*shudder*

Thursday, 20 July 2006

I don’t remember if Homer Simpson said it or not, but if he didn’t he should have and would have: “Of course you can trust it. It’s on the Internet, isn’t it?”

And given how easy it is to get, shall we say, “published” in such a medium, it becomes mind-numbing and a little scary what a quack, a computer, an internet connection, a modicum of biblical knowledge, and a proclivity for alarmism can create. Gentle reader, I give you “America In Prophecy.” I mean, they’ve got a dot.org domain and everything!

My favorite part is where it entreats the visitor with, “YOU TAKE OTHER VERSES OF SCRIPTURE AND TWIST THEM TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. WHY CAN YOU NOT OBEY THIS ONE CARDINAL LAW. FOR WHICH ALMIGHTY GOD HAS VERY PLAINLY DECREED HE’LL BURN YOU OFF THE MAP. IF YOU. DO NOT. OBEY IT!!!” And I’m thinking, “Wha? You mean I need to obey this guy? Didn’t he resign?”

I don’t know why I posted the link. It’s not worth the visit from anyone but the morbidly curious–of which I must confess I was one–and even then, not really. To any who begin to approach buying into any of this, please have a credit card handy and click here now.