[Buggman]

You realize, of course, that the same thing can be said of the futurist interpretation, ala the Jesuit Ribera?

Sooo . . . you're suggesting that the Jesuit Ribera traveled back in time to the second century and taught Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Victoranus, etc. futurism?

"Doc, you're telling me you made a time machine . . . out of a horse-drawn carriage?"

[topcat54]

Sooo . . . you're suggesting that the Jesuit Ribera traveled back in time to the second century and taught Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Victoranus, etc. futurism?

Nope, just pointing out that the same argument fits for futurists.