Re: Enraptured in Babylon
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:04:25PM -0600, Neil Johnson wrote: Just saw this banner ad at wired.com (They must be real hard up for revenue). The text of the ad: SHOWDOWN: IRAQ - IS THIS THE SIGN OF END TIMES ? Find out from Tim LaHaye and other end time scholars ! Subscribe to the Left Behind Prophecy Club ! Well, Wired News (my former employer) is owned by Terra Lycos, whose U.S. entity is Lycos Inc. in Waltham, Mass. As of when I was there, Lycos had no dedicated sales staff for Wired News, so it's entirely likely that you saw an ad purchase for run-of-U.S.-sites or something similar. My point is only don't conclude that Wired News is that hard up for revenue. They're still around. If they were losing tons of money (they got very high CPM rates), I suspect WN would have been eliminated in one of the rounds of Terra Lycos layoffs in the last few years, including one as recently as last month. -Declan
Re: Enraptured in Babylon
At 10:04 PM 03/27/2003 -0600, Neil Johnson wrote: Tim, you must be psyhic ... Just saw this banner ad at wired.com (They must be real hard up for revenue). The text of the ad: SHOWDOWN: IRAQ - IS THIS THE SIGN OF END TIMES ? Find out from Tim LaHaye and other end time scholars ! Subscribe to the Left Behind Prophecy Club ! Clicking on the ad sends you to: http://secure.agoramedia.com/index_leftbehind.html [] Guess the revenue from Left Behind Books is starting to slip... While that's possible, it's also possible that somebody's trying to exploit an already-working popularity trend. Agoramedia sells self-help books and such.
Re: Enraptured in Babylon
Tim, you must be psyhic ... Just saw this banner ad at wired.com (They must be real hard up for revenue). The text of the ad: SHOWDOWN: IRAQ - IS THIS THE SIGN OF END TIMES ? Find out from Tim LaHaye and other end time scholars ! Subscribe to the Left Behind Prophecy Club ! Clicking on the ad sends you to: http://secure.agoramedia.com/index_leftbehind.html There they will send you a free sample of their weekly newsletter, IF you send them your e-mail address. If you want more, its ONLY $29.95 for a subscription which includes access to their members only website. From the Web Page: Join Now and Find Out ! - Is the UN a precursor of the ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT prophesized in the Bible ? - Could the ANTICHRIST be alive now? If so, how can he identify so does not deceive us? (That's the exact way the text is written) - Are ATM's and other revolutions in global banking foretelling of THE MARK OF THE BEAST ? (I always thought RAH might be an agent of Satan :) ) Guess the revenue from Left Behind Books is starting to slip... -- Neil Johnson http://www.njohnsn.com PGP key available on request.
Re: Enraptured in Babylon
At 10:04 PM 03/27/2003 -0600, Neil Johnson wrote: Tim, you must be psyhic ... Just saw this banner ad at wired.com (They must be real hard up for revenue). The text of the ad: SHOWDOWN: IRAQ - IS THIS THE SIGN OF END TIMES ? Find out from Tim LaHaye and other end time scholars ! Subscribe to the Left Behind Prophecy Club ! Clicking on the ad sends you to: http://secure.agoramedia.com/index_leftbehind.html [] Guess the revenue from Left Behind Books is starting to slip... While that's possible, it's also possible that somebody's trying to exploit an already-working popularity trend. Agoramedia sells self-help books and such.
Re: Enraptured in Babylon
Tim, you must be psyhic ... Just saw this banner ad at wired.com (They must be real hard up for revenue). The text of the ad: SHOWDOWN: IRAQ - IS THIS THE SIGN OF END TIMES ? Find out from Tim LaHaye and other end time scholars ! Subscribe to the Left Behind Prophecy Club ! Clicking on the ad sends you to: http://secure.agoramedia.com/index_leftbehind.html There they will send you a free sample of their weekly newsletter, IF you send them your e-mail address. If you want more, its ONLY $29.95 for a subscription which includes access to their members only website. From the Web Page: Join Now and Find Out ! - Is the UN a precursor of the ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT prophesized in the Bible ? - Could the ANTICHRIST be alive now? If so, how can he identify so does not deceive us? (That's the exact way the text is written) - Are ATM's and other revolutions in global banking foretelling of THE MARK OF THE BEAST ? (I always thought RAH might be an agent of Satan :) ) Guess the revenue from Left Behind Books is starting to slip... -- Neil Johnson http://www.njohnsn.com PGP key available on request.
Enraptured in Babylon
Remember what we were talking about a few days ago, about Bush maybe seeing himself as the key actor in a Christian fundamentalist millenialist Left Behind Rapture sequence? Remember what I said about Babylon, the Antichrist, JC's reign for a thousand years? The Washington Post ran an article several weeks ago, March 8, reporting the same thing: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp- dyn?pagename=articlenode=contentId=A58894-2003Mar7notFound=true I just saw it today, referenced by someone on one of the newsgroups. Here are several paragraphs, under Fair Use. Read the full article. --excerpt-- Direst of Predictions For War in Iraq End-Time Interpreters See Biblical Prophecies Being Fulfilled Will Invasion of Iraq Beget Armageddon? By Bill Broadway Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 8, 2003; Page B09 In recent weeks, the prophetic interpreters have been citing a new reason they believe the end is coming: the impending U.S. war with Iraq. Anxious discussions have arisen on prophecy Web sites, in Bible study groups and churches, and at such gatherings as last month's 20th International Prophecy Conference in Tampa. Its title: Shaking of Nations: Living in Perilous Times. ... The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East, writes John, possibly the apostle, of a container of God's anger emptied on the ancient land of Babylon, now Iraq. The kings will move their armies through the Euphrates valley en route to Har Megiddo (Armageddon) in northern Israel. ... Then comes the clincher. In Chapter 9, Verse 11 -- yes, that's 9:11 -- John says the leader of an army of locusts released to fight humankind is named Abaddon in Hebrew, Apollyon in Greek. Both words mean Destroyer, one of several meanings for the name Saddam. ... He said he and other pre-trib guys, those who believe Jesus will rapture believers before the Great Tribulation, are convinced that the Antichrist will rule the world from a restored Babylon. That's why Hitchcock, too, thinks an invasion of Iraq will be a catalyst for end-time events. ... Once the U.S. gets Saddam out of the way, sanctions will be lifted, oil wells will flow again at full capacity and Iraq (Babylon) will regain its power, allowing the Antichrist to mount an army for an assault on Israel, he said. The stage is thus set for the Rapture, Armageddon, the Glorious Appearing and the other stages. --end excerpt--
Enraptured in Babylon
Remember what we were talking about a few days ago, about Bush maybe seeing himself as the key actor in a Christian fundamentalist millenialist Left Behind Rapture sequence? Remember what I said about Babylon, the Antichrist, JC's reign for a thousand years? The Washington Post ran an article several weeks ago, March 8, reporting the same thing: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp- dyn?pagename=articlenode=contentId=A58894-2003Mar7notFound=true I just saw it today, referenced by someone on one of the newsgroups. Here are several paragraphs, under Fair Use. Read the full article. --excerpt-- Direst of Predictions For War in Iraq End-Time Interpreters See Biblical Prophecies Being Fulfilled Will Invasion of Iraq Beget Armageddon? By Bill Broadway Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 8, 2003; Page B09 In recent weeks, the prophetic interpreters have been citing a new reason they believe the end is coming: the impending U.S. war with Iraq. Anxious discussions have arisen on prophecy Web sites, in Bible study groups and churches, and at such gatherings as last month's 20th International Prophecy Conference in Tampa. Its title: Shaking of Nations: Living in Perilous Times. ... The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East, writes John, possibly the apostle, of a container of God's anger emptied on the ancient land of Babylon, now Iraq. The kings will move their armies through the Euphrates valley en route to Har Megiddo (Armageddon) in northern Israel. ... Then comes the clincher. In Chapter 9, Verse 11 -- yes, that's 9:11 -- John says the leader of an army of locusts released to fight humankind is named Abaddon in Hebrew, Apollyon in Greek. Both words mean Destroyer, one of several meanings for the name Saddam. ... He said he and other pre-trib guys, those who believe Jesus will rapture believers before the Great Tribulation, are convinced that the Antichrist will rule the world from a restored Babylon. That's why Hitchcock, too, thinks an invasion of Iraq will be a catalyst for end-time events. ... Once the U.S. gets Saddam out of the way, sanctions will be lifted, oil wells will flow again at full capacity and Iraq (Babylon) will regain its power, allowing the Antichrist to mount an army for an assault on Israel, he said. The stage is thus set for the Rapture, Armageddon, the Glorious Appearing and the other stages. --end excerpt--
