Comments on: Apocalypse I: McCain’s Ringtone for the Christian Right http://southjerusalem.com/2008/08/apocalypse-i-mccains-ringtone-for-the-christian-right/ A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Chris Dornan http://southjerusalem.com/2008/08/apocalypse-i-mccains-ringtone-for-the-christian-right/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Chris Dornan Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:06:54 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=260#comment-1237 I think this shows how out-to-lunch the McCain campaign is. If they can convince the end-timers that Obama is the Anti-Christ then they will come out and vote for him, to nudge along the narrative so that they can get to the tribulations and float up to heaven. They really can't get anything right. I think this shows how out-to-lunch the McCain campaign is. If they can convince the end-timers that Obama is the Anti-Christ then they will come out and vote for him, to nudge along the narrative so that they can get to the tribulations and float up to heaven.

They really can’t get anything right.

]]> By: Clif http://southjerusalem.com/2008/08/apocalypse-i-mccains-ringtone-for-the-christian-right/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Clif Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:45:30 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=260#comment-1225 The apocalypse... it's coming, God is behind it and yet it has to take place in a very particular way or it won't happen. Strange that God is all powerful and yet we mortals must play our parts or he can't do what he is seems to want to do, according to several of the legion of His interpreters. Why doesn't He announce for all the world to hear (in the appropriate languages of course): "It's over folks, you blew it. I will now read a list of names. Will the following people please go to their rooftops or step outside so I don't have to pull them up through the ceilings of the rooms they may be in or the roofs of their cars. (a short pause and then the list begins) Rev. Hagee..." and so forth. What I am waiting for is a really really amazing proof of the power of God: He appears to all of us at the same time and says, "Forget all that stuff in the Bible. People just like you wrote it and they got me wrong. To bring an end to the confusion of a million and one interpretations, here is what I want each of you to do in plain language...now listen up!" He would then annunciate the Golden Rule and disappear. Within five minutes, the world would be back to normal. The apocalypse… it’s coming, God is behind it and yet it has to take place in a very particular way or it won’t happen. Strange that God is all powerful and yet we mortals must play our parts or he can’t do what he is seems to want to do, according to several of the legion of His interpreters.

Why doesn’t He announce for all the world to hear (in the appropriate languages of course): “It’s over folks, you blew it. I will now read a list of names. Will the following people please go to their rooftops or step outside so I don’t have to pull them up through the ceilings of the rooms they may be in or the roofs of their cars. (a short pause and then the list begins) Rev. Hagee…” and so forth.

What I am waiting for is a really really amazing proof of the power of God: He appears to all of us at the same time and says, “Forget all that stuff in the Bible. People just like you wrote it and they got me wrong. To bring an end to the confusion of a million and one interpretations, here is what I want each of you to do in plain language…now listen up!”

He would then annunciate the Golden Rule and disappear.

Within five minutes, the world would be back to normal.

]]> By: Julien http://southjerusalem.com/2008/08/apocalypse-i-mccains-ringtone-for-the-christian-right/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Julien Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:23:28 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=260#comment-1223 You can call it the Matthew 11:15 ("He that has ears to hear, let him hear") ring tone. As creepy as it is, it's strategically clever. Secular liberals dismiss the ad as heavy-handed, poorly executed satire, evidence that McCain is out of touch, while in reality the ad is very much in touch with the preoccupations of its intended audience. You can call it the Matthew 11:15 (“He that has ears to hear, let him hear”) ring tone. As creepy as it is, it’s strategically clever. Secular liberals dismiss the ad as heavy-handed, poorly executed satire, evidence that McCain is out of touch, while in reality the ad is very much in touch with the preoccupations of its intended audience.

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