angels

[ehutt]

why are angles depicted with wings? all great paintings show they have wing at their shoulder blades.if my wings are gone is it inteligent design or evolution?

[justineo]

It's neither, ehutt, just an image surely?

[Drusilla]

I know this is a joke question, but I just can't help myself. I'm so weak willed!
Angels are not human, nor even related to them in any way. Dead people go to Heaven or Hell, but they do not become angels, or devils themselves.
The reason Lucifer was cast out of heaven was something to do with his/its jealousy regarding the pre-eminence God wanted to give to humans over all others, including the angels.

[jono!!!]

depends whether it is 45 degree ANGLE or not ?

[jacko50]

Tthanks drusilla, the only thing that has kept me going all these years is the thought of chaving up my wings when i get to heaven ,now you tell me i aint going to be an angel,what will i be then? (do not say pillock ) as i am that here on earth.

[NiceCupOfTea]

If God had wanted us to have wings, he wouldn't have let us invent 'planes. 'Planes are well better than wings - inflight bars, TV, food and you get to sit there instead of knackering yourself out flapping your wings.

[ehutt]

i missed spelled angel. i'm serious. is angel wings of mans imagination, or is their a gospel that is discriptive of angels?

[logman]

I think its the only way early artists could make any sense of some guy dropping out of the sky and saying "fear not", seriously....

[jake-the-peg]

There's a great article on Angels in wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels

[qapmoc]

I am not quite sure what you are talking about here, I keep my wings folded under my tee shirt when I don't need them!

[astaff]

"wings tucked under my shirt". That's funny. I wear a hat to hide my horns.

If you're serious, ehutt, I can tell you that in the Old Testament book of Ezekiel, the prophet has a vision in which he sees angels with three sets of wings, two wings cover the face, two wings cover the feet (some say genitals), and with two wings they fly. That, to my knowledge, is the only reference to six-winged angels. When the ark of the covenant was built, God commanded that the top have two angels facing each other, bowing forward, with their wings thrust forward, tips touching.

Other than that, from memory anyway, I don't recall many other places where wings are explicitly described. Maybe in Isaiah, Revelation, and the birth of Christ narratives you will see some wings described, but not for sure. In the stories of the resurrection, the angels are described as men, so I would think that they did not have visible wings or it would have been more obvious. That's just speculation, though.