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Recent World Events Bring Up Armageddon Debate |
"If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be
that of an expert saying it can't be done."
- Peter Ustinov
Recent World Events Bring Up Armageddon Debate
The tsunami, hurricanes, and now the threat of the deadly an avian flu
pandemic: All disasters, which a growing number of Americans believe
could be something much bigger.
"These are definately signs for us to look at and to say that we could
be living right at the end. End of the world? It depends on who you
ask." said Stan Coffey, a senior pastor at the Church at Quail Creek.
He believes there`s a strong corellation between recent natural
disasters and biblical prophecy. Coffey went on to say "This is very
real. Very real. The end of times, the fact that one day the Earth will
come to an end is just as real as the Earth`s beginning."
But not everyone agrees. Jason Boyett, the media director at Paramount
Baptist Church, believes some people take the idea of Armageddon too
far. "There`s some craziness involved there, and to not admit or deal
with that craziness is to be blind to extremes we can go to." Boyett
said.
Boyett even wrote a book, "Pocket Guide to the End Times," poking fun
at the extremes to which people will go.
So, how divided is this issue? According to a survey by the Barna
Research Group, four out of 10 Americans believe that the physical
world will end as a result of supernatural intervention.
The idea that the world is ending is so widespread, that warnings are
even popping up on the internet. The web site, www.raptureready.com,
even features a "rapture index." It`s something they call a speedometer
of end-time activity. When the number is above 145, the site advises:
fasten your seatbelt. For the record, the 2006 high has been 158.
So, does that mean natural disasters are happening more often?
According to environmental scientist Jim Rogers, it is a climate
change, not an apocalyptic event that`s to blame. And as for a possible
trend toward stronger and more frequent hurricanes, Rogers says that`s
simply not true. "I looked at the number of landfall category-four
hurricanes between 1901 and 1920, and about one in four years, recent
records between 1950 - 2003 show about one every nine years, so
probably less frequency."
But Coffey says scientific facts do not change his beliefs of what he
says is the inevitable. "Definately it`s coming. It`s coming." he said.
A Newsweek poll found 55 percent of Americans believe in the rapture
and 36 percent in the biblical "Book of Revelations," which predicts
the end of the world.
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02 Mar 2006 02:35:42 AM |
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So do you reckon it is a mix of Hollywood myth and Religious fervour,
that sees them at the centre stage leading the charge against the
forces of Darkness?
Or just a belief that there has to be more to it.
LB
Ronald Reagan imagined an American past that had a lot to do with God
and a shining city on a hill, and the last best hope - and he sold that
to us, and we liked that. That's the way we see ourselves. He and I
agreed on American exceptionalism. I thought Americans were different,
he thought they were better and God meant it that way. And when he told
us that, we kind of liked it.
Richard Reeves
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