Recently the US Secretary of State, Condi Rice stated -
"The Lord is going to come on time - if we just wait"
For all two of you on planet Earth who don't understand the significance
of what this means, the US Secretary of State has publically acknowledged
the US governments allegiance to a higher power, which is supposed to be
the accepted excuse for government ineptitude and incompetence. Frankly,
this statement by a government official borders on the verge of dementia.
The neocon junta in the White House wholeheartedly subscribes to the literal
viewpoint that Jesus is indeed coming - and very soon, which is the tendered
reason (and widely supported) for their attrocious behavior and gross mediocrity.
In other words, worry not about governmental malfeasence, lying, torture,
murder, environmental destruction, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of
people, or even government sponsored terrorism, the Lord of Lords and King
of Kings is soon to come. Jesus will fix everything. The great tragedy of
this belief system is that it is nothing more then a modern myth, steeped
in fiery indigination and gross interpretation and a deliberate and malicious
ignorance of of facts and history.
Subscribing to this belief is the architects of the Project for a New American
Century (PNAC) which includes Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz,
Richard Pearle, and Governor Jeb Bush, among others. And of course, the
Commander in Chief, George Bush and the US Secretary of State, Condoleeza
Rice.
In 1997, the PNAC proposed U.S. participation in three theater-scale wars.
This was before the s(election) of Herr Bush to the Whitehouse - and quite
noticably, before 9/11 and the alleged "war on terror". Here we
find the origin of the "axis of evil", Iraq, Iran and North Korea
being the (currently) targeted rogue regimes. The PNAC called for the first
war to take place against Iraq, ostensibly to establish a democracy in the
Arab world. Figuring quite prominently in their reasoning was oil and strategic
location. The Bush administration justified the U.S. invasion of Iraq on
its absolute and promised certainty that Iraq's evil ruler Saddam had both
weapons of mass destruction and ties to Al Qaeda, all which proved to be
utterly false and downright fabricated. "Thou shalt not bear false
witness". Evidently, lying doesn't bother these rapture-ready Christians.
Just prior to the (s)election of George Bush in 2000, the PNAC released
a paper that called for U.S. invasion of Iraq whether or not Saddam was
still in power. They also acknowledged the need for a "critical event
to galvanize American public opinion" to support such an invasion,
thus began the evil machinations of 9/11 and 3,000 sacrificed Americans
lives. "Thou shalt not kill". But this was only the beginning
of the oblation to be offered
We also have the Downing Street memo proving the war was preplanned - long
before this Administration attempted to force the story of "terrorist"
attacking the WTC. There has already been written a few million or so words
on this subject, that the war was illegal, false and the so-called justications
for the war were outright fabrications (and now widely forgotten in the
aftermath of Katrina) - but not much has actually been said of the religious
reasons held by many in Bush Adminstration, which has somehow morphed into
an unlimited and divinely endorsed license to kill, maim, torture, lie,
fabricate and distort whatever they want. Somehow this repulsive behavior
still leaves these neocon mass murderers ready for the "return of the
Lord" when Jesus comes back for the "good" Christians.
Herein lies the ridiculous irony of their position - the problem with this
belief is it is provably wrong. Not just the hypocritical actions of the
supposedly "faithful", but the doctrine itself is in gross error.
It was not a doctrinal belief taught and held by the early disciples of
the church (those who lived closest to the time of Christ), nor was it taught
and believed by later generations - until as recently as 150 years ago when
it sprang forth from an extremist movement and eventually became widely
accepted.
The Christian Bible actually has a lot to say about this subject - and the
behavior of the modern converts to Christianity, but this doctrinal evidence
is being widely ignored - or deliberately suppressed. This should be no
cause for wonder, when you consider that the alleged "evidence"
of the return of Christ for the faithful also condemns the very actions
the "faithful and true" are committing!
The strange part about this particular cultish belief, is the fact that
our own government is very much involved in nourishing this belief throughout
the world - like the grossly misguided statement recently made by Condeleeza
Rice.
The rapture doctrine, as it is taught and believed today, vaguely details
the bodily removal of Christians from the earth, but only after certain
world events have occurred. It is these events in which the Bush Administration
and the PNAC are actively trying to orchestrate. In other words, they are
trying to force the rapture and the return of Christ by deliberately engaging
in actions toward their prophetic "fulfillment". The contradiction
and impossibility of this pugnacious behavior is unconscionable.
