Angel in Hebrew is mal'ak and Greek is angelos and means messenger, one who conveys a message from God. People who know and practice holy living are able to give a message reflecting the character of God. Both in Hebrew and Greek it refers to human messengers. It is also the influence persons or groups impact on others for good or ill. We are all influencers and leave a character / spiritual impression on those we meet for good or ill, even after death. Gabriel was one appointed who guarded the throne of Israel to remove or announce a new king.

The Roman Catholic Church developed their view of angels from the Persian Zoroastrian view of angels as spirits had wings as influences had to fly from one person to another.

Kudos mhaze for the information about taxation. Personally I don't see a difference between taxation with or without money- assuming it's proportional. Roman tax collector's were often privatized and seemingly taxed a fixed amount per village- so many goats, so many standard weight of grain, etc. Aristotle talked about government by laws or principles. Ayn Rand said that when governments don't have standards or principles and just continue to take without limit to their own power and without the balance of responsibility- then civilization will fail.

Communist's say that Capitalist's will sell us the rope to hang them

Josephus- I understand that the four archangels were based on four cardinal archetypes- and one of the names has been lost.

It might be interesting to learn a little about
homosexualty in the ancient world and how far back it
actually goes.

http://worldhistory.org/article/1790/lgbtq-in-the-ancient-world/

http://britannica.com/topic/homosexuality

Josephus,

When I was 6 years old, I lost a tooth, my mother said place the tooth under a glass and pray the Tooth Fairy comes, and takes your tooth and leaves a shinny new shilling in its place. I did what my mother said, and after all she would know, given my mother never lied. Sure enough the next morning the tooth was gone, and a shinny new shilling was there in its place. Absolute proof of the existence of the Tooth Fairy. Not sure if he arrived in a "soft-top red MG sports car", more likely in a flaming chariot pulled by 1,000 white horses! Agree?

«All over the world people face inequality, discrimination,
violence, injustice and cruelty just because of who they
love, how they identify themselves, and who they are.
...Also hence this topic for discussion and my recent thoughts»

OK, fair enough, but these are new issues which you now introduce for the first time: why did you not present them earlier or even in your initial introduction to this discussion?

«It might be interesting to learn a little about
homosexualty in the ancient world and how far back it
actually goes.»

Again, this is the first time you mention homosexuality, ancient or modern.

Are these issues which you now like to discuss here, instead of about the freedoms and obligations of private religious schools, the way this discussion started - or would you rather start a new thread in order to make a clear distinction between these topics?

I hope you are enjoying a good Easter.