[AmericaUnited]

The problem with Hal Linsey and his type is that they point to some prophetic scripture and then use a SHOWHORN to make it fit the current event of the day. Then of course, after the fact, they NEVER go back and say "Whoops, we blew that one big time." No, it just more prognostications, again and again. Never any mention of how completely wrong they were with the last 87 'predictions/pronouncements'.

[Valin]

Good point.

[AmericaUnited]

SHOWHORN = SHOEHORN

[middie]

That's the typical application of inductive argument technique. The first act is to announce a conclusion that one desperately wishes to be true. Next, search for something in previously written texts or honored books by recognized philosophers. Step three is to proclaim that the eagerly wished-for conclusion has been foreeen and documented by (here fill in the authority) and therefore biblical prophesy is a valid component in the making of our foreign and military policy.

In other times the small cadre of agenda driven folks like Linsey and the political preachers would be merely a humorous side show. Today, they're actually dangerous because they control the wind-up key for our president.