The price we pay, for being told our next president is "inevitable," is the sense of dread we can get in our stomach as we consider what HE strongly "believes" is inevitable:
Namely the apocalypse.
Mormons, Christians, NewAgers, and many others are convinced they've been put here for no other reason than to somehow destroy us, so we can be cleansed for our own good.
This is, of course, a delusional vision, based on a hatred for your fellow man and an extreme case of narcissism - both of which go against the same "teachings" believers claim they uphold.
This contradiction, and the confusion it creates, is the basis for why so many cultists kill.
Mitt Romney isn't our straight-laced "White Horse" savior but our darkest destroyer.
This, too, is "inevitable."
But it's only your friends who will tell you,....
That has been a problem that can be somewhat tied into the 1800s and the outbreak of spiritualism/revelation that became such a hit and fad (and the 1800s is really a fascinating era to study in regards to this).
ReplyDeleteThe key ingredient is the belief in some rapture that will take the blessed (and of course, you are one of the special ones... if you believe...and buy into the program at the introductory special offer of 19.95 + shipping and handling) which also gives one the added benefit of knowing that the non-blessed (like your damn unbelieving neighbor who has a nicer car than you, or the other one who doesn't have the money to spruce up his front yard, thus bringing your own property prices down) will be made to suffer along with his family and friends in increasingly illustrated and hideous ways...because they are rotten filthy sinners (and aren't like you) and thus need, deserve, cry out to be judged.
For the actual record (at least what I got taught by the nuns and priests back when the RCC actually practised a lot of scholarly thought) the Book of Revelations wasn't supposed to be studied as some mystic roadmap to the final countdown, rather a liturgical work symbolizing the eventual triumph of good over evil (the thing you're supposed to take away from it, not the judging and horrible afflictions part) and as a guideline for the teaching of hope in dark times (in this it mirrors the Book of Daniel). It would be blasphemous, committing the sin of false pride and false prophecy, and just seriously plain bad juju to go running around looking for signs and wonders, believing in the Rapture, and thus looking forward to some sort of celestial revenge fantasy (which sadly some RCs foolishly have gotten caught up in, when we used to not be into that -- and is one reason why I just can't get into the church stuff completely anymore...when you won't take the time to actually study your own religion and would rather cherry pick what seems good to you, not critically thinking about it all, then well what we've got now is a good example).
PW