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  Re: Christian Fundamentalists in the USA - change of favorite enemy?  
From: Nekar Xenos
Date: 21 Sep 2014 13:59:48
Message: <op.xmjtlrktufxv4h@xena.home>
On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:44:52 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

> Is it just a biased perspective caused by a poor sampling method (just  
> browsing YouTube), or are Christian fundamentalists in the USA currently  
> zeroing in on a new enemy?
>
> Before 9/11, "the beast" of Revelations seems to have been identified  
> mostly as either the Vatican or the UN.
>
> In the decade after 9/11, Christian fundamentalists seem to have been  
> entirely focused on Islam as their favorite Evil Incarnate.
>
> Now I find videos on YouTube that identify "the beast" with the EU in  
> general or Germany in particular.
>
> Did I just chance upon a small subset of US-American Christian  
> fundamentalism, or is this an actual trend? I'd find the latter quite  
> alarming.

I see these "Beast" identifiers in the same light as Rapture Date  
Prophets. They keep changing their target. I think they're just looking  
for attention because their churches are running empty or something.

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-


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