According to the most common interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus will return only after things have gone horribly awry. Imagine the consequences if any significant component of the U.S. government believed that the world was about to end and that its ending would be glorious. The fact that nearly half of the American population apparently believes this should be considered a moral and intellectual emergency. . Sam Harris
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The fact that nearly half of the U.S. population believes something to be true but does not question it is a moral and intellectual emergency. In this quote, John Derbyshire is criticizing the idea that the second coming of Jesus Christ is imminent. Many people have been led to believe that the rapture of Jesus is just around the corner.

According to those who believe in the rapture, Jesus will return before the year 2000 and will be accompanied by a massive earthquake on a fault line on the east coast of America, followed by a massive fire on Mount Everest which will cause a huge tsunami which will destroy all coastal cities and turn inland cities into rubble. The death toll from this event will be so high that only those who have died since the end of the war in Iraq will remain alive, with some survivors taking shelter in mountain caves. In addition, everyone who has lived since Jesus left for heaven at the end of his ministry will be killed many years later by God’s wrath sent from heaven as punishment for not believing in him.

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