In his defense nothing about the book of revelation is even supposed to be taken literal, it’s more about Rome than eternity.
And it is about people that will pray the Beast at the end of the world.
No.
Well yes, just take a look at the beginning of the verse that mfm quoted (but forgot the beginning of the sentence): " A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury…"
Anyway, you were right, Revelation doesn’t have to be understood in a literal way.