The Assholes Are At It Again

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...oming.html

Sorry, Evangelicals, Syria Will Not Spur the Second Coming

By Candida Moss a renowned scholar of early xtianity. And she nails some of the jesus freak assholes we have around here to a tee.

Strangely, none of these failed predictions have bankrupted the prophetic project. Seventh Day Adventist Ellen White’s failure to accurately chart the course of human destruction inspired social psychologist Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance. His book, When Prophecy Fails, showed that, when faced with incontrovertible proof that their beliefs are wrong, some people walk away from their belief systems. But others will double down. They rationalize away the facts, defend their position, and actually become more fervent.