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Do some religious people actually *want* the world to end?
Now, I refuse to single out a particular religion here but there have been some Q & A tonight where certain people (you know who you are!) seem to be actually getting excited at the idea that we might be living in the so called "End Days" (you know all the cyclones, floods etc recently)
What gives? do they all owe someone a lot of money or something ? :-)
Edit 21.53 - Hey Annoyed, don't blame me- I just popped out to the corner shop (that's a Grocery Store for our American friends) while my question accumulated answers! I'm innocent I tell you!
Look, I'll even give you a thumbs up!
30 Answers
- LadydiLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
The world is full of evil. Why wouldn't we want to go some place that offers pure joy, where all of our needs are met?
- JudahLv 41 decade ago
:-) Ha ha! Yeah, that's it--they owe lots of money! Actually, when the world does end, God will create a perfect world all over again except this time, there will be no sin, no bad things. Only perfection---that means, no illnesses, no pain, no tears, no wars, no death.....paradise! That's why some people want the world to end. So they can move on to a better life.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes, most of these people tend to be extremists of whatever faith they are from. For example, many Zionist Jews or Evangelical Christians want to tear down the Dome of the Rock in Jerusulem and rebuild the Temple of Solomon to bring upon the end of days.
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- Roddy SLv 41 decade ago
Well, you know how in the Book of Revelations the seas will boil, the land will burn and all that stuff. Apparently, some good old god loving believers (Christians and Muslims-it's the same ending) think that they'll get a few more Brownie points in heaven if they actually hurry this event along.
- Holy Cow!Lv 71 decade ago
Yes, it's called the Messiah Complex. It's why Christians are "supporting" Israel in the war on Islam. They think they are going to force the hand of the invisible sky god.
- 1 decade ago
I bet the reason all those people might be getting excited is - THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING! This is because of what they have accepted to believe in. I'll cash my ticket in when the train comes by!!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
There seems to be heavy emphasis placed by religious lunatics on the need for the outbreak of all-out war in the middle east so that it may precipitate the Second Coming of Christ.
This thinking exists in adult minds.
Terrifying.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
puahahah no its just that it'd be kewl when the world ends becuase then God would make it a heaven on earth and it would awesome lol ^__^
but uh...i dont think that the recent disasters have anything to do with the world coming to an end -_-
- the only 1 hoboLv 51 decade ago
.Its possible they do but why ?? If they knew enough they would understand this is a world without end . I think some have the rapture (taking up ) theory mixed up with the end also
- NightOwlLv 51 decade ago
They seem to don't they! I think it's because they're so religious that they literally believe everything that's written and are looking forward to Heaven.
