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It's actually a mixture of both. Some extremists(particularly ISIS) firmly believe they are in they end times and are carrying out what they think scripture dic
by knowaveragejoe 12y ago
It's actually a mixture of both. Some extremists(particularly ISIS) firmly believe they are in they end times and are carrying out what they think scripture dictates, others are involved for the reasons you stated.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoSo is the US, apparently, if you're to believe the story about Bush's motivations. > In the prelude to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush told Jacques Chirac that Gog and Magog were at work in the Middle East: "This confrontation is willed by God," he told the French leader, "who wants us to use this conflict to erase his people's enemies before a New Age begins." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog#Modern_apocalypticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog#Modern_apocalypti...
- knowaveragejoe 12y agoI would argue that this represents an almost trivial minority sentiment today, in contrast to a pervasive belief among IS militants and supporters.