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To: JoeProBono

Idiot. Materialist. Concrete thinker only.

Angels are pure spirit. The wings in art are representative of a spirit’s ability to be operative as they will.


11 posted on 12/22/2009 6:35:40 PM PST by amihow
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To: amihow
Angels are pure spirit. The wings in art are representative of a spirit’s ability to be operative as they will.

Exactly. Of course they can't actually "FLY", but that's because they have NO BODIES, not because their wings are too small.

39 posted on 12/22/2009 6:58:54 PM PST by nina0113
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To: amihow
"The wings in art are representative of a spirit’s ability to be operative as they will."

Actually, the wings in art are merely the early Christian adaptation of images of Nike, the Greek goddess of Victory...

It still finds its way into modern heraldry, i.e. the HHC 1st ID unit crest...


82 posted on 12/23/2009 6:34:09 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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