[Mortimer Snavely]

Many of the Apocalyptically preoccupied tend to replace scholarship and analysis with religious euphoria and enthusiasm. This decision making process tends to discredit orthodox, historical Christianity, which was in no way by Billy Sunday or Hal Lindsey.

[Conservative til I die]

Yes. Very true. A lot of these people are people who, for whatever reason, "came to Jesus" out of the blue one day. In NY where I am, most of the inner city folks I know who have become born again are former petty criminals caught in the cycle of crime and punishment, or alcholics and drug addicts who have replaced their addicttive behavior towards drugs and booze with addictive behavior towards Jesus. Basically, Jesus is not the Lord to be worshipped, but more of a 12-step program sort of guy.

Most are just of an average intelligence and substandard education who, because they've been brainwashed by some pastor into believing that "every man is a pope" and every man is able to interpret the Bible, a false and damaging thing to teach anyone, they feel that they can just read the Bible once, as if no one else has ever read it before, and proclaim, ignorant of their own ignorance, that "the end is NIGH!" It's all rather embarassing.

Folks, Christ Himself said that no one - NO ONE- NO ONE! - knows the hour or the day, so you should focus on the important stuff. But hey, what does Jesus know, right?