Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 17

"For those who are not perennially looking out for signs of Armageddon and awaiting it as a child waits for a father to return, the drama of the Apocalypse looks merely like a collection of people who, in waiting for the world to end, are actively worsening life in the present."

~ Ibid.

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William Lindsey Oct 17

“In seeking to hasten the end of the world, evangelicals often make it worse for others who do not anticipate being snatched up into the clouds to sit by Christ's side as the seas boil and Satan takes possession of the earth."

~ Talia Lavin, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America (NY: Legacy, 2024), pp. 95-6

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