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In an article on apocalypse fantasies, the BBC states

This month marks Advent in the Christian Calendar, during which Christians are encouraged to read from the Book of Revelation, the apocalyptic vision of St John the Divine.

Say what, now? I was baptised, brought up in the Christian faith, and confirmed (twice, in fact, though it seems not to have stuck), and I've never heard this. Tell me, Christian friends and relations, is this a piece of common knowledge I somehow missed?

Or is it a line of bullshit that some apocalyptic fed the BBC reporter, who was so clueless that she just published it as fact?

OK, I'm not a fan of the Catholic Church, and I'm deeply suspicious of the current pope, both because of the role he has held in the church, his preference for the direction the church should take, and his history as a young man.

But it strikes me that it is entirely possible that his recent comments about Islam have been significantly, perhaps in some places even intentionally, misinterpreted and taken to be a great deal more offensive than they were intended to be, than in fact they were. ( Read more... )