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The Other Michael · 06-24-2002, 06:13 AM

<a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,265345,00.html" target="_blank">Apocalyterature</a>

Chock full of quotes from many of your favorite whackos!

cheers,
Michael

BibleBelted · 06-24-2002, 06:30 AM

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A TIME/CNN poll finds that more than one-third of Americans say they are paying more attention now to how the news might relate to the end of the world, and have talked about what the Bible has to say on the subject. Fully 59% say they believe the events in Revelation are going to come true, and nearly one-quarter think the Bible predicted the Sept. 11 attack.

59% believe Revelations is going to come true?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. <img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" />

jdawg2 · 06-24-2002, 07:50 AM

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Even the horror of Sept. 11 was experienced differently by people primed to see God's hand in all things. Strandberg admits that he was "joyful" that the attacks could be a sign that the End Times were at hand. "A lot of prophetic commentators have what I consider a phony sadness over certain events," he says. "In their hearts they know it means them getting closer to their ultimate desire."

*sigh* At least he's honest, lol.

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The books were enough to persuade Sandra Keathley, a Boeing employee in Wichita, Kans., not to buy Microsoft's Windows XP, because she has heard rumors that it carries a method of tracking e-mail. (In fact, the software had an instant-messaging bug that was later fixed.) If the Antichrist were to come, she fears, "and you want to contact another Christian, they could see that, trace it."

lol! I just had a hilarious mental image of some red devil on the computer hacking into someone's files.

l33t H4X0R S4t4N RULZ!

tommyc · 06-24-2002, 07:57 AM

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In their hearts they know it means them getting closer to their ultimate desire

oh my g*d, I can just see him saying the words "ultimate desire", as he's rubbing his hands feverishly and he's got wide open, glinting eyes.

Complete fruitcake.

Anunnaki · 06-24-2002, 09:59 AM

Daytime FOX news took a bunch of calls from these wackos during the height of the occupation of the church built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

Well anyway almost all the calls they took during this time were nuts claiming that this was foretold in scripture and that the rapture was imminent.
One sane lady called to say that we need to stop romanticising the region and realise that the people there are religiously insane.

FOX quickly hung up on her and took another call from a fundy.

[ June 24, 2002: Message edited by: Anunnaki ]</p>

BibleBelted · 06-24-2002, 01:46 PM

I actually think this apocalyptic fad going around is extremely dangerous, especially if you have 59% of the population buying into it.

The idea of our elected officials consulting Tim LeHaye or any other Rapture-ready fundy on US foreign policy should scare the crap out of anyone who thinks seriously about it for two seconds.

Corwin · 06-24-2002, 02:45 PM

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lol! I just had a hilarious mental image of some red devil on the computer hacking into someone's files.

l33t H4X0R S4t4N RULZ!</strong>

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Grumpy · 06-24-2002, 03:35 PM

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"If we keep our eyes on Israel, we will know about the return of Christ," says Oleeta Herrmann, 77, of Xenia, Ohio. "Everything that is happening—wars, rumors of war—in the Middle East is happening according to Scripture."

Uh, yeah. Wars. That can mean only one thing: the End Times. Of course, you don't want to watch the news too closely, lest you spoil the "as a thief in the night" surprise of the Rapture. (Unless you want to be sure to Leave Behind your clean underwear.)

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[Retiring Wyoming state senator] Carroll Miller knows people who have prepared Bibles with the relevant passages indexed about what will occur during the Tribulation, so that their left-behind friends and relatives will know to prepare for the earthquakes and locusts and scorpions...

Uh, thanks Grandma.

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The election of Ronald Reagan brought "Christian Zionism" deeper into the White House: Lindsey served as a consultant on Middle East affairs to the Pentagon and the Israeli government. Interior Secretary James Watt, a Pentecostalist, in discussing environmental concerns, observed, "I don't know how many future generations we can count on until the Lord returns." Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger affirmed, "I have read the Book of Revelation, and, yes, I believe the world is going to end—by an act of God, I hope—but every day I think time is running out."

I, too, felt like Armageddon was imminent during the Reagan administration, but not for the same reasons as Reagan's cronies. Rather, Reagan's cronies were the reason. Luckily, we survived....

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If the Antichrist were to come, she fears, "and you want to contact another Christian, they could see that, trace it."

Why would the Antichrist bother reading e-mail -- when he could just put a hex on all the cars in the parking lot with Jesus fish on them?

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"They're asking people to believe that we have a God who simply can't wait to zap the Christian flight crew out of jets so they crash?" asks Paul Maier, a professor of ancient history at Western Michigan University and an author of Christian fiction, who finds in the Left Behind books a deity he does not recognize. "You can't believe in a God who would do this kind of thing."

No. No you can't. At least, you shouldn't. Why? Because if you think you're living in the End Times and you're NOT, then you've wasted your life. I thought of this common refutation to Pascal's Wager when I read of the folks panicking at the thought of a unified European currency or a United Nations resolution on children's rights. Because their apocalyptic fantasies are ruining real-life for the rest of us.

06-24-2002, 06:13 AM	#1
The Other Michael Honorary Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In the fog of San Francisco Posts: 12,631	New Time Magazine article on rapturemania <a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,265345,00.html" target="_blank">Apocalyterature</a> Chock full of quotes from many of your favorite whackos! cheers, Michael

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06-24-2002, 09:59 AM	#5
Anunnaki Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: I`ve left and gone away Posts: 699	Daytime FOX news took a bunch of calls from these wackos during the height of the occupation of the church built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Well anyway almost all the calls they took during this time were nuts claiming that this was foretold in scripture and that the rapture was imminent. One sane lady called to say that we need to stop romanticising the region and realise that the people there are religiously insane. FOX quickly hung up on her and took another call from a fundy. [ June 24, 2002: Message edited by: Anunnaki ]</p>

06-24-2002, 01:46 PM	#6
BibleBelted Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 891	I actually think this apocalyptic fad going around is extremely dangerous, especially if you have 59% of the population buying into it. The idea of our elected officials consulting Tim LeHaye or any other Rapture-ready fundy on US foreign policy should scare the crap out of anyone who thinks seriously about it for two seconds.

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