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 am laughing so hard I am crying. I love you all. Please pray that I can get some work.
Which is persistently fine with me.
But it's always interesting how the
FREEDOM LOVING SORTS
who are or who profess to be
THE MOST EGALITARIAN
and the most
'come one, come all to the party'
. . . .
chronically seem to be the ones who get the most
exCLUDing in their attitudes; the most haughty, narrow and rigid about what's acceptable--which virtually always tends to end up as their own momentary perspective on the current reality--everyone else can take a hike whether they started the thread or not; whether they rudely hijacked a thread or not etc. etc. etc.
Gets old.
This is a light thread because everyone has been under such tremendous pressure lately and for some to come on a thread that is over 500 posts long and attempt to throw cold water on the thread is downright rude and inconsiderate.
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Am all for folks letting off good steam. Like to, myself.
I suppose the explanation about why this is a light thread is quite valid.
Then the assertion is that those of my perspective sort of assaultively descended on the thread and were spoilsports.
HOGWASH.
We were there from the earliest postings. We could JUST AS LOGICALLY call the jokesters the spoilsports.
That's my point.
But what's the big problem with all the adults focusing on those parts of the thread of interest and sympathy to and with them and ignoring the rest of this free wheeling thread? Why is that persistently SUCH a problem?
Mystifying.
I guess the large font on post #554 was missed in the assessment.
Also
what a marvelous dodge of the points made in the large colored fonts.
Responding to the points made is a responsible and attractive thing to do. Also, less rude, speaking of rude.
There have been dozens of end times threads and if they are serious, then most Freepers back out if they're not interested in furthering the conversation. It's a question of manners.
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HOW I WISH THAT WERE TRUE.
Roughly the same or a similar group will what--75-95% of the time descend on virtually
EVERY END TIMES THREAD and trash every serious poster they can in virtually every personally assaultive and intellectually assaultive way they can. And IF a serious Christian poster responds with the least bit of spunk and pointedness, then said group of thread hijackers is lightening fast toward pushing the abuse button and getting as many Evangelical Christians banned as they can get away with.
I'm just having a very hard time mustering a lot of sympatny for the duplicitous crew that so habitually does that and then whines to the max whenever someone does something on a thread that they don't like--EVEN WHEN the thread is enormously free wheeling and all over the place.
And not a single one of said crew has the maturity, the intellectual fairness or the testicles to admit any such.
Any one know the number to Milliways restaurant so I can call and get a booking?
Not only would Hillary NOT be president, but she'd not get re-elected as senator either! Her political aspirations would all be blown away! HA! She'd probably wind up in a tug-of-war with Satan over who gets to run HELL!
Enough.
You can have it.
Have fun. Truly. Have fun.
LOL. Toooo true.
Then she'd discover right fast the low station she so richly deserves.
For serious information about Muslim End-Times beliefs, go to my FR homepage and my links page.
Global warming?
My Mother told me many times that folks felt that WW11 was going to be the end of times. The Bible tells us that no man shall know the hour or day when Christ will return. We must be ready. I don't worry about that day when our Savior will return. I do worry over the safety of my children. It seems that our leaders are no longer interested in our protection but are more interested in themselves. This is what worries me. In the meantime let's work to send the very best to Washington.
Well that all depends upon what calendar you're using.
Awww, damn.....I had August 23 in the office pool.
Close. High maintenance tweenies and a teen. Just got back from six hour shopping and now I don't know if I have enough left for the duct tape and plastic.
Eurotrash.
It seems that our leaders are no longer interested in our protection but are more interested in themselves. This is what worries me. In the meantime let's work to send the very best to Washington.
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imho, ENORMOUS TRUTH in each of your points.
Thanks.
Just read your FR home page the first time.
I think you make many, many excellent points. Thanks tons for your effort and thoughtfulness.
If you have any ping list about such times as we live in, please put me on it.
No, actually, he doesn't. At all. But don't let your ignorance stifle your dogmatism.
The truth is, people he trusts log in here all the time, and if there's something we think would interest him, we pass it along.
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