May 2013
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It’s been noted by scholars who study apocalyptic groups that believers tend to...
– “A year after the non-apocalypse: Where are they now?” by Tom Bartlett, from Religion Dispatches, 18 May 2011.
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Cellar Door: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse →
wicked-spell:
Conquest
I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come and see!” I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent…
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… [the study] examines US public attitudes regarding global climate...
– “Study: Christian end-time beliefs block climate change control” Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349388#ixzz2STHwlOoc
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Extremely NOT FUNNY Mayan apocalypse news
This from Chile, via an Australian online newspaper:
THREE members of an alleged cult accused of sacrificing a baby to save the world ahead of a Mayan apocalypse, have surrendered to police.
Police in Chile were still hunting for the alleged leader of the cult who is believed to have fled to Peru, after the baby’s mother and three other suspects were arrested on Friday.
The baby was...
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Welcome to the end of the world, have a Coke: 10... →
Another list from The A.V. Club.
Here’s what you can count on: cockroaches, Twinkies and Coke.
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The end of the world was taking a lot longer than we had imagined, and we grew...
– (via wolfshepherd)
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Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom: More... →
Over at Slacktivist, Fred Clark keeps us up-to-date on all the latest fundagelical apocalypse news.
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The future, once an amorphous, distant plain, is rapidly articulating itself....
– “Writing the End” by Nathaniel Rich, in the New York Times Review of Books.
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Hugh Howey's "Wool" series
I spent 99 cents on the first of Hugh Howey’s post-apocalyptic novels about life in a silo, and was immediately hooked—and subsequently bought the rest of the series. He’s got the goods, and it’s a fascinating story with well-developed characters, believable struggles, and a conflict that makes sense. Now, he’s made the jump from his Kindle releases to a...
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Tom Perrotta's post-rapture novel, "The...
Tom Perrotta did a really good job with his post-rapture novel—as opposed to, say, the really crappy “Left Behind” series from evangelical politician Tim LaHaye—and now it looks like HBO will be adapting it for television. That’s good news, given how well HBO does, well, everything. It’s sure to be one heckuva lot better than the Nicolas Cage reboot of...
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Fact checking Hollywood's nightmares: Which... →
From Terminator to the Day After Tomorrow, we take a look at the best and worst-informed sci-fi doomsday flicks.
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April 2013
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