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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: McGavin999

suck up to the terrorists posts by attempting to spread fear posts.....ummm....how many times have you posted now?
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Cute unwarranted and untrue attack. Nicely done. Should be an award around here somewhere for it.

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FWIW,

Some of us enjoy dialoguing about the topic from our perspective and enjoy each other being sounding boards, iron sharpening iron and even humor on the topic in whatever ebb and flow developes.

The good humor folks evidence a lack of compulsion to be overly understanding, sympathetic, accomodating etc. of our perspective yet throw a hissy fit if we are not understanding, sympathetic and accommodating to theirs. Actually, they don't even seem to like it if we just ignore them and do our thing on the thread as they could do and were doing on the thread. I guess it's more of THEY CAN but WE CAN'T.


641 posted on 08/09/2006 4:01:28 PM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: Howlin

*sigh* and *bwhahahaha*! Who knew that our pizza would come with pepperoni and prophecy? I would've ordered the calzone had I known..;)


642 posted on 08/09/2006 4:02:16 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual...if they sense scorn or ridicule, they'll flee)
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To: Quix
YAWN
643 posted on 08/09/2006 4:02:35 PM PDT by McGavin999 (God watch over the young lions of Israel as they fight Hell's Bullies)
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To: Howlin

Enjoy away.

Be my guest. I enjoy humor too and have engaged in some hereon.

Just please, no arbitrary standards about what I can enjoy plausibly under the same thread title.


644 posted on 08/09/2006 4:03:22 PM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: small voice in the wilderness

You are KILLING me today...........just killing me..........ROFLMAO.


645 posted on 08/09/2006 4:03:44 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: small voice in the wilderness


ROTFLOL!


646 posted on 08/09/2006 4:03:53 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Yet I'M the sanctimonious one?

LOL!
LOL!
LOL!
LOL!


647 posted on 08/09/2006 4:04:10 PM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: shield
They dumped his show because of his reports on muslims. They ask him to stop those reports...he told them NO WAY...so they parted company. Since Paul was raised in the middle east and has programming going into those areas...guess Paul didn't won't to step on their toes...which is a sell out by Paul...IMHO...

Ironic considering that Paul wrote a book on the very subject Hal Lindsey's show was based around, and Hal Lindsey wrote the foreward of that book, and that book was offered as a "TBN Love Gift Of The Month".

648 posted on 08/09/2006 4:04:56 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: McGavin999

649 posted on 08/09/2006 4:05:09 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: Quix

I thought we were going to be drinking, Quix?


650 posted on 08/09/2006 4:05:46 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: Quix

Must be, because I'm not the one with issues in this thread.


651 posted on 08/09/2006 4:06:18 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

How about some RED, RED WINE to counter the Blue, Blue Whine?


652 posted on 08/09/2006 4:08:32 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: onyx
Sure! Why not!

UB40 - Red Wine

653 posted on 08/09/2006 4:11:13 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: Quix
Despite the humor of some posts, everything on this thread is "saying something" in a spiritual way if you reflect on the posts.

I pay attention to everything. It's all important information.

654 posted on 08/09/2006 4:12:50 PM PDT by DaveMSmith ("Nothing unconnected ever occurs, for anything unconnected would instantly perish")
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To: BigSkyFreeper


EXCELLENT, and thanks!


655 posted on 08/09/2006 4:12:56 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: onyx; small voice in the wilderness
"This is going to be billed as a Freep-over, not a Freep-vival."

FOFLOL. Oh, stop. Tooo funny... I need to shut down the 'puter for a few. We're in the midst of some seriously serious storms.... very loud, booming storms with lots and lots of rain... Y'all carry on til I can get back :)

656 posted on 08/09/2006 4:14:32 PM PDT by Darlin' ((,,,, ? OMG ! I've lost another tagline ?))
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To: Darlin'


I hope your storm is heading here, but the radar says NO.
See you soon!


657 posted on 08/09/2006 4:15:17 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: Howlin; small voice in the wilderness

Ditto... What Howlin said.


658 posted on 08/09/2006 4:18:05 PM PDT by Darlin' ((,,,, ? OMG ! I've lost another tagline ?))
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To: onyx

We could sure use some rain here too. Fire department frequency was busy on the scanner last night. Several grass fires were started by lightning from a storm that knocked my power out several times last night.


659 posted on 08/09/2006 4:18:59 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: onyx; small voice in the wilderness
This is going to be billed as a Freep-over, not a Freep-vival.

ROTFLMCO!!! I need another box of tissues.

660 posted on 08/09/2006 4:19:24 PM PDT by McGavin999 (God watch over the young lions of Israel as they fight Hell's Bullies)
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