Armageddon or Civilization?

Dr. John Hagee’s belief that an “Armageddon” “conflict will probably occur during this generation” is a self fulfilling prophecy.

One can immediately dismiss his claim that “Biblical prophecy says that Russia will put its arms around the Islamic nations”. No where in God’s inspired bible is “Russia” or “Islamic states” written. Interpreting scripture to justify war is nothing new…but it is still profoundly dangerous.

Urging Congress to “help” Israel in a “military preemptive strike” to take out Iran’s nuclear capabilities might succeed but that would only generate unprecedented levels of hatred in the Muslim world against Christian and Jewish fundamentalists here in the US and Israel. Their war planners would undoubtedly turn next to engineering sophisticated biological weapons for which there would be no civilized defense. And civilization as we know it would end.

Israel’s strike against Iraqi nuclear facilities 2 decades ago didn’t really buy “the world another 20 years of freedom”. It just drove those wishing to develop nuclear weapons into secretive developments, scattered and deep underground. Thus, even out best intelligence had no clue India and Pakistan had developed nuclear capacities until after ut was too late.

The more Christians and Jews hype and justify war against “Islamofacists” the more fundamentalist Muslims are hyped and justified in waging war against the west. Somewhere in the Bible I remember the call to “love your enemy”. I don’t think ‘loving to kill them’ was really what Jesus had in mind. Those who live by the nuclear sword shall likely die by it.