Why do people fall for 'End of Days' thing over and over again?

The 'End of Times' has been used for countless years, even centuries to stir up the masses. We have been living in the 'End of Days' for hundreds of years now.

The latest shooting in Wisc. The 'Preacher' at the 'church' spoke of 'End of Days' was near.

I know I sound like a religious basher but these freaks who profess this do more harm and damage to religion than any atheist or any other non believer.

Most people agree that in "revelations' John was talking about Rome and these freaks take it too literally.

If you are part of the last generation, you don't have to confront the fact that you are inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.

It is an ego booster of sorts.

And loudly proclaiming it provides a sense of self-worth...prophecy.

to all the unhappy people who have been stymied in all their life's aspirations that it will not only be over soon, but will culminate in a glorious end and they will be able to look down on all the people who were so mean to them. That's one reason the cultists always seem so weirdly euphoric.

A friend used to say, "What good does it do to say the end of the world is coming. If you are right, no one is going to be around and if you are wrong everyone thinks you are nuts."

I saw a program on prophecy that told an interesting story. Christians gathered in a church during the 1900 millenium because they were sure Christ was coming back. They heard a trumpet blowing and panicked, culminating in the stomping deaths of many parishoners. Apparantly the town drunk was outside blowing his trumpet.

M

One can speak of an 'End of Days' from the perspective of the imminent die-off of the human species ... (iffin we don't change our ways), but that is the naturalistic view .... the theological view seems to feed on fear of the unknown and mass neurosis ....

Eschatology has always held danger for those who prefer focusing on the living part of nature, as opposed to speculating about afterthe dying part ...

last weekend at our local Baptist megachurch. For him, it's obviously been a cash cow, that's for sure. I don't know -- maybe it's just easier to think of being raptured and whisked out of here rather than actually having to DO something to make things better.

Most people don't want to do anything for themselves anymore.

Of course, if it wasn't for the damn Revelations crap, Christian Right wouldn't be so bad since they'd know Jesus will never return.

We're all gonna die, and yes, the world will continue to exist for thousands of years after our demise. That's unsettling. We believe that our time is the most importnt era that mankind has ever experienced. One thousand years ago people believed the same thing. And if it's so significant, then it has to end--what else is there after this? We cannot fathom that the world will continue after we have gone.

This was another huge "end of times" era in America.

People sold everything they had -- and on the appointed night they went to the hill tops and waited and waited and waited -- and then when home.

Now we have a new batch of nut cases & con artists who use the very same bible -- and come up with similar nonsense.

From the Journal research I've read in the area religiosity -- it seems that similar personality types are pulled into these religions.

Also when the social climate becomes unstable or perhaps confusing certain personality types seek leadership -- and they will rely on the mythology of the what they know and that would be the "written word of god".

Some research suggests that there is a huge separation between people who put on the appearance of being religious and others who are deeply compassionate and empathetic by nature.

Intrinsic Religiosity -- Christ-like in the very best sense of being compassionate, dedicating their lives to peace and easing the suffering of their fellow humans.

Extrinsic Religiosity -- like bushie and the tel-evangelists who are ultra rich.

Daddy Grace died in NC. I was in junior high school. Daddy Grace had it nailed to the exact minute. Some of my more superstitious classmates half believed it. Their relief was evident when the clock kept on ticking away and nothing much happened.

Daddy Grace was quite a character, but he tried to have an integrated church during the height of the Jim Crow laws in the south, so I'll have to give him credit for that even if his precognitive skills weren't much.

Video games, movies, Marilyn Manson or some minister --- It really is very possible that if this religious sermon didn't trigger him something else would have...

With that said, I do believe the "end days" philosophy IS dangerous to the environment (among other things) and causes strange political bedfellows with even stranger political policies.

events that could be distributed to these people.

If the networks insist on public service messages - let them warn people. Think they will pick up on this subject....nah!

If there isn't a history - here's an opportunity for someone to help. Make it super simple, documented as simply as possible and print it in a larger font size.

One of the common elements that run through the ones I've heard about on DU seems to be that these are all led by a single human - a fallible human.

That's because there is always disaster going on. In the minds of religious people who want God to come down and help them, this has to be end times.

With the environment going to hell, I think the end times might be near whether there is a god or not.

I agree that the "end times" Christians are whackos. Ever since Christ, people have been persecuting people and nations they believe are antiChrists or "evil" nations. I live in a rural town and in the paper is a monthly column about the end times. Always, these people are looking for an enemy they believe Revelation of Daniel refers to. They are always wrong, but never heed the lessons of past persecution of innocents. Any world body is supposed to harbor the antiChrist, unless the U.S. is part of that body.

Sighs.

M

TV turnoff week is April 25 - May 1.
For me it starts with this NBC show.

http://www.adbusters.org/metas/psycho/tvturnoff/

If it had happened nobody would be waiting for it.

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