Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00319)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, leonmaurer@a... wrote:
> whether all the 
> rest of the loyal HPB theosophists and other non-blind unbelievers, 
agnostics 
> and atheists would become subject to extermination of some sort

Interesting thatyouwould say that. Thre was a fellow on the radio 
who wrote a book called (I believe) THE LAST DAYS which is a survey 
of all the nut cults who expect the world to end. Their belief 
system, according to him, is that there will be a final showdown 
between Jews and Arabs in the Mideast, which is quite likely, and 
that 2/3 of theJews will be wiped out, which is also quite likely, 
and that the remainder will throw away their prayer shawls anc 
convert to Fundamentalist Christianity. That anyone would respond to 
a disaster of that magnitude in that manner is worse than 
preposterous, but such is the fantasy, Anyway, it is this belief 
which part of the cause for their support for Israel.

The fact that some people think their fantasy of the last days needs 
an assist makes me wonder if the terrorism we keep hearing about is 
motivated by some idea that the Mahdi wil appear if someone somehow 
touches off a conflagration. Historical precedents for the idea that 
a single violent act could lead to a massive uproar can be seen in 
the assassination of the archduke Ferdinand (which supposedly ignited 
WWI) and the shooting of a German diplomat in Paris, which is 
supposed to have motivated Krystallnacht.