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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:47 PM Original message |
Apocalypse Now? The Strange Common Dream of World's End |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. My own theory is |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I dont disagree. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I just uncrated an old Magical Blend magazine from |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The one argument I often use against the Fundie's interpretation of the end |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Oh my god. Magical Blend... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. The weak see the end of the world as a chance to be strong. The strong see it as a way to be |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Exactly. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I had a very mixed reaction to that movie. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The problem lies in the source material |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe because it has ended from time to time in the West. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I see what you're saying, |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I've never heard of it, no. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. But then, periodically the Emperor lost the Will of Heaven |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. True, but the culture wasn't lost. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Could be |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I think you have something there... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yeah, I expect the anticipation |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think it was Voltaire... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. Minor point, it's "Book of Revelation" not "Book of Revelations". I also am intrigued with those |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Apologies for the slip-up, |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No sweat, I slip up all the time and others remind me. Thought I would pass it on for a change. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Like your sun chart Thanks for it n/t |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Early 60s version of Apocalypse |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Like I said... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
25. Apocalypse Interferes With the Cycle |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. True, there are the precedents of collapsed civilizations. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. From the Literary Standpoint, Yeah, Sure |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Absolutely. |
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nyrnyr1994 (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. "All of this has happened before... |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. Worlds End Every Moment |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Reminds me of a great quote from Futurama... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. The examples you reference are not really comparable: comparing them merely spreads confusion |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. You misunderstand me... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. All of the current end times bullshit |
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