A great many people already know this, meaning they are aware of the fundamentalists
belief of the neocons, but still fail to understand the true content of
what it actually means for the entire world. Evidenced already by the actions
of the Bush Administration, the plot to force Jesus's return is also poorly
understood by non-believers - which is quite notably, the majority of the
world. Fundementalist Christians (thankfully) remain a minority among Christians
and Christians themselves, are still a minority among the worlds religions.
But the danger is when the world's superpower is quite literally hell-bent
on forcing prophetic history upon the world citizens - at any cost.
It will be difficult to convey in few words the depth and breadth of all
this, but I will try. The PNAC and the Bush Administration, with the support
of the fundamentalist churches worldwide are
seeking to deliberately force World War III on the world, which will
include the destruction of most of the Middle East (notably Iran and Syria
among others) and the United States. This war will be between Israel, Russia,
China and the United States and will even include a civil war within our
own borders. This war will employ the exchange of nuclear weapons, with
tens of millions of innocent deaths. The entire purpose of this war, is
to create the conditions for the return of Christ on earth and the establishment
of New Jeruselem in Israel. This would also include the rebuilding of the
Temple Mount in Israel, allegedly the "sign" for which the world
awaits the heralding of the return of Christ.
That's what they are looking for - and that's what they are trying to accomplish.
The ensuing worldwide resource destruction and environmental damage to the
planet is meaningless (now you know why Bush & Co. care little for the
environment - they don't plan on living here very long). This would also
account for George Bush's view of the future, in which he has stated "There
won't be any people". There won't - not if he is allowed to have his
way.
I would not have a problem with a world leader holding beliefs in private.
But that is not what is occurring within America today - these beliefs are
now dictating national and international policy. They have nothing to do
with securing America's future, because the neocons do not believe in a
future world and all of their decisions are based upon this "fact".
It should be noted that a careful examination of the doctrinal belief can
be uncovered as simply wrong, with no basis for this "end time"
rapture belief being taught in the Bible. So what then are they doing? Are
they really that ignorant of history and fact and truly deceived by the
lying preachers and teachers of today?
It's possible (but unknown) that the Bush Admnistration already knows this.
With the wealth of bright and intelligent people available to the world's
superpower, I find it unfathomable that they don't understand the real truth
concering the rapture and the Bible itself. It just doesn't make sense that
these supposedly intelligent and bright people would fall for the view fed
to the masses that a rescue operation is being planned from the sky to save
mankind from the error of his ways. But then again, they just might be that
stupid. At this point in our downward spiral to destruction, I wouldn't
put anything past these people. I'm probably guilty of thinking that they
are somehow different then everyone else, when they're probably not. Just
greedier.
Allowing this fundementalist belief in the White House is proving to be
exceedingly dangerous to the world as we have already seen. Any excuse is
justifiable if it means that the path to Jesus is being taken. Moreover,
gross negligence and ineptitude is utterly unaccountable. These "sins"
of commission or ommission are somehow exempt from any judgement or accountability
to the people and apparently, God Himself.
The worldwide political landscape cannot afford to allow religious belief
to govern political decisions. America cannot afford this - people are being
killed daily by the actions and inactions and the decisions of these neocon
fundamentalist. Wanton resource destruction and laying waste to the environment
are also occurring under their extremely dubious leadership which includes
vast species extinctions, unchecked global warming, rising temperatures
on land and sea, widespread pollution and ocean degradation. These are just
some of the global catastrophes now underway. Can we actually afford to
let this continue?
The solution to this is simple, but potentially complex to implement. The
neocon agenda must be stopped cold, dead in its tracks before the world
suffers the unholy wrath and indignation of a fiery nuclear conflagaration,
a scenario which is a desired part of the neocon fundamentalist agenda as
they seek to force the rapture upon the world. This cannot be allowed to
happen if we hope to have a survivable and living future.
Johnathan Richards
Comment
Sheldon McDonald
9-12-5
For those of us who do believe in the actual, literal, bodily return of
Jesus Christ from heaven to earth, the NeoCon agenda smells to high heaven,
to say the least. We know the hand of God cannot be forced by the idiotic
actions of men, much less their politics. Worse, for these bloodthirsty
warmongers to actually believe that they will not be held accountable at
the Second Coming is even more repugnant. It certainly reveals their unique
insanity. Judging from history, maybe it's not so unique. Either way, it's
truly pathetic. Though I'm sure in her inadequate, fumbling way Secretary
Rice was simply making a common statement of comfort from her Christian
faith, it definitely had no place in relation to the current disaster. It
fell short, sounding like a pipe-dreaming lunatic.
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