The dinosaurs roam the earth...

27 July 2006

If there is anything that makes my brain hurt, cramp up, squirm wildly and otherwise want to fly out of my head to seek refuge under the nearest cool and heavy rock, it is the idea that what we are witnessing these days in Lebanon and Israel is the prelude to the "End Times"; a prerequisite to the Rapture; a preview of the Great Tribulation; a pre-party to the Second Coming, writes Michael Standaert at the Huffington Post.  I've read the books, I've studied the Rapture culture, I've met and know people who believe in this eschatology, and for the life of me I still can't grasp the fascination and desire to see the world end. I still can't grasp that millions of people hope they are sitting in the front row seats to the end of history. They want to be on the winning side, they want to go to heaven. But instead of the usual individual Christian spiritual yearning for this promised land, this division between good and ill takes on a the flavor of a universal cosmic battle where all the wheat is separated from all the chaff in one cataclysmic go. Blamo! I just don't understand. What spiritual malaise is this? What utter hopelessness in humanity? What arrogant attitude sees the same people who so often proclaim a "Culture of Life" hope for everything to perish from the earth? What makes generally good people, and I feel most of them believe their itch for the end is a "hopeful" belief, want all of this to disappear? To read the article in full visit the Huffington Post.

 

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