if you look at the bible armageddon, it is said to be Gods war to end wickedness and human suffering
the bible says to 'Raise yourselves erect and see the salvation of God'
so, for me, Armageddon is something to look forward to... it will see the destruction of the evil influence of Satan the devil (Gods greatest adversary) it will put an end to corrupt and abusive human rulership and it will ensure that human rights will finally be implemented by God himself
in the words of the prophet Daniel
Dan 2:44 'In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin...it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms and it itself will stand to times indefinite'
thats why Christians were taught by Jesus to pray for Gods Kingdom to come and for his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Bring it on
This attitude (as so eloquantly demonstrated by the illustrious war mongering Peg) for the desire for bloody conflict and self-destruction is the crux of the problem with humanity. It is not until we as a species can rise up out of this selfish, conceited, self-destructive nature and resolve to overlook our racial, ethical, religious and cultural differences can we as a species thrive and really do great things. How can we go to the stars or even to the ends of our solar system if we can't even learn how to peacefully work together for the common good?
Why does Armeggedon have to be our answer to the battle over good and evil? Have we not soiled enough blood in attempting to assert our will's over each other?
One of my favorite modern philosopher, the late Dr. Carl Sagan, had this to say:
Carl Sagan in "Reflections on a Mote of Dust" writes:
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there - on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves
Our common goal as human beings should be to end human suffering and to ensure equality, freedom and humane treatment of ALL people around the world.
No, I am not a tree-hugging pacifist. I am a 16 year veteran in the US Navy and have been deployed to the Persian Gulf four times on two destroyers and an aircraft carrier. I have sat at a weapon system console with my hand on the trigger of a multi-million dollar missile system ready to send people I have never met to their doom. I have personally seen the devastating affects of war. However, I am proud of the freedoms my country stands for. It is sometimes necessary to resort to armed conflict to protect those who cannot protect themselves (i.e. WW II, etc) however I also believe we as human beings should strive to do our best to resolve conflicts using democratic/peaceful means before resorting to the devastating ramifications of armed conflict.
Finally a closing thought which describes our dire state of