished one's lenses with a religious tint.

In this instance, what is hailed as 'revelation from the divine' is nothing more than a half remembered dream by a character in a book.

So onto the rest of the chapter.

On full reading one of course discovers the details of this tale of an imagined end of the world but if you break the tale down to its bare bones, strip all the colourful threats, promises, magic and monsters from the fable, you get the disturbing tale of an extremely powerful father who is furious at the failure of his latest madcap experiment⁽⁷⁾ and how he inflicts his vengeance, in a tantrum of epic proportions, on the sentient lab animals for what he perceives as their part in the failure of that experiment. And, because his son played a leading role in that failure, the wrathful dad makes his poor, peace-loving, hippy of an only son slaughter each and every sentient being, personally. And all because dear ol' dad was disappointed that the experiment didn't turn out the way the he wanted!
Now there's a being with anger management issues who takes no responsibility for his own shortcomings!
I suggest pops needs therapy - possibly electric shock treatment!
I have a mains outlet and a couple of Crocodile clips if anyone has cabling of sufficient capacity.

⁽⁷⁾ "I'll imprison all the creatures of freewill who ever existed as slaves to my experiment, and get them to choose, of their own freewill, to be thankful for their imprisonment. Muaha-ha-ha-ha!"
Scholars are divided as to the number of additional "ha's"
so I've gone with a middle-of-the-road insane to avoid offending either wing of extremists.
I think, with just the three "ha's" it's sinister without being too panto,
but add more to your taste, if you wish.

In conclusion I feel the reader of Revelation can be sure of only one thing; the author, whoever that was, had wide experience of mythological tales and possibly more than one opium trip!

So to the question...
How is it that even one who is atheist from birth knows not only the the names of these fictional characters, who are of value only to those who pretend them real, but also, often, the complexities of the interplay between the characters and the tale as is depicted in the book?
To which I feel the answer is...
Paying no mind or heed to the human right to SELF determination most governments support the widespread social inculcation of fantasy fiction.

But I would like to live a society SO secular that a child could be raised without ever hearing even a word that anyone held any of the fables as truth, and live out their lives in an absence of the effects of those addicted to religious literature but, while religion exists, its sycophants will prohibit this.⁽⁸⁾

So then the further question seems...
How can that be legal?
Why is my right to live free of religious influence less important than their right to spout it or wear religious garb, which is offensive to me?
This is one of the Too Many Questions

⁽⁸⁾ For a wider exploration of this read Grasping Free Reality
If you want to read more about the religious tint check out Your Point Is Not valid.

PEACE
Crispy

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The First Revelation

Dear Humanity, my children, my lambs, my slaves,
Harken to me the one and only god, hear well what I say...
In the grand scheme of my things and ways, it matters to me greatly, more than you could comprehend if you could live forever, that you each ARE who I intended you to be.
And, to this end, it is my desire that you no longer be corrupted by the various warrior words of your 'Holy' scriptures, which many liars have penned, claiming my authority for their own expansionist agendas!
The books, which claim my hand in their authorship, are not born of me!
Please stop accrediting me with such supremacist, violent bullshit! It's embarrassing!

So, as I have never made contact with you before, to the reason I'm contacting you now...
Until further notice,
these guidelines apply to one and all of you...

I've no specific preference about what you wear. I like the way pantaloons sound; that's the word not the garment, although.. satin pantaloons rustle something lovely! Mmmm, rustleyyyy.
Anyway, just be comfortable in body and mind, wear what you think suits you and dress for the weather, or not; you've freewill y'know!

I've no specific preference about which adult or adults any human adult has sex with.

You hear that Catholic Priests? I said, which ADULTS you have carnals with! It's called abstinence, not fucking-abstinence! Take heed, I'm noting your every sleazy thought and move! LEAVE the innocent alone! Hands off, you frock wearing freaks! And, for all you devious loophole seekers in the Vatican, that's both hands, all other body parts and any machine or tool!
And you can stop sniggering too, Muslim "men" - you're equally offensive to me. NO Marrying or fucking the prepubescent! Ignore the example of your paedophile idol and get your rocks off ONLY with CONSENTING adults!

For the great majority of you fabulous people, who are not kiddie fiddlers, my only request is you make good nookie! I've seen some very half-arsed and woefully shoddy shags from some of you! Don't be thinking about the gas bill or how you've got to unblock the toilet later! Mind in the moment, People, and everyone's a winner! If you're gonna get it on, get it fuckin' on! It makes it so much more interesting for me!

Oh yes; one thing - whoever first thought of using spray-cream in the bedroom - kudos! So, unless you're lactose intolerant, heavy on the spray-cream, peeps; y'know, if you fancy it.
No pressure, just a personal preference; you understand.

Lastly on this point, I didn't spend all that time inventing top class naughty bits just for you to be prudish about them; they're naughty bits!
For being naughty with!
And for MY sake stop chopping chunks of 'em off, or up, or what-have-you!
You mad, bloodthirsty arseholes!
They're good AS IS!
I don't know; aeons developing the perfect danglies and you mangle your child's before they've even had any real hands-on experience of what I made for 'em!
Stop it!
It's bloody ungrateful and very gross!!

