The religious radio shows in Texas can be a giggle. When driving between Houston and Dallas I used to listen to them a lot. Amazing programs on those evangelical radio stations.
In late December 1999, I happened to be driving back to Houston and listening to one particular firebrand. Yes it was all hell and damnation and my way or the highway and by the way do send me some money type stuff. His entire show that night was dedicated to the coming end of the century which was literally just a couple of days away.
"Repent now for the end of the world is upon us" the man rants. He went into some tirade about the signs that the apocalypse was upon us all and that the world most likely would end as Jesus descended in a cloud to save the righteous at exactly midnight (Texas time of course) on the 31st December 1999.
Worse still - these crazies believe in something called the RAPTURE. This make believe story has no foundation in any biblical text anywhere tho they will tell you it does. The idea is that the righteous are saved - plucked in a single instant from this hell hole and pushed off to heaven to sing with Jesus for eternity leaving he rest of us here. Its kind of arrogant isn't it to think you are RAPTURED - isn't that a deadly sin? Anyway, think of it, I'm driving along and all of a sudden cars are whizzing by driver less because their drivers have been called bodily to heaven!
Truth is he was rather convincing and I recall wondering if this could in fact be about to happen. all the prophecy was indeed fulfilled - as he saw it. Then I kicked myself and recalled that in fact the calendar was all messed up and the end of the century had passed rather quietly some time ago - several years prior in fact. So I settled back to my drive and continued to listen.
My spell of enrapture was finally broken however when at the end of his show - and after terrifying the life out of every listener I'm sure he said Well thats all I have time for - stop by next week when I will...."
Hang on! Next week? But by his very own words we'd all be dead by then and in HELL. So was he telling us that Hell was listening to his show for eternity or was he just plain wrong.
Apoxyclipse
Crickey,
And I thought I was the only one that keeps forgetting to tune out when the Crazies start up on the Radio. Hell on the radio is when the "DJ" or Jock decides to invite a phone in and the only one who can be bothered to call is the Weirdie.
You know him. He's the one that sits next to you on the bus and says, "I've got a nuclear bomb in my pocket", and then pulls out a tin of Corned Beef.
Anyway the weirdie starts going on about how JEsus doen't understand him and how the suits are after him. and the Jock cann't cut him off cos he's the only one to phone and there's nothing worse than havinga call in show where no one calls in.
And the end is nigh. Just ask the tigers.
And another thing.
Lets not be too saintly when we talk about Global Warming. When we talk about killing the planet what we really mean is that we are killing the planet for us!! After we are all dead and gone the Cockroaches and the Ants and the Rats and Whales we failed to kill will have one hell of a party and toast our demise.
I care cos I have kids. Selfish but true.
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