Tag Archives: revelation

Revelation with Robots

East of Ealing, by Robert Rankin – Remember my post about the number 666 being rumored to exist in barcodes? Well, that idea plays a major part in this book. A new corporation called Lateinos and Romiith (both terms for … Continue reading

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Me and Charles Manson Like the Same Ice Cream

I found this post from Alan Cook to be rather interesting. It’s about how Charles Manson interpreted the lyrics from the Beatles’ white album to be about a coming race war, somehow also tied in with the Second Coming. “Helter … Continue reading

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The Bible Barcode

WordPress says that this is my 666th post on this blog, and since I don’t want to squander this opportunity, here’s a post on how the Mark of the Beast is hidden in barcodes. See, in the Universal Product Code, … Continue reading

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Babylon Bound

A book I recently read, Diana Wynne Jones’s Deep Secret, makes heavy use of a nursery rhyme that’s apparently quite common in the United Kingdom, and dates back to at least the nineteenth century. The rhyme is as follows: How … Continue reading

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A Bold Gain for the Forces of Evil

Every once in a while, some rumor begins circulating about a connection between a well-known company and the forces of evil. As tempting as it is to believe such things, they’re usually based on the notion of hidden clues, which … Continue reading

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All Right, THIS Time for Sure!

It’s weird when people insist that we’re living in the End Times because of evidence in the Bible, when I think reading the Bible is a good indication that this is a false alarm. Biblical prophets have been predicting that … Continue reading

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Gog and Magog’s Apocalyptic Adventure

Since I still, at least to a certain extent, have apocalypse on the brain, I draw your attention to Revelation 20:7-10. “When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive … Continue reading

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Two More Days!

I feel I should say a bit about the end of the world, since it IS occurring on Saturday and all. I’ve written about Harold Camping before, and how he’s considered extreme even by other fundamentalist Christians, as well as … Continue reading

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The Not-So-Merry Miller

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember seeing someone mention that the Jehovah’s Witnesses originally thought the world would end in 1844. Actually, the organization that would become the Watchtower didn’t exist until the 1870s, so that’s obviously … Continue reading

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Make My Millennium

I have three book reviews for you today. The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages, by Norman Cohn – I bought this on a whim when I found it at the school bookstore … Continue reading

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