Where was I? Oh yes...
I just want you to be the best gosh-darn human you can be.
You have to work out for yourself what that is; it's your body, your life - you figure it out!
It's your right, to use your free will, to live your life, the way you choose; just don't harm anyone else and, wherever possible, behave honourably.
The might makes right attitude of the law of the jungle ONLY applies to those living in a fuckin' jungle!!
And chaps, that does not merely apply to you!! Women and Men are exactly equal in my eyes. And for all you mad-eyed, fork-tongue clerics selling, "Equality does not mean identicality", you are completely and utterly wrong!
Women and Men are fully equal in every respect and every facet of life.!
Stop being such misogynistic, bullying arseholes and accept it immediately!

Now, on to that which is offensive...

It is an offence in my eyes if you cover your head. (on normal, pleasant days. Inclement or adverse weather or dangerous conditions exempt).
It makes knowing all your little thoughts trickier!
Stop it!
You don't want to get blamed for someone else's pilfering of the poor-box now, eh?

It is an offence in my eyes to cover your faces. (On normal, pleasant days. Inclement or adverse weather or dangerous conditions exempt).
I carefully and specifically sculpted each and every one of your cute little faces!
It took bloody ages and that's a god's ages mind, not your woefully short donkey's years! Oh but you should have seen them when I'd finished though; I had all your little heads, all lined up in rows ready to go... Special!
So, I want your fellow humans to get a good eyeful of what each of you actually look like!
No spoilers but what if how one of you looks is supposed to trigger some thought in another of you, about some fabulous medical breakthrough or something?
You hadn't thought of that, had you? Well then...
On normal, pleasant days, faces out people!

Oh, and while you've got 'em out, smile more! You're alive! That's a great thing to be; enjoy the hell out of it! You only get to do it once! Try everything you fancy, no exceptions; as long as you don't hurt another in the process. Explore! Or not, it's your choice but the point is, you're free to!

It is an offence in my eyes when you unjustly punish.
When a majority of the free peoples of Earth agree it's a crime, it's a crime.
Rape is a crime, being raped is not!
To any who think otherwise, you're cordially invited to fuck, right, off!
In fact, all who think that being raped is a crime should just go and sit in the corner, facing the wall, right now, and stay there until you become civilised! Don't let your judgements be influenced by culture, family, religious or personal pressures or prejudices; weigh each incident dispassionately on the evidence! And, if the evidence alone does not convict, do not convict on the strength of your, independently or collectively held, convictions, wishes, whims or desires.
There is right and there is wrong and an unjust punishment is a wrong forever.
And for MY sake Stop stoning, beheading or hanging people! It's barbaric!
You're not two-year-olds! Stop having tantrums! When you feel offended by one of my creations, don't just spit the dummy and beat the shit her or him!
Give them a stern shouting at, fine them, imprison them, but find more civilised ways of resolving your disputes.

Finally...
It is an offence in my eyes when you bow and fawn and pray! Stop it, you cringe-worthy sycophants!
Nothing can be changed by it!
My judgements of your lives are based solely on the way you play the hand I dealt you.
Stop praying and start playing!
And what's with all the wailing? I've got you Muslims screaming up a storm five fuckin' times a day with your obscenely dictatorial 'calls to prayers'.
Call to prayer! How very fucking fascist of you!
And then, to cap it off, I've got you Christians wailing at me every weekend!
I dunno - you work hard, you pay your taxes and just try to have a nice, peaceful Sunday, relaxing in the garden with a fine single malt and, regular as a pulsar, Mrs Brown and her posse of fondant-fancy hats start their caterwauling!
For an HOUR!
Quit it!
It's MY Sunday too! Furthermore, for those of you thinking "Okay, I'll just keep my beliefs to myself"...

It is an offence in my eyes for you to think about me.
Stop it; it's bloody annoying!
Consider the actors on your telly. What would it be like if every so often they all, individually, took a sneaky peek directly at the camera; every once in a while they'd each stop acting and peer, as if they were trying to see you? That would be a bit spooky at first, right? Well, it's amazing how quickly 'a bit spooky' turns into a blood-boiling irritation! It'd put you off watching the story, eh?
Well, that's what it's like for me when you keep thinking about me and my ways!
Stop it!
I didn't create everything so you could ruin it for me!

So, in summation, for those who need it...
All who continue in the false, fraudulently authored ways will incur my displeasure.
And, after witnessing the intolerant consequences of your imaginings of my displeasure,
I am fully aware that you are fully aware that royally pissing me off is unlikely to be a thing you want! ALL powerful, y'know!

Okay; that'll do. I don't think I'll need to contact you again. Keep rockin', you're doing fine, except for all the tediously primitive, magical, religious mumbo jumbo. See you at the finish line for the debriefing. Oh and don't worry about heaven and hell too much, they're just seasoning your ancestors added to the mix.
Cheerio
Your invisible granddad in the sky.(Some of you know me as God)

P.S. Be nice to animals! If I do eventually decide to create an afterlife, I'll make it so animals get to crap in the slippers of all those who were crap to them! :D No, not really; just kidding.
Be nice though, it's just nicer!
Ooh and remember; consider spray-cream!
Bye.

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So the question here is not so simple...
What reason do we have to conclude that the previously 'received words' (Baghavad Gita/Torah/Bible/Qur'an etc) are from a/the god(s) but those above are not?

This is one of the Too Many Questions

PEACE
Crispy

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