@fmf saidSometimes, but not necessarily.
The best science fiction is not about predicting the future; it's about contemplating the human condition now.
Thoughts?
The present is prelude.
01 Feb 22
@divegeester saidHave you seen Stapledon's timelines?
The book of Revelation could be described as science fiction.
01 Feb 22
@divegeester saidOr it could have been a C1st equivalent of QAnon.
The book of Revelation could be described as science fiction.
01 Feb 22
@divegeester saidFrom Rev 22
The book of Revelation could be described as science fiction.
“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
@kellyjay saidIs it a "historical fact" that John-somebody-or-other had a "vision" of the already-60-years-dead Jesus, while he was alone in is his house on the island-of-something-or-other, and that these are objective truths that form the basis of the "historically accurate" Book of Revelation
From Rev 22
“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
01 Feb 22
@fmf saidIsland of Patmos
Is it a "historical fact" that John-somebody-or-other had a "vision" of the already-60-years-dead Jesus, while he was alone in is his house on the island-of-something-or-other, and that these are objective truths that form the basis of the "historically accurate" Book of Revelation
01 Feb 22
@fmf saidYes.
Is it a "historical fact" that John-somebody-or-other had a "vision" of the already-60-years-dead Jesus, while he was alone in is his house on the island-of-something-or-other, and that these are objective truths that form the basis of the "historically accurate" Book of Revelation
But Revelation is about the future, not history so it cannot be “historically accurate.”