The End of Days

"I think God wants me to be President" - President George "Dubya" Bush

Religion and Mythology. Assuming a difference between the two, how did they come to be? The common answer is that they were bourne of Man's need to understand the world/universe around him. Common questions concerning this are "Why am I here?", "What created all this?", and "What happens when I die?" The ancient Norsemen believed that the Gods would battle the their foes in the battle of Ragnarok, Babylonians believed that Marduk would slay Tiamat and found Babylon, and thousands of years later, a book was written that decried Christ would return one day and defeat the Antichrist, and the world would be reborn in blood.

Pretty fanciful stuff huh? Not so to many evangelical Christians who have been discussing how close we are to this final battle. And while no one can tell just what is the day when "the shit is gonna hit the fan", it appears that to many, it can't come soon enough.

Evangelical puppets like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell continuously preach that we need to crush the terrorists, call Islam a "backwards" religion, and reinforce the need to allow Jews to control Jerusalem. These views are entirely consistent with both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible (although Jesus would unlikely be so sharply critical of Islam).

What is so troubling about all this is that the Bible describes Armageddon beginning with a conflict in the Middle East and that Jesus would not return (i.e. everybody dies) until the Jews were back in the Holy Land. It would seem that our interests in that area would be creating exactly the sort of conflict described in the Bible as leading to the end of the World. And who is the world leader who has led two attacks in this region- George W. Bush. Good ol' born again W. Leading us in the summer blockbuster Crusades II. Only this time the special effects are better. How much better? Just you watch.