59% of Americans probably also believe in the apocalyptic events predicted in Terminator 2.

I don't know, I found the article kind of condescending and one-sided. I don't have any particular beliefs in God, but I know many people who do and it's a bit insulting to ascribe all these one-dimensional desires to them. Particularly the idea that they may actually want millions of people to die.

I know I find it a bit troubling when people decide all the agnostics in the world are up to no good and I'm just loafing around.

It is quite logical for a devout fundie to want the events described in Revelation to come about... I mean, why carry on with all this shit if we can just bring all the shit to an end and send all the good people to Heaven?

What I find scary is what these types would do if they set it all up and nothing resulted from it.

That's only logical if you see people with different views as cardboard cut-outs of isolated belief. "Oh, you're a Christian fundamentalist... that means you're suicidal, praying for the end of the world."

If there were really so many people walking around praying for the end of the world, it would just happen. Jonestown and Heaven's Gate would be the rule rather than the really, really crazy exception.

This isn't about mass suicide. This is about disregarding all priorities beyond the desire to set the world up as described in Biblical apocalyptic prophecy, such as ignoring the peace process in the Middle East and concentrating on getting the Jewish temple rebuilt on the mount, since this is described in Revelation.

...oh, and I don't think all Christian fundies are bad people. Like any big religion, it's the radical fringe who make a mess.