Posted on 08/09/2006 9:02:18 AM PDT by presidio9
Better cancel those holidays. We now have a date for Armageddon, and it's a week on Tuesday - August 22.
This information comes from no lesser source than the Wall Street Journal, where Bernard Lewis, President Bush's favourite historian, provides the details.
"In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity," the professor writes, "there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time - Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long-awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined.
"Mr Ahmadinejad [the Iranian president] and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the US about nuclear development by August 22. This was at first reported as 'by the end of August', but Mr Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise."
Lewis continues: "What is the significance of August 22? This year, August 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque', usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (cf, Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and, if necessary, of the world."
This sort of quasi-religious scaremongering always finds a receptive audience in the United States, especially among Christians of the jihadist
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I already finished all of my shopping back in June. It's on lay-away.
LMAO......
Are you sure we have time for you to finish the entire collection between now & the 22nd?
Then there is this:
The Lord will hover over Jerusalem as a bird hovers over its nest to protect it. He will pass over and deliver it.
- Isaiah 31:5
“I will protect Jerusalem, and even those who are weak will be as strong as David. The leaders of My people will be like the Angel of the Lord going before them.
- Zechariah 12:8
See? Frou-frou has already changed the subject from shoes to underwear!
The party is going to be right here. Howlin is going to start the LIVE thread because her threads are always so much fun.
The "collection" --- oooooooooh, you are a treasure. You know the jargon!
Now there's a subject I never get tired of talking about or getting into.
Ya think this is the right time to go T-back?
LOL --- my turn to say "I'm not going there"... at least not until the eve of the 21st.
Lucky coincidence. I'm coordinated if my shoes match.
Well DUH! Of course there's a differnce. This is Amanutjobs end of the world.
>>I've been dieting.....but darn it all...I am gonna start pigging out on hot fudge sundaes....lol<<
Well I think that you and I could put together and bring a sundae bar to the party.
The Ice Cream won't last long with the nukes and all, but hey, it's the end of the World.
Dessert first!!!
Ok, but you heard it here first!
But I don't see why we'd need to go to all this much fuss just to arrange that. A couple of JDAMs and the rest of the world would hardly notice.
My bad. I didn't know Howlin was a chickie-boom. No I know I have to buy new jammies...
Well, yeah, but don't you want to watch? Besides, this is FreeRepublic, we're always up for a party, especially if it includes a LIVE thread.
A Freep-over! Ordering pizza, making crank e-mails to the DNC, and wrapping the DU. Count me in!
Where I come from, a "T-back" is a thong riding so high over low-rise jeans than people behind her can see flesh underneath. Generally in NYC it's not a good thing, as most toursits have not seem to have figured out that low-risers are a privelidge, not a right.
ROTFLMCO!!!! A Freep-over! I absolutely LOVE it!
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