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World to end on August 22
Guardian ^
| 08/09/06
| Brian Whitaker
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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To: presidio9
I am still looking for my exact shoes. I'll show ya!
381
posted on
08/09/2006 12:15:57 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: presidio9
I am still looking for my exact shoes. I'll show ya!
382
posted on
08/09/2006 12:16:43 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: presidio9
Here! And it goes BETWEEN something....
383
posted on
08/09/2006 12:17:48 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: presidio9
DATE: August 21, 2006
HEADLINE: USAF successfully planted a US Cruise Missile
in Ahmadinejad right ear
Doogle
384
posted on
08/09/2006 12:18:51 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF...8th TFW...Ubon Thailand...408thMMS..."69"...Night Line Delivery...AMMO!!)
To: onyx; Howlin
Looks more comfortable than the first pair anyway.
Comfortable shoes should be a high priority at the Rapture. I hear the lines are pretty long.
385
posted on
08/09/2006 12:24:36 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: presidio9
LOL -- is that the title of a new movie?
JK
386
posted on
08/09/2006 12:29:10 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: onyx
No, it's just that whenever I bring the little woman anywhere, it seems like she always needs to be told this. I swear she'd where stilletto heels skiing if I didn't say something. The Rapture is going to be a bitch for her.
Maybe I'll buy her one of those foot massagers for Christmas.
387
posted on
08/09/2006 12:33:03 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: mkjessup
LOL! Guess I should buy the cake and ice cream now!
388
posted on
08/09/2006 12:34:22 PM PDT
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: onyx
Which time zone?
Oh, hell, let's start at the International Date Line!
Somebody can figure out WHEN that would be.........LOL.
389
posted on
08/09/2006 12:34:46 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
To: presidio9
World to end on August 22Bummer...another Dixie Chicks concert cancelled.
To: onyx
Oh, please.
We are going to die; let's be comfortable:
Or these:
391
posted on
08/09/2006 12:37:15 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: Polyxene
LOL! Guess I should buy the cake and ice cream now!
On the other hand, if you do NOT get to observe your upcoming birthday, you can always claim to be only as old as you are right now.
You know, kinda like Jack Benny always being 39 yrs old, eh? ;)
393
posted on
08/09/2006 12:37:33 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: presidio9
Does she know you refer to her as the 'little woman"? --- sweet and endearing that it is...lol.
I have ran from terminal to terminal at IAH in my white thongs, so trust me, they are comfortable and look good too. :)
394
posted on
08/09/2006 12:37:47 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: Howlin
Depending on where you're going, the Uggs could get sorta warm.
395
posted on
08/09/2006 12:38:22 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: Howlin
End of the World LIVE thread.
OOOOOOOOOOO....I can't wait....I hope I live long enough to post........don't forget to ping me if you are still alive!
396
posted on
08/09/2006 12:38:23 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
To: mystery-ak
Is there an end of the world ping list?
397
posted on
08/09/2006 12:39:11 PM PDT
by
racing fan
(Go Team Israel!)
To: Howlin
LOL -- well, we have to use Iranian time zone or there'll be no way of posting the thread.
398
posted on
08/09/2006 12:39:29 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: onyx
Does she know you refer to her as the 'little woman"? --- sweet and endearing that it is...lol. If she doesn't know what's good for her, I'm going to start referring to her as "me ex-girlfriend." Trust me on this one.
399
posted on
08/09/2006 12:40:11 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: Diamond
Isn't there something you could switch around? Nope.. I guess I wont be doing Armageddon day this time, maybe next time. :)
400
posted on
08/09/2006 12:40:56 PM PDT
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
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