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* [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11412417/the_low_post_gop_hitches_2006_hopes_to_apocalypse_horsemen/1 THE LOW POST: The End of the World]: "August 22nd was supposed to be the big day -- Just ask [[Karl Rove]]!" | * [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11412417/the_low_post_gop_hitches_2006_hopes_to_apocalypse_horsemen/1 THE LOW POST: The End of the World]: "August 22nd was supposed to be the big day -- Just ask [[Karl Rove]]!" | ||
| + | * '''2006-10-13''' [http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-middle_east_politics/zionists_3995.jsp Christians and Zionists: apocalypse row in Jerusalem] | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 14 October 2006
Overview
Apocalypticism is the belief that it is desirable, usually for religious reasons, to bring about an apocalypse, i.e. a conflict leading to the end of human civilization as we know it (often termed "the end of the world" or "armageddon"), causing a major shift in history (typically accompanied by large numbers of fatalities) and possibly the end of the human species.
Wikipedia describes this worldview as being aimed towards a "major confrontation of earth-shaking magnitude that will change the course of history", thus causing significant information previously hidden to become revealed; often the "revelations" only occur in some form of afterlife, freeing apocalypticists from the necessity of remaining alive themselves in order to achieve their goal.
Links
- THE LOW POST: The End of the World: "August 22nd was supposed to be the big day -- Just ask Karl Rove!"
- 2006-10-13 Christians and Zionists: apocalypse row in Jerusalem