When the prophesied "Storm" didn't come by the end of Trump's presidency, his dimwitted followers -- like all "millenialists" before them -- simply extended the date of a new prophesy.
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- Alan ArchibaldHere is Wikipedia's article on "Christian Eschatology," or, "The End Times." Christian Eschatology (aka "Christian Millennialism," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatologyPlease note two salient characteristics of these Christian "End Timers"...Note how often Christians have predicted "The End Times," and then -- when the predicted "End Time" date doesn't arrive, they casually declare a new date when "The End Times" WILL occur, and then, when this new prophecy is not fulfilled, they casually move onto the next prophecy... and the next... and the next... just like drug addicts going from one dose to another to another, always telling themselves that "after THIS FINAL dose, I WILL get clean."But it never happens.And the fact that their prophesies never come true does not matter to End Timers because it is the existence of the CURRENT prophesy -- and the CERTAINTY that THIS TIME, the prophesy will come to pass -- that matters to them.It is the perceived "certainty of the promise" that is important to them, NOT the fact that the last promised prophesy did not come true.Deep in their psyches, Christian "millenialialists" (aka "end-timers" and apocalypticists) have little concern for Truth because it is precisely their cavalier ignorance of Truth enables them to keep their belief system alive through continual re-formulation. As long as their belief system is alive, their hope of salvation (which in their minds means escaping God's eternal punishment) remains intact.These Christain "End Timers" are unable to conceive that virtue is its own reward, and that vice is its own punishment, for then their bedrock view of A Vengeful God breaks down, and their clearcut definition of God's identity is "out the window."For Christian millennialists, someone -- to wit, "God On High" -- must mete out rewards and punishments, and if not, there is no meaning.Never mind that people feel GREAT when they behave virtuously, or that they ruin their lives when they behave viciously. (Yes, the word "vicious" does derive - directly - from the word "vice.")It is also true that Christian End Timers are opposed to education -- especially higher education -- because Deep Education brings to light intolerable facts that compromise their faith - for example, the neverending wrongness of millennialism's attempts to pin down the date of The End Time.For Christian End Timers, all that matters is the simple-minded assertion that "God said it. I believe it. That settles it."Not so.It is debatable -- highly debatable -- what God said.Similarly, it is debatable whether your belief corresponds to what God said.And it is a rock-solid certainty --- as ever-changing "Christian Millennialism" demonstrates --- that nothing has been settled.Whatever Christian End Timers do, you can be reasonably certain that they WILL NOT promote higher education, often limiting themselves to dimwitted insistence on a three point instructional plan of "readin', writin' and 'rithmetic."
Christian eschatology - WikipediaEN.WIKIPEDIA.ORGChristian eschatology - Wikipedia- A Majority Of Republicans Hold Negative Views About Higher Education
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