[RexBeach]

On a "winged horse"? That's horse hockey!

August 22nd is the end? Too bad it comes on a weekday.

[wildehunt]

I hope no one minds if I just pencil it in.

[reagan_fanatic]

I knew I should have bought that Apocalypse insurance from that traveling salesman last week...

[McGavin999]

Well, I'd better hurry and make an appointment to get my hair done. I certainly wouldn't want the world to end with my hair not looking it's best.

[Salvation]

Won't happen according to the Bible.

When peace is declared in Israel then we will have a certain amount of time.

Read the Book of Revelation.

[hershey]

Very troubling times ahead.

[uncbob]

It's Y2K all over again

[BaBaStooey]

So much for the Chicago Cubs winning another World Serious.

[LachlanMinnesota]

Haven't you all learned what to take with you from the last time the world ended? SHeesh...some people never learn.

[listenhillary]

First day in my new house. This means there won't be a mortgage?

[MD_Willington_1976]

Damn... I still have to work Monday before the end of the world...

Can we move this up to the Sunday after the 22nd... The 22nd is just not good for me.

[Roux]

I worked with a guy that was into bible prophecy. A few years back he decided that on Sept 22 the world was coming to and end. He had just gotten back from his honeymoon where he had sex for the first time.

I figured he got his first piece of @ss and decided the world was coming to an end.

[Brilliant]

The Twelfth Imam will soon appear.

[mc5cents]

Have you double sourced this with the 7th Day Adventists? They have always been way out in front with the end times predictions.

[Jack Wilson]

This is gonna wreak havoc with Al Gore's global warming prediction.

[faq]

You have a tent?

[dinoparty]

Man, I can retire NOW and have enough money to last me until the end of the world!

[mewzilla]

www.ready.gov

Just in case :)

[Post-Neolithic]

It's really not a matter of if it's true or not, but whether or not the flake in charge of Iran thinks it is. It would be very unwise for us to pass out of hand. Remember these Islamists think in terms that are entirely alien to the rest of the world.

Wiping out a few million of themselves just to take out Israel or us is something they wouldn't hesitate to do.

[Billthedrill]

This sort of quasi-religious scaremongering always finds a receptive audience in the United States, especially among Christians of the jihadist persuasion. At 90 years old, Professor Lewis may have completely lost his marbles, but he is still feted by the White House (vice-president Dick Cheney was guest of honour at his birthday party in April), and the Wall Street Journal describes him as "a sage". He is credited with coining the phrase "clash of civilisations" back in 1990 and now seems intent on making it a reality.

That was Samuel Huntington, not Bernard Lewis. And I believe Professor Lewis's marbles are quite intact, which is more than I can say for the author.