I don’t know a ton about the religion. I always kinda rejected it when we were forced to go. From my understanding without doing any research right now… Basically it’s their version of the rapture. 150k or so of their “chosen” disciples will get into heaven and the rest are said to have heaven on earth. Which the “worldly” people (as my grandmother referred to them, people outside of Jdub’s) would be wiped off the planet. So not far from other crazy Christian fantasies, just with the added flair of shunning your own family members if they leave the organization.
the rapture is evangelical creation i believe. they are obssesed with it. in many shows its called ascending, sg1-sga was famous for this ascending into angelic beings with immense powers.
This fantasy of “I’m one of the good ones and all the people worse than me need to be killed” seems common to religious fanatics and authoritarians. Maybe it’s why nationalism and religious fanaticism often go together. Their followers share an inability to accept how complex and messy the world is, and how they’re not special.
If you’re ok with it, Could you elaborate on the “new system” they described was?
I don’t know a ton about the religion. I always kinda rejected it when we were forced to go. From my understanding without doing any research right now… Basically it’s their version of the rapture. 150k or so of their “chosen” disciples will get into heaven and the rest are said to have heaven on earth. Which the “worldly” people (as my grandmother referred to them, people outside of Jdub’s) would be wiped off the planet. So not far from other crazy Christian fantasies, just with the added flair of shunning your own family members if they leave the organization.
the rapture is evangelical creation i believe. they are obssesed with it. in many shows its called ascending, sg1-sga was famous for this ascending into angelic beings with immense powers.
This fantasy of “I’m one of the good ones and all the people worse than me need to be killed” seems common to religious fanatics and authoritarians. Maybe it’s why nationalism and religious fanaticism often go together. Their followers share an inability to accept how complex and messy the world is, and how they’re not special.