Gaze upon the heart of Christian terrorism. Let me know it you can
discern the neocon puppets.
For all ye with the ears to hear, hear.
Praying for the Apocalypse
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/praying_for_the_apocalypse/
The global nightmare that leads to the end of history is a visceral
and disturbing expression of what believers feel about themselves and
our world. The horror of apocalyptic violence-the final aesthetic of
the movement-at once terrifies and thrills followers. It feeds dark
fantasies of revenge and empowerment. This theology of despair is
empowered by widespread poverty, violent crime, incurable diseases,
global warming, war in the Middle East and the threat of nuclear
calamity. All these events presage the longed-for obliteration of the
Earth and the glorious moment of Christ's return. But until then
believers are told they must battle Satan. And Satan comes in many
guises. In churches across the United States believers are being
girded for a holy war, one as self-destructive as that preached by
radical Islam.
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On Apr 10, 4:46 am, "John Lemke" <jfle...@locallink.net> wrote:
Gaze upon the heart of Christian terrorism. Let me know it you can
discern the neocon puppets.
For all ye with the ears to hear, hear.
Praying for the Apocalypse
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/praying_for_the_apocalypse/
The global nightmare that leads to the end of history is a visceral
and disturbing expression of what believers feel about themselves and
our world. The horror of apocalyptic violence-the final aesthetic of
the movement-at once terrifies and thrills followers. It feeds dark
fantasies of revenge and empowerment. This theology of despair is
empowered by widespread poverty, violent crime, incurable diseases,
global warming, war in the Middle East and the threat of nuclear
calamity. All these events presage the longed-for obliteration of the
Earth and the glorious moment of Christ's return. But until then
believers are told they must battle Satan. And Satan comes in many
guises. In churches across the United States believers are being
girded for a holy war, one as self-destructive as that preached by
radical Islam.
Well one has to admit there is nothing in these folks lives, if this
all they can come up with but one should factor in the baggage:
Propehecy and Politics
Monday 09 April 2007
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/
Armageddon, the apocalypse and environmental degradation are all
prophesised in the
bible. Its followers make up a substantial part of the US population
and its influence is
evident not only in the culture but reaches as far as foreign policy.
Historian Paul S
Boyer discusses the way prophecy has informed politics.
Guests
Paul S. Boyer
Emeritus Professor of History
University of Wisconsin
Publications
Title: When time shall be no more: prophecy belief in modern American
Culture
Author: Paul S Boyer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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