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Sunday, May 24th, 2015

Meet the Christian right’s new doomsday prophet — and his insane, apocalyptic “blood moon” theory

Author:     Matthew Pulver
Source:     Salon
Publication Date:     Thursday, May 21, 2015 03:00 AM PDT
 Link: Meet the Christian right’s new doomsday prophet — and his insane, apocalyptic “blood moon” theory
Stephan:   Do you know about the Blood Moon? Unless you pay attention to the Theocratic Right's media probably not. This essay is much too polemic, but I am using it because it is one of the few commentaries making an important point: As you read this keep in mind that millions of Americans believe this to be an accurate statement of reality. It is dark, parlous and driven by fear and over-active amygdalas. But it is important to accept that it is their reality. The Blood Moon prophecies are part of the Great Schism Trend one of the meta-trends, like climate change, with which it interacts, that will shape our future. If you don't think these beliefs have policy consequences look at the U.S.-Israel relationship.
John Hagee Credit: AP/J. Michael Short/Keith Lamond, photowings via Shutterstock/Photo montage by Salon

John Hagee
Credit: AP/J. Michael Short/Keith Lamond, photowings via Shutterstock/Photo montage by Salon

In 2015, there is a United States congressman who believes that the so-called blood moon prophecy determines the fate of the Middle East and, because of some more prophecy, the fate of the world, of all of us. In 2015. Common Era.

“Blood moons,” which is a gussied-up way of naming your garden-variety lunar eclipse, “have preceded world-changing, shaking-type events,” says Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia, a man constitutionally permitted to vote in one of the world’s most powerful legislative bodies. Legislation, accords, Security Council Resolutions, military aid packages — why consider this mere terrestrial ephemera when you can just go out into your backyard and consult the moon?

While the prophecy may seem fringe — like something a hooded Nostradamus type from the Dark Ages would wheeze in dim and flickering firelight — it’s gaining surprising traction in conservative media, and is being adopted as legitimate by prominent figures, including Hice […]

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