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Breaking News: The End Is Near....

Just kidding. But who knows? Well, as this MSNBC story by Kari Huus, entitled "Apocalypse, now?" suggests, the handwriting is all but on the wall for religious zealots.

It’s been 10 months of epic disaster. First there was the tsunami that killed some 250,000 people in Southeast Asia. Then came Hurricane Katrina with its devastating toll on the Gulf Coast, followed by an earthquake that took tens of thousands of lives in South Asia. Now, Hurricane Wilma, one of the most powerful storms ever measured in the Atlantic Basin, is stalking the Florida coast, and experts are warning of a deadly avian flu pandemic.

It’s enough to make just about anyone pause to look for meaning in the madness.

For many who await Judgment Day, the writing is on the wall.

So close is the correlation between recent events and the biblical prophecy of the Second Coming, by the reckoning of RaptureReady.com, its "Rapture Index" has been hovering around 160 — the highest levels since just after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. According to the Web site, "the higher the number, the faster we're moving towards the ... rapture." When the number is above 145, it advises: "Fasten your seatbelts!"

Personally, I prefer The Landover Baptist Church's website, where their motto is "Where the Worthwhile Worship. Unsaved Welcome." :-)

posted by Fergie @ 10/20/2005 11:06:00 AM