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Another sign of the “End Times”? Or the “Second Coming”?
MediaMatters, the sharpest eyes watching over the (nutso) media business, just informed us that extreme Christian media figures are saying Trump’s irrational war may be the beginning of the “End Times.” Or the “Second Coming”. Or both. Naturally, all this … Continue reading
Posted in Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War
Tagged Christian beliefs, End Times, Second Coming, Trump's war
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What do you do when an apocalypse is put on hold?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Ghana, a self-declared prophet, who solicited money from his followers to build arks ahead of what he said would be a Christmas Day rapture, announced that the apocalypse had been postponed and used the donations … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged apocalypse, Ghana rapture, Harper's, The Rapture
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Think Trump is crazy and stupid? Well, yeah, he is…but these guys are catching up!
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]he Taliban imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, cutting off the nation’s nearly 43 million inhabitants’ access to internet and telephone services for two days. “This measure was taken to prevent vice,” wrote Balkh province’s … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, News media, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged Afghanistan, Harper's, the Taliban, Trump
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