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Tag Archives: apocalypse
A History of Malleability, and in turn, Controversy
“The ethic of conservation is the explicit abnegation of man’s dominion over the Earth. The lower species are here for our use. God said so: Go forth, be fruitful, multiply, and rape the planet–it’s yours. That’s our job: drilling, mining … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, September 21
Tagged Ann Coulter, apocalypse, Book of Revelation, David Koresh, End of Days, Film, Kirsch, Movies, Revelation, Tertullian, The Bible, The Road Warrior
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The (Un)Revealing Revelation
If we are to take the word of the first 26 books of the New Testament as the word of God, then how are we also able to take John’s ramblings on a vengeful God—a God who believes the very act of conception is defilement, a God who will torture those who were not Martyrs for the Christian cause (but associated themselves with Roman coinage, or pagan traditions) for eternity, despite their overall good intentions, as truth as well? Continue reading
Posted in Andreas Apostolopoulos, September, September 21
Tagged apocalypse, chosen one, decode, parable, Revelations
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Apocalyptic Films have Oh-So-Revealing Titles
Confronted with the problem of how to complete this assignment using a movie that wasn’t over-marketed, I decided to perform a quick Google search of “Apocalyptic Films” to see what I could find in the way of the underground. I perused … Continue reading
Posted in Andreas Apostolopoulos, September, September 14
Tagged Annihilation Earth, apocalypse, Doomsday Equation, Film, Fundamentalism, Racism, Science Fiction
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Tweeting the Apocalypse: The Implications of Cloverfield
The nightmarish, hyperbolic imagery of Revelation and allusions derived from the book itself have become commonplace motifs in the media of contemporary culture. From the popular video game Doom, which pits humans against demons in a climactic Mars-based battle, to … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, September, September 14
Tagged apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Cloverfield, Movies, Revelation
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Revelations in Times Square..and other things
“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand” (Revelation 1: 1-3). With these words John of Patmos, John the “Revelator”, … Continue reading
Posted in Andreas Apostolopoulos, September, September 7
Tagged Alexander the Great, apocalypse, End of Days, john of patmos, Numbers, Revelation
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