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The Rapture Index, which measures end-time activities, has soared to dangerous levels

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Bad news, I'm afraid. The end of the world is nigh. Or at least nigh-ish. I have been checking the Rapture Index (www.raptureindex.com), a kind of Dow Jones for the Apocalypse. It tracks what its compilers call ôend-time activitiesö, and is updated weekly so that those who worry about this sort of thing (they call themselves ôend-timersö) can gauge how many years, days or minutes they have to spare before the big whoosh.

Naturally, the RI evaluates the customary biblical portents of doom: plagues, famine, drought and so on. But it also includes rather more idiosyncratic signs of when our clattering earthly train will hit the celestial buffers. They range from ôdrug abuseö, ôliberalismö and ôfalse prophetö (ie, the Pope, for whom most end-timers have a big dislike) to ôgovernment by the Beastö (any international power-base, such as the UN or the EU) and ôthe mark of the Beastö (any unified currency such as ù you guessed it ù the euro).

Armageddon ahead, please fasten your Bible Belt

Richard Evans Lee
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Pity to include the Pope in your broadsides; he is a bastion in many ways eg against acceptance of gay sex as normative; against the evil Bush Iraq war, and for repentance for former sins of that Church

Posted by: victor weston | August 22, 2003 10:24 AM

It has been hard to find news about the Catholic Church because of the sex scandals with the priests blocked most everything else. I can't remember if I posted anything about the Pope's recent outburst against gay marriage. It would've gone in my sexuality weblog probably. But I often, but not always, skip stuff that gets lots of mass media attention and try to find, say, things like academic books that are subtly homophobic. Sadly, by all acounts, the next pontiff will be conservative. The current College of Cardinals is fairly right wing and the church is growing in third world counties that sadly aren't sexually liberatian.

Posted by: Richard Evans Lee | August 23, 2003 04:59 PM

Koliga.com also has a rapture index, one that is far simpler and probably more accurate. http://www.koliga.com/articles/rapture_index.htm Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved. You will probably die instead of being part of the rapture, so accept Jesus now before its too late.

Posted by: Joe Grossinger | October 4, 2003 04:36 AM

How do you feel?

Feel free to share your feelings about The Rapture Index, which measures end-time activities, has soared to dangerous levels. Please stick to the theme of the entry. Disagreement is fine. Homophobia, racism, and kindred expressions of hatred will be deleted. This site is one of my hobbies. I genuinely enjoy hearing from people and hate moderating or killing comments. Forthright disagreement is fine as long as it is civil.
My thanks,
Richard

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