Comments on: The Institute for Human Continuity http://www.cleverbadger.net/wordpress/2009/08/26/the-institute-for-human-continuity/ I'm not dead yet! Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:14:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clever_Badger http://www.cleverbadger.net/wordpress/2009/08/26/the-institute-for-human-continuity/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Clever_Badger Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:22:06 +0000 http://www.cleverbadger.net/?p=583#comment-558 My background is Catholic. In my experience, Catholics have attach no particular significance to any concept of end times, and in point of fact I was taught pretty early on that the Book of Revelation was basically not much more than a recasting of the Book of Daniel with Christian overtones (or, less delicately, an attempt to rescue the failed "predictions" of Daniel by relocating them to a later time). I first started hearing end times talk in relations to the writings of Nostradamus during the early 1980s, when apparently quite a few folks were trying to tie those writings to images in Revelation. I found it strange then and I find the whole concept strange now. My background is Catholic. In my experience, Catholics have attach no particular significance to any concept of end times, and in point of fact I was taught pretty early on that the Book of Revelation was basically not much more than a recasting of the Book of Daniel with Christian overtones (or, less delicately, an attempt to rescue the failed "predictions" of Daniel by relocating them to a later time).

I first started hearing end times talk in relations to the writings of Nostradamus during the early 1980s, when apparently quite a few folks were trying to tie those writings to images in Revelation. I found it strange then and I find the whole concept strange now.

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky http://www.cleverbadger.net/wordpress/2009/08/26/the-institute-for-human-continuity/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Joshua Zelinsky Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:25:53 +0000 http://www.cleverbadger.net/?p=583#comment-556 2012 is for the the New Agers what the running apocalyptic claims are for certain elements of Protestant Christianity. The extremely religious Jews have there's also. And now, with the Singularity, the nerds and geeks have theirs also. It seems like there is almost an innate need to believe that one is somehow in the ends times. 2012 is for the the New Agers what the running apocalyptic claims are for certain elements of Protestant Christianity. The extremely religious Jews have there's also. And now, with the Singularity, the nerds and geeks have theirs also. It seems like there is almost an innate need to believe that one is somehow in the ends times.

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