tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343546954225003627.post1012728352374133098..comments2024-02-02T02:32:58.560-06:00Comments on Opinionated Catholic: Evangelical Views On End Of the World Responsible for Gun Violence and Other Problems ?James Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00406049343115557137noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343546954225003627.post-73663725868682524952013-01-14T14:14:19.020-06:002013-01-14T14:14:19.020-06:00I think you are right about the 2000 stuff. Plus I...I think you are right about the 2000 stuff. Plus I think social media plays a role in the attitude that everything is on the edge of collapseJames Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406049343115557137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343546954225003627.post-45074197093768570642013-01-13T12:29:16.338-06:002013-01-13T12:29:16.338-06:00I think the y2k hysteria, and all of the turn-of-t...I think the y2k hysteria, and all of the turn-of-the-century superstition had a lot to do with the popularity of this "end of the world" thinking. The widespread use of the word "millenium" in conjunction with the turn-of-the-century hype, when that word is part of the end-times teaching fanned the flames of this hysteria. Since the days of LaHaye's "Left Behind" books becoming instant best sellers, the Evangelical crowd seems to have gone into Dominionism big time. I was recently reading about the power struggle going on at TBN, with Crouch family members suing each other, and making sensational charges against each other, and it seems that the trouble is rooted in a disagreement between Dispensationalism versus Dominionism. The two camps will have very different views about gun violence and anything else that happens in the world. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com