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September 15, 2006

Please. Watch. This.

If you really want to understand the dangers of religious extremism, I urge you to watch the following programme (links in the review are mine)...

The Doomsday Code - 7:00pm - Saturday 16 September - Channel 4
Radio Times (David Butcher):

Tony Robinson is more of a deep thinker than you might guess, and here he brings us a rollicking story about a strain of evangelical Christianity that takes the Book of Revelation literally: the so-called "End-Timers". Put crudely, End-Timers believe that the apocalypse is coming, and they wield considerable (and worrying) political clout in the USA. We see a string of preachers from the American South (all steel-haired white men with booming voices) whose crackpot jumble of beliefs may well appal moderate Christians as much as atheists. Broadly, their agenda is to pour petrol on the flames of Middle Eastern politics, dilute the USA's will to combat global warming and foster hostility to the UN. It's an alarming and incendiary package, to say the least. And before you write to complain that I'm biased in some way, spend two hours watching this shrewd, far-reaching film.

In fact, I urge you to tape it so you can have a copy to share with those in need of enlightenment.

UPDATE - A quick related link for you... ABC News - Film Shows Youths Training to Fight for Jesus (alt. video link here)

Oh, and you're sure to enjoy Creationism Explained... using a soda can and a banana (link via).

Posted by Manic on September 15, 2006 4:02 PM in the category Christ...

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And if, like me, you forgot folks, set your vid, sky, tivo, stay up for 1.30AM Tuesday for the repeat.

Posted by: scotch at September 17, 2006 6:31 PM

Jesus and Mo comment quite amusingly on the banana controversy:

http://www.jesusandmo.net/2006/05/11/skin/

Posted by: mww at September 18, 2006 4:38 PM

Hehehehe... and Underblog has a fantasic headline:
http://www.randall100.f2s.com/?p=128

Posted by: Manic at September 18, 2006 4:41 PM

Well, I thought I had taped it, but it seems my VCR had other ideas. Will try again on Tuesday. Anyway it was verrrry interesting.

Posted by: Davide Simonetti at September 19, 2006 12:34 AM

All very interesting (and rather worrying) stuff.

My write-up seems to have attracted a creationist nutter:
http://blog.dave.org.uk/archives/001089.html

Posted by: Dave Cross at September 20, 2006 8:56 AM

I never did manage to tape it. However, for anyone that did miss the programme, I discovered that it is available on-line from http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15032.htm

Posted by: Davide Simonetti at September 21, 2006 5:47 PM

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	« 'Supporting' the troops \| Main \| They what now? » September 15, 2006 Please. Watch. This. If you really want to understand the dangers of religious extremism, I urge you to watch the following programme (links in the review are mine)... The Doomsday Code - 7:00pm - Saturday 16 September - Channel 4 Radio Times (David Butcher): Tony Robinson is more of a deep thinker than you might guess, and here he brings us a rollicking story about a strain of evangelical Christianity that takes the Book of Revelation literally: the so-called "End-Timers". Put crudely, End-Timers believe that the apocalypse is coming, and they wield considerable (and worrying) political clout in the USA. We see a string of preachers from the American South (all steel-haired white men with booming voices) whose crackpot jumble of beliefs may well appal moderate Christians as much as atheists. Broadly, their agenda is to pour petrol on the flames of Middle Eastern politics, dilute the USA's will to combat global warming and foster hostility to the UN. It's an alarming and incendiary package, to say the least. And before you write to complain that I'm biased in some way, spend two hours watching this shrewd, far-reaching film. In fact, I urge you to tape it so you can have a copy to share with those in need of enlightenment. UPDATE - A quick related link for you... ABC News - Film Shows Youths Training to Fight for Jesus (alt. video link here) Oh, and you're sure to enjoy Creationism Explained... using a soda can and a banana (link via). Posted by Manic on September 15, 2006 4:02 PM in the category Christ... Pings (Trackback) For trackbacks, this is the URL: http://www.bloggerheads.com/cgi-bin/mt-tbbh_20x07.pl/1212 Comments And if, like me, you forgot folks, set your vid, sky, tivo, stay up for 1.30AM Tuesday for the repeat. Posted by: scotch at September 17, 2006 6:31 PM - Jesus and Mo comment quite amusingly on the banana controversy: http://www.jesusandmo.net/2006/05/11/skin/ Posted by: mww at September 18, 2006 4:38 PM - Hehehehe... and Underblog has a fantasic headline: http://www.randall100.f2s.com/?p=128 Posted by: Manic at September 18, 2006 4:41 PM - Well, I thought I had taped it, but it seems my VCR had other ideas. Will try again on Tuesday. Anyway it was verrrry interesting. Posted by: Davide Simonetti at September 19, 2006 12:34 AM - All very interesting (and rather worrying) stuff. My write-up seems to have attracted a creationist nutter: http://blog.dave.org.uk/archives/001089.html Posted by: Dave Cross at September 20, 2006 8:56 AM - I never did manage to tape it. However, for anyone that did miss the programme, I discovered that it is available on-line from http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15032.htm Posted by: Davide Simonetti at September 21, 2006 5:47 PM - Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you're new to Bloggerheads, you may need to be approved by the moderator before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) URL: Remember me? YesNo Comments:

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