The Selling of Biblical Apocalyptic Prophesy
104 million dollars. That's the estimated value of Family Radio International, headed by a nut-job named Harold Camping, who on Saturday predicted the end-of-days. It's 2am Tuesday morning. Think again about that figure, $104 million clams...
Folks, to the rational amongst us, the alarm bells should be deafening. It takes a lot of crazy to generate that kind of money...and they live amongst us--right next door, at the super market, issuing us medications, advising us on investments, etc. Looking deeper, it feeds the conditioned fear that we are fundamentally flawed, and that judgement is coming. Not right now, but...now. NOW! No? Oops.
We are most definitely flawed...psychologically damaged by dogmatic lunacy. Mysticism at its illogical best, and don't even try to argue that theory. Faith, (that which cannot be examined by rational processes) trumps all. And don't these con-men know it!
Well, take heart. Camping now states that the end time is October 21st. Send him your money.
Tim LaHaye, co-author of the "Left Behind" series vigorously denounces Camping's timeline. But no difference, really. He's still in the same business of profiting by fear mongering to the spiritually depraved. At least Camping has the testicles to give a date. Does it matter that he was wrong? Not to him--he's a multi-millionaire who has collected his fair share of loot from the billion dollar industrial fear complex.
LaHaye is just pissed that Camping tapped the "Pay Now" button so soon. In stead of milking that cash tit slow and steady, Camping, knuckle-slapped a black eye on the whole industry. Poor taste, really. Hu Tim? It's hard to calculate the number of cash cows (or sheep) that get wise to the scam every time someone like Camping cashes out.
$104 million.
So for us who possess a thought of our own, little Harry did us a huge favor. He took his lunacy global, and in doing so reached many more than I ever could with a silly blog. I'm his biggest fan! Lucky for me, he's not quite done with his pillaging. Although, his radio station will now only play christian music until October 21st (next date to be determined), he was nice enough to console his "crestfallen" flock who invested so innocently and fruitfully:
"We're not in the business of financial advice," he said. "We're in the business of telling people there's someone who you can maybe talk to, maybe pray to, and that's God."
How's that working out for ya?
Folks, to the rational amongst us, the alarm bells should be deafening. It takes a lot of crazy to generate that kind of money...and they live amongst us--right next door, at the super market, issuing us medications, advising us on investments, etc. Looking deeper, it feeds the conditioned fear that we are fundamentally flawed, and that judgement is coming. Not right now, but...now. NOW! No? Oops.
We are most definitely flawed...psychologically damaged by dogmatic lunacy. Mysticism at its illogical best, and don't even try to argue that theory. Faith, (that which cannot be examined by rational processes) trumps all. And don't these con-men know it!
Well, take heart. Camping now states that the end time is October 21st. Send him your money.
Tim LaHaye, co-author of the "Left Behind" series vigorously denounces Camping's timeline. But no difference, really. He's still in the same business of profiting by fear mongering to the spiritually depraved. At least Camping has the testicles to give a date. Does it matter that he was wrong? Not to him--he's a multi-millionaire who has collected his fair share of loot from the billion dollar industrial fear complex.
LaHaye is just pissed that Camping tapped the "Pay Now" button so soon. In stead of milking that cash tit slow and steady, Camping, knuckle-slapped a black eye on the whole industry. Poor taste, really. Hu Tim? It's hard to calculate the number of cash cows (or sheep) that get wise to the scam every time someone like Camping cashes out.
$104 million.
So for us who possess a thought of our own, little Harry did us a huge favor. He took his lunacy global, and in doing so reached many more than I ever could with a silly blog. I'm his biggest fan! Lucky for me, he's not quite done with his pillaging. Although, his radio station will now only play christian music until October 21st (next date to be determined), he was nice enough to console his "crestfallen" flock who invested so innocently and fruitfully:
"We're not in the business of financial advice," he said. "We're in the business of telling people there's someone who you can maybe talk to, maybe pray to, and that's God."
How's that working out for ya?
posted by F. Willard Morris Jr at
11:51 PM
1 Comments:
Oh, very cool! I knew about this prophecy but I did not know this Camping guy started it all. It's absolute lunacy! Very well put and well spoken, hon! You are a VERY good writer!
Reba
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