Who, exactly, is offering the White House advice?
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow held a quick gaggle with reporters in Crawford yesterday, when an interesting subject came up.
Q: Tony, earlier this year the President brought in some advisors to talk about the war in Iraq, some outsiders — outside experts. Is he doing anything similar, or are any senior officials doing anything similar with respect to the Middle East? Are you bringing in any outside experts or –
Snow: Yes.
Q: — perhaps Jewish or Christian or Muslim –
Snow: There have been meetings of that sort in recent days.
Q: What can you tell us about them?
Snow: You know what, I'll see what I'm cleared to tell you about.
Asked what "types of people" have offered the White House advice on the Middle East, Snow said, "Again, at this point, I really don't want to do it." Asked if "religious leaders" have been part of these meetings, Snow said, "Again, I'm just not going to go any further."
The Washington Post's Dan Froomkin spoke with Joel C. Rosenberg — who recently told CNN that the rapture may be near and it'd be a good idea for people to start taking care of unfinished business — who explained that he was invited last year to "speak to a 'couple dozen' White House aides in the Old Executive Office Building — and has stayed in touch with several of them since.
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Analysis- The scary thing about the end of the world scenario above is that it is the leaders of the free world that are buying into this interpretation. Could the ding dongs in the White House be trying to go down in history as the courageous leader that brought about the end of the world ....I mean the second coming?
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The Pope called again for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon on Sunday, and complained that no one had paid any attention to the identical call he had made the previous Sunday.
Pope Benedict didn't realize that the US Right, including Fox Cable News, is only interested in the Catholic Church to the extent that they can use it for reactionary purposes. Start talking about peace, and you'll find yourself in a news blackout even if you are a pope. What puzzles me is why he doesn't send in the Catholic Lobby.
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I don't think that anyone wants to end our civilization. It may be stated in the scriptures as to what will happen in the middle east, but know one knows for sure when that will happen.
Then why are so many nut jobs buying into it?
For some evangelicals, Mideast war stirs hope
Believing the Mideast conflict is a sign that Christ will return soon, some evangelical groups have cheered Israel's military actions.
Some have ratcheted up support for Israel in its current battle in Lebanon with Hezbollah out of belief that a raging war -- perhaps even a nuclear confrontation -- marks a prelude to the apocalypse. Christian groups are sending millions of dollars to Israeli communities and shelters, hosting pro-Israel rallies and urging U.S. politicians to back Israeli military action.
Evangelicals' financial support for Israel has increasingly been supplemented by political action, Christian and Jewish leaders say.
At a July 18-19 pro-Israel rally in Washington, Christians from Florida and other states lobbied politicians to back Israel's military campaign in Lebanon. The Rev. John Hagee, pastor of a mega-church in San Antonio and founder of Christians United for Israel, organized the convention in hopes of launching a pro-Israel political network in 50 states.
While a number of Jewish leaders have courted evangelicals' support for the Jewish homeland, others are troubled by its theological underpinnings, said Rabbi James Rudin, senior interreligious advisor at the America Jewish Committee in New York. Jewish leaders have long been wary of evangelicals' effort to convert Jews to Christianity through messianic groups such as Jews for Jesus and the Chosen People Ministries.
''Is the motivation to stand up for Israel, or convert the Jewish people and bring on the end of days? said Rabbi Solomon Schiff, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami.
Crazy crazy people.
Look ob the bright side. After the rapture the rich believers will leave a whole lot of stuff behind. I can't wait, free stuff for the the rest of us.
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