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With hurricanes and terrorism, some wonder if apocalypse is near
Friday, October 7, 2005 By OTIS HART
Everyone from the Jerusalem Newswire to Salon.com called what happened
in New Orleans "apocalyptic." Water and neglect combined to
transform one of America's most vibrant cities into a wasteland,
littering the streets with death and testing the will of the living.
But can we really deem the devastation a sign of the end times? If we
go by precedent, well, maybe.
History is scattered with failed prophecies, and if we're lucky, so
is the future. Ever since John wrote the Book of Revelation, Christians
have been placing bets on when God might come calling. And disasters
like Hurricane Katrina and the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001,
make for ideal latter-day fodder.
Richard Landes, a Boston University professor and expert in millennial
studies, doesn't believe the world will end any time soon. But the
apocalypse? That's debatable.
"Apocalypse means revelation, and what happened in New Orleans was
revelatory," Landes said. "Everyone is walking away with new
insights, just as 9/11 was revelatory."
One of Israel's retired chief rabbis, Ovadia Yosef, called the
hurricane "God's retribution" against President Bush for
supporting Israel's withdrawal of settlers from Gaza. Other rabbis
condemned his comments.
Yet there are those outside the Christian sphere who believe a real
countdown has already begun. Muslim fundamentalists, Landes says, have
been pushing for the apocalypse in the form of global jihad.
Landes calls it "an active cataclysmic apocalyptic scenario leading
to a hierarchical millennium - the most dangerous and destructive
form of millennialism on record."
Katrina plays perfectly into that scenario. The Kuwaiti newspaper
Al-Siyassa published a story by Muhammad Yousef Al-Mlaifi of the
Kuwaiti Ministry of Endowment citing "the terrorist Katrina."
"I was reminded of the words of (the prophet Muhammad): 'The wind
sends torment to one group of people, and sends mercy to others. I do
not think - and only Allah knows - that this wind, which completely
wiped out American cities in these days, is a wind of mercy and
blessing. It is almost certain that this is a wind of torment and evil
that Allah has sent to this American empire."
Almost certain. Nothing sums up modern apocalyptic thought better than
that.
A brief look at various predictions of global doom said to come:
1996-2000
The Left Behind movement takes hold. Based on the idea that there are
people left behind on earth after the Rapture, the group believes in
premillennial tribulation - seven years of tribulation, followed by a
messianic millennial, and then a New Jerusalem.
2007
Evangelical Zionist Hal Lindsey and other Christian pundits suggested
this could be the year the messiah returns, 40 years after the Jewish
state returned to Jerusalem (the Six Day War of 1967).
DEc. 21, 2012
The end of the Mayan calendar. The five-column system works like an
odometer, with each placement topping out at 13 - when the clock
strikes 13-0-0-0-0, some expect the end of time, while some anticipate
an enlightenment.
2023
Fundamental Islamic dogma predicts that Israel will fall in 2023 and
that Muslims will return to power.
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09 Oct 2005 06:44:19 AM |
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On 2005-10-09 00:08:38 -0400, said:
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=18&ID=245899&r=0
With hurricanes and terrorism, some wonder if apocalypse is near
Friday, October 7, 2005 By OTIS HART
Everyone from the Jerusalem Newswire to Salon.com called what happened
in New Orleans "apocalyptic." Water and neglect combined to
transform one of America's most vibrant cities into a wasteland,
littering the streets with death and testing the will of the living.
But can we really deem the devastation a sign of the end times? If we
go by precedent, well, maybe.
If you believe such nonsense you are a total,complete fucktard. It's
that simple.
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PCs, like air-conditioners, are useless when you open Windows.
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| User: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Uncle_Wally_s_nice_n_comfy_cozy_HOOROO_corner_cabin__;-=99?=" |
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08 Oct 2005 11:31:14 PM |
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vERY Good Post !!!
I'm most impressed !
There is another disaster (or series of cataclysmic events) either
man-made or natural events that
*WILL* occur b4 December 21, 2005 that will herald the coming
calamitous catastrophic Seven Years of Great Tribulation......
Peoplez can either believe it or not or take it all with a grain of
salt, but it's gonna happen.....
On the actual business of a very nasty global
thermonuclear war -- that will take place around the years 2009/2010 --
but man-made & natural disasters will continue to plague humankind b4
then & hit the global economy for six !!!!
HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY
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HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY
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| User: "Fred Garvin" |
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09 Oct 2005 06:45:20 AM |
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On 2005-10-09 00:31:14 -0400, "Uncle Wally 's nice 'n' comfy cozy
HOOROO corner cabin ;-)™" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> said:
vERY Good Post !!!
I'm most impressed !
There is another disaster (or series of cataclysmic events) either
man-made or natural events that
*WILL* occur b4 December 21, 2005 that will herald the coming
calamitous catastrophic Seven Years of Great Tribulation......
Peoplez can either believe it or not or take it all with a grain of
salt, but it's gonna happen.....
And when it doesn't happen?
Morons.....
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