Crazy For The End

Some people are psychologically ready to be captivated by thought of eschatology -- the End Times.  They devour ‘clues’, systhensize them with other ‘clues’ and build complex structures they believe will tell them answers to questions like these:

• When will the End come?
• What will be the signs preceding the End?
• Who will be spared at the End?
• Who will be destroyed at the End?
• What must a person do to be ready for the End?
• What must I do, or how must I change, to be ready for the End?
• What must people of faith DO to be ready for the End?

That is a representative sample, but not all-inclusive, of course.  

If you are a Christian you may not realize that the questions are the same for Muslims as they are for Christians.  The unhealthy passions they evoke are the same for both.  Even some members of Judaism are entranced by visions of the End, and the End Times.  (I capitalize because I sense that such folks capitalize the concepts in their minds.  

Among Christians . . . well, let’s save it for the next set of reflections.  Suffice it to say, I believe this passion leads to evil in nearly every person consumed by it.  

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