The Whore of Babylon

[Rhyfelwyr]

Since Calvin wasn't a Christian his "findings" are irrelevant.

It's all in your Bible too, just go by it and not your man-made traditions and philosophies.

For that matter, how can one believe in a literal beast of revelation, anyway? Really, the Revelation of John has to be the most abused and misused book in the Bible.

I'm not taking it literally, since I'm not arguing that Jesus is going to rapture us all from a giant seven-headed monster.

'tis mostly a Scottish / North Ireland belief, methinks. They're pretty serious about their sectarianism up there.

'twas the belief of just about every Protestant until really a century or two ago. I wish people didn't take such knee-jerk reactions to it. If it wasn't a reasonably thorough interpretation then none of the great reformers like Calvin or Luther would have held it. I've laid down why I think it's a reasonably interpretation. Even many Catholics accept its speaking of the city of Rome (since that much is pretty much undeniable). And I've said why it refers not just to Imperial Rome.

Now, I'm not saying it's the only interpretation, but IMO it looks right now to be the best.