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
(Excerpt) Read more at commentisfree.guardian.co.uk ...
or not...
Will you be going formal or informal?
I went to your profile trying to remember where I read the name Corin Stormhands... was that in the Thomas Covenant books? (private reply if you prefer.)
I'm a Nano winner too. Then I tossed it and started the same story over.
Sweet!
(no pun intended)
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near." - Jim Morrison
Anyway, it's an appropriate image for the end of the world...
ROFLMAO!
No doubt; this ought to FINALLY make them happy!
I got my screen name using the Middle-earth Name Generator.
We laughed and laughed when our grandchildren got them; until we tried them on.
Man, oh, man; they are swell.
At least he won't screw up my vacation that starts tomorrow until the 20th... heck I may just stay.
Oh, I doubt it; I'm sure they'll be a fund raising letter coming out shortly, asking us not to miss this LAST CHANCE to do the right thing!
Heck, sis. If the world's ending, skip the bra thing entirely! :-D
OMG, it's gotten to the point where I can hardly breathe I'm laughing so hard.
heh heh!
In 1965 I was in high school and some Hindu astrologers predicted the end of the world at 10:00 a.m. (or something) on a certain day. We were in class and as 10:00 approached, the teacher noticed the buzz among the students and asked us what it was all about. So he stopped the class and we had a countdown for the end of the word - "ten . . . nine . . . eight . . . When the end of the world didn't come, we resumed our lesson.
Heck, even if the world isn't ending...
It will be like the Millinium threads, the one we had that started WAY OVER in Guam, remember?
"Actually, my suspicion is that they don't have it, but that Ahmadinejad ACTUALLY BELIEVES that the Twelfth Imam will reappear on that day, and/or that the world will end. "
Naagh, it is well known that the man believes that a period of extreme chaos will precede the appearance of the imamy.
He may or may not also believe that by doing something nasty he could trigger the return of the muzlim messiah.
He may not have a nuke at this point, I don't know. but he has made his intentions quite clear.
Either way I agree with you on one thing, he will be quite disappointed on the 23rd.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.