{"id":1030,"date":"2011-08-24T11:11:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2011-08-24T11:11:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:11:41","slug":"religious-aftershocks-from-virginias-earthquake-libyas-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/08\/religious-aftershocks-from-virginias-earthquake-libyas-revolution.html","title":{"rendered":"Religious Aftershocks from Virginia&#8217;s Earthquake, Libya&#8217;s Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been busy this week covering some interesting research studies (blog posts to follow) on \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/08\/22\/religion-politics-america_n_933395.html\" target=\"_blank\">American faith, politics and behavior<\/a>.\u00a0In the meantime, the world is still turning &#8212; and shaking. Surprisingly, no word yet from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/08\/22\/religion-politics-america_n_933395.html\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Camping<\/a>\u00a0or other doomsday Christians on whether this Virginia earthquake is another sign that we&#8217;re in End Times.<\/p>\n<p>Also, keep in mind that given the timing of this event, so close to big 9\/11 anniversary, it&#8217;s understandable that some folks in the New York City and the Washington DC areas got disproportionately freaked out by the tremor.<\/p>\n<p>Some faith-related links on the earthquake:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/08\/23\/national-cathedral-damaged-in-earthquake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington National Cathedral sustains &#8216;significant damage&#8217; in earthquake<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/news_reports\/earthquake_damage_at_national.html\" target=\"_blank\">Earthquake damage at National Cathedral<\/a> (Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.jta.org\/telegraph\/article\/2011\/08\/23\/3089094\/new-york-city-earthquake-what-does-it-mean-for-the-jews#When:20:27:00Z\" target=\"_blank\">New York City earthquake: What does it mean for the Jews?<\/a> (JTA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for Libya, check out this religious angle:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/08\/22\/ramadan-effect-may-be-aiding-libyan-rebels-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Ramadan effect&#8221; may be aiding Libyan rebels&#8217; cause<\/a> (CNN)<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I&#8217;m fed up with all the different ways news organizations are spelling Qaddafi, Khaddafy, Qadhafi, etc. When I posted my complaint on Twitter, I got this response from @robertsonadams: &#8220;Gaddhafi once issued a statement saying that there is no spelling for his name in English, the language of the devil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been busy this week covering some interesting research studies (blog posts to follow) on \u00a0American faith, politics and behavior.\u00a0In the meantime, the world is still turning &#8212; and shaking. Surprisingly, no word yet from Harold Camping\u00a0or other doomsday Christians on whether this Virginia earthquake is another sign that we&#8217;re in End Times. 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