It is my belief that God created us to be intelligent and if we remember that CONTEXT is king when reading the bible it would save us alot of grief, there are difficult passages but when reading Revelation or other prophetic scripture it really isn’t too difficult to discern symbolism vs. literal passages. It is good too that we can disagree with respect, something rare is this world. Blessings!
Its funny. About twenty years ago we had new neighbors move in. We invited them to a cookout to welcome them to the town.
It was clear to see they were Russian immigrants.
Somewhere that afternoon, I realized that the husband and I had both attended our respective military colleges—his in the USSR and mine in the US. He was to join the Soviet Air Force, and I had spent time in AF ROTC (before wanting to get my feet wet.) We spent the afternoon laughing at the BS we had both been taught about each other.
After a few drinks, he did not look like a big bad bear, nor I like a psycho cowboy.
That experience taught me that when you get down to skin and bones....we are so much more like each other than we want to admit.