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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. They're not miserable, they're devout. A few years ago
Wed May 16, 2018, 12:15 PM
May 2018

I think it was Pew identified 30 million adults who sincerely believed we've all been living in end times and expected the apocalypse any time. They ranged from eager to not so but accepting. And they vote their beliefs.

As said, the general idea is that Jews will ally with Christians to fight Satan and his Muslim hoards (reportedly fighting out of Russia and Iran, but it seems Russia may have been restyled by some). In the end the Jews and Muslims will wipe each other out, leaving the earth, and of course all the Mideast's holy sites, to the Christians and their god.

A particularly nasty sect or two believe their god requires all Jews to return to Israel for the final battle, and to that end they believe whatever means necessary will be required to force unwilling Jews to leave their homes to go die on the far side of the world. Just a little suggestive of the WWII Holocaust, but they insist it won't be them doing the forcing and killing, but their god and then Satan's forces.

Yeah, I don't get these people Zing Zing Zingbah May 2018 #1
And according to the Bible you can't speed up the apocalypse Quixote1818 May 2018 #2
I guess they didn't get that info in their bible Cliff Notes. Lol! n/t Zing Zing Zingbah May 2018 #3
They're not miserable, they're devout. A few years ago Hortensis May 2018 #7
Well, they hate everybody, so I guess they want us all to die in the apocalypse. SunSeeker May 2018 #12
I was a part of a church like this. Initech May 2018 #14
I'm the opposite TlalocW May 2018 #27
I wonder how the Israeli people feel about this Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #4
Clearly Israel knows it helps them get what they want so they just go with it. nt Quixote1818 May 2018 #5
The Israeli politicians seem to find it useful. Crunchy Frog May 2018 #8
And these people are in high levels of our armed forces especially the Air Force nt maryellen99 May 2018 #6
Why do these so called Christians love the apocalypse? Initech May 2018 #9
Because THAT is the only way to ensure Christ returns. MicaelS May 2018 #18
I think it's because the apocalypse is a giant revenge fantasy for them jes06c May 2018 #25
Suicide Cult HAB911 May 2018 #10
Yep. n/t dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #24
It's all about getting Jesus here...the sooner the better... cynatnite May 2018 #11
But Jesus is already here; his spirit is everywhere, according to Christian teachings. SunSeeker May 2018 #13
It's the end times stuff. That's a lot of the schtick. n/t cynatnite May 2018 #15
But Jesus' teachings in the Bible don't include any of that end times craziness. SunSeeker May 2018 #16
I never said it made sense. LOL. n/t cynatnite May 2018 #17
True. nt SunSeeker May 2018 #23
I figure they're killing Jesus every time He returns... hunter May 2018 #19
That is why so many of them don't care about our decimation of the environment misanthrope May 2018 #20
But, but, they're kicking Palestinian Christians out of their homes too? Ligyron May 2018 #21
What a load of codswallop. trof May 2018 #22
Same reason global warming offends them so greatly... Thomas Hurt May 2018 #26
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