{"id":469,"date":"2011-05-16T09:13:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/religionandpubliclife\/?p=469"},"modified":"2011-05-16T11:37:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T15:37:51","slug":"signs-of-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/religionandpubliclife\/2011\/05\/signs-of-the-times.html","title":{"rendered":"Signs of the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we have entered the final week of the Harold Camping-certified<\/a> End Times, it behooves us to consider the signs. Here goes.<\/p>\n

* Osama\u00a0 (the false Antichrist) Bin Laden killed by Barack H.\u00a0 (not the false Antichrist) Obama.<\/p>\n

* Forces of Repression (viz. Gog and Magog) at work all over Middle East.<\/p>\n

* House of Representatives kills off Medicare. (Who needs it?)<\/p>\n

* Head of IMF (aka Root of all Evil) arrested<\/a> for sexual assault.<\/p>\n

* Poll numbers of Barack H.\u00a0 (not the false Antichrist) Obama headed north<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Palestinian protestors killed<\/a> on way to Tel Megiddo (Armageddon<\/a>).<\/p>\n

* Mike Huckabee removes hat from presidential ring. (Talk about the Great Disappointment!)<\/p>\n

* Newt Gingrich, convert to Catholic Church (i.e. astride Whore of Babylon), jumps into presidential ring.<\/p>\n

* Democrats threaten<\/a> to capture NY-26.<\/p>\n

* All Facebook pages inscribed<\/a> with number “666.”<\/p>\n

* Lots of earthquakes, tornadoes, floods.<\/p>\n

* Yankees drop three in a row<\/a> to Boston at the stadium.<\/p>\n

* Doonesbury recognizes<\/a> End of World at hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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