tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9682979.post9185504666228440240..comments2023-09-26T10:32:38.023-04:00Comments on the dumping ground: 'Touched by an Angel'marauder34http://www.blogger.com/profile/00651154474169358422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9682979.post-39644101223126093142007-04-20T14:22:00.000-04:002007-04-20T14:22:00.000-04:00I admit I havent watched Touched by an Angel in ye...I admit I havent watched Touched by an Angel in years but I remember one specific episode where an Angel went to a rave and got high on Ecstacy. What kind of message is that? Also you are right. THe concept of angels is cheapend.<BR/><BR/>Out here in Oregon there are all kinds of new agey shops that have angel art and stuff. These people are definitely not Christian yet they are into angels.Spiritbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002446750909812249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9682979.post-58783150899964761752007-04-17T11:20:00.000-04:002007-04-17T11:20:00.000-04:00You know what would really be interesting is takin...You know what would really be interesting is taking some of the more punitive whoppers that God's little emissaries have been responsible for, and have the angel relate his particular perspective on their divine actions.<BR/><BR/> “Michael, what was going through your spirit as you destroyed the army of Sennacherib, all equally human and created by god - therefore equally under your protection?”<BR/><BR/>“Satan how has it affected your relationship with the divine to be constantly confused with Samael, who actually turned against God, all due to your following orders and “testing” Job so rigorously, and a mistranslation in Isaiah, confusing you with Lucifer. I mean here you are doing what you are told, and suddenly boom, a cult develops touting you as the adversary set against God. <BR/><BR/>“Gabriel, it must be very stressful acting as the angel of judgment. How do you defend your decision to rain death and destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah?”<BR/><BR/>“Metatron, did you settle on having 36 pair of wings and innumerable eyes before or after you were forced to wander in the desert with the tribe of Israelites in the form of Moses’ staff? Does it cause tension between you and Michael or Gabriel for you to be a non-canonical angel?<BR/><BR/>"What does the Book of Enoch, bring to your mind? Is it all hooey, or are their important things in this apocryphal gospel that are being over looked”<BR/><BR/>What about a gang fight between Islamic, Christian & Zoroastrian Angels (Nobody want to be picking on the Jewish angels for fear of being called anti-semitic<BR/><BR/>Of course, lastly, I’d have to agree with the straightdope.com’s writer, Ed Zotti,who suggest, “let's have an Old Testament cherub eat the cast of Touched by an Angel for a snack.”( http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mangels.html)<BR/><BR/>-AnthonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com