angels anitomocally incorrect to fly?

I think its sort of fun to postulate on the science of this stuff, but it is sort of an exercise in futility. Maybe angels (since their altitude is so high in the clouds) live in a low-gravity environment. Though then the science is obviously why we never see them on satellite photos or from airplanes. I don't think it's trying to kill the imagination...I think that this is how a lot of science-oriented people USE their imagination: how could we make this real? Is it possible to make this real?

It is thought that, originally, pictures of angels did not have wings but that they were shown with an aura round the body (as an artistic device to show that it was an angel that was being depicted). Over time, this oval 'brightness' became the long, folded wings that one often sees them drawn as today. Angel-like beings were being depicted in Sumerian art in about 3000 BCE, so the tradition is very old. Our word comes from the Greek 'angelos' which is thought to be a translation of the Hebrew 'malakh' meaning 'messenger'. Angels occasionally make an appearance in the Old Testament as 'messengers of God'. Generally they seem to appear as ordinary humans and come to help and even travel with the people they appear to. They are never described as having wings and, in fact, are not usually recognised for what they are until after they have left. Many people say that angels do not have a physical form but that they can take on any form they choose. This is often, of course, a human form and the artistic device of showing them with wings is merely a way of showing that they are messengers and 'fly' between the realms of Heaven and Earth.

Thats a very good waste of time. If an angel existed, it wouldn't have to adhere to any normal rules of physics. Thats an easy one.

But the report is art too don't you see? the brainchild of a creative mind, something new, the exploration of uncharted territory, a way to get people talking.

...Hi there pukaprat2, Happy 2010. Let's just say that angels do exist. I do happen to think that there are good spirits that watch over us to keep us safe from time to time, and other forces that create havoc from time to time. You want to label the good forces angels, ok. No one that I have heard of has seen an angel except for some in tbe Bible, if you are a believer, Joseph, for one when he was told to take Mary for his wife, and I have to say some others whom I can't name, those were in biblical times. So to describe an angel as having wings, you may be going too far unless you have a specific reference of some sort. The other thing is this, as you say if God made them, why would they need wings to fly. They would just fly because God gave them the ability to fly. They are not birds, they are angels who have special abilities. The Lord walked on water, how? Because he could. He had the power. Let the angels be, fly, can't fly, we breath with lungs inside our body, no outside force, how? Because God made us that way. Peace "o).

It doesn't matter. According to science, bumble bees can't fly.But they do. Angels are spiritual being anyway, so they are not subject to the laws that govern physical things

I have a wonderful book that goes into the science behind dragons. such as the chemical reaction that causes them to fly, the reason they hoard gold, their life cycle, why no bones are ever found, everything. the basis of this study is on records of dragon sightings in old texts, and bits of folklore. and it's brilliant. as far as I know, there are no dragons and never have been, but this book makes you see it as something that MIGHT be true. even if there's no proof. I do believe in fairies. like most children I stopped, but then when I saw one, I started again pretty quickly. I don't think they are as most people imagine them to be, but I do believe they exist. I don't try and make others believe. what would the point be in that? but I'm comfortable believing they're around. it explains things I've seen and the way things go missing and sometimes come back again, but in the strangest of places. take this with as large a pinch of salt as you wish, this is my truth, and I'll take no offense at people not believing in them, after all I didn't for a long time, despite the accounts of others that had seen them, so my account wouldn't have changed my mind, and I don't expect it to change yours. fairies don't fly. not really. they often have wings, but they are ornamental. they are not for flight. they just sort of... move. from one place to another. they move off the ground from one point to another. the wings usually don't move. the wings aren't what propels them. air movement doesn't seem to affect them. and I think it's because they're not physical. they're not so much flying as they are moving the image of themself from one place to another. whatever it is they are, they don't fly, in the sense a bird or insect does. I expect angels, being believed to be spirit rather than physical, if they exist, also have wings more for appearence than anything else. if they DO have wings. they probably look quite different to the pictures if they are real.