Monday, June 12th, 2006
More wisdom from Babylon 5
The fine folks at Sadly, No! have done it again. This time they present a real doozy from the bowels of WingNutDaily.
In response to the first few paragraphs, Brad R. asks:
Since prophecies inevitably come true no matter what, is there really any point to opposing the National ID Act? I mean, aren’t you just pissing God off by interfering with His Divine Plan?
As I noted in the comments, Mira Furlan’s character in Babylon 5 provided the best assessment of prophcy that I can think of in the third-season episode "Ceremonies of Light and Dark" when she said:
Prophecy is a poor guide to the future. You only understand it when the events are already upon you.
But then another thought occurred to me as I read the other comments, particularly this one regarding the Christo-Fascist Zombie Brigade’s twisted "interpretation" of the Book of Revelation:
In any case, this whole Mark of the Beast comes way, WAY after many other prophecies occur that most certainly haven’t occurred. FIRST comes the Rapture, where all kids and Good Christians (not all Christians, even, are good enough for this Rapture, by the way) are zapped into Heaven. SECOND comes the rise of a demagogue, who charms the world and causes a one-world faith, a one-world currency, a one-world government, etc. THIRD comes a whole slew of judgements, which are things like plagues, famines, wars, etc. FOURTH comes the Anti-Christ, who rises from the death of the demagogue. It is the Anti-Christ who puts the Mark of the Beast on his followers. Therefore, there’s no way that the Real ID act is suggestive of a Mark of the Beast.
The thought that comes to mind is this: if the RealID Act is indeed the Mark of the Beast(©1978 Tim LaHaye Industries) as the Fundies claim, then they missed the Banana- Rapture-Boat that they insinuated was reserved for them and them alone (because only they are "Good Christians").
(See original post on the old blog here - originally posted May 5, 2006 12:38 AM)
