And they said it couldn’t shouldn’t be done!
Immanentizing The Eschaton Alert!
Posted in Whatever!. Tagged New Jerusalem.
11 Responses to Immanentizing The Eschaton Alert!
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Mutha Bacon says:
In which we recall that … apocryphal … one-hit duo Ezekiel and Heavens, and their one hit, “In the Year 3372″. And in which we answer the poet with a “yes, Mr. Blake, and they also did in modern times, too, if now upon “West Feliciana’s Baptist churches green” rather than England’s mountains …
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Charles Cosimano says:
Well, you can hardly expect them to live in old ruins forever. They have got to be pretty drafty with all the shell holes in the walls.
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Here I thought this post was going to be about the Pristine Faith Restoration Society!
They’re doing the Harold Camping thing, but they’ve got a much cooler name than he ever did.
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2012/12/joel-richardson-tim-warner-and-time-of.html
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Carlo says:
That’s not called “Immanentizing the Eschaton.” It is called “We are Protestant, let us restart Christianity from scratch one more time.”
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Rod Dreher says:
Well, some context is necessary: this is a low-cost housing development spearheaded by a pastor. This is like calling it “Paradise Estates.” I just thought it was funny.
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Rambler88 says:
I bet most states in the Union have at least one housing development called “Paradise Estates”. Perhaps one of the really exclusive ones has a gateway ornament in the shape of a huge needle’s eye with an exalted camel passing through it.
In upstate New York, there’s a city called Troy. Presumably, its founders were resolved to be better prepared for a siege than last time.
Happy New Year anyway.
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Bugg says:
No FEMA guidlines about how high off the ground you have to be to build a home there, apparently.
New York state also features Cairo, Rome, Phonecia, Goshen and Florida.
[Note from Rod: We are on high ground in West Feliciana, so except for a strip down the hill on the way to the river, no flooding problems here. -- RD]
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JonF says:
And then there’s Tom Monaghan’s Catholicville down in Florida.
M_Young 
Imagine the listing:
Behold, YOU can stand at the door and knock!
Lot size 12,000 stadia X 12,000 stadia!
Privacy wall 144 cubits thick, made of jasper, measured by an angel!
Finished basement with twelve kinds of precious stone!
Very quiet — no death, no mourning, no crying, no pain!
On-site spring with water of life — no more water bill!
Starts in the 144,000s!
Interested? Contact John @ 3:16