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China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult'

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China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult'
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RE: China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult'
December 19, 2012 at 4:02 pm
downbeatplumb Wrote:Why are christians so keen for the end of the world?

Because they think Jesus is coming then, which will simultaneously vindicate their religion and give them a chance to look down their noses at all of the people whom they tried to warn but wouldn't listen.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult'

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China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult' - by downbeatplumb - December 19, 2012 at 3:08 pm
RE: China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult' - by Minimalist - December 19, 2012 at 3:35 pm
RE: China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult' - by Faith No More - December 19, 2012 at 4:02 pm
RE: China cracks down on 'Doomsday cult' - by Anomalocaris - December 19, 2012 at 5:58 pm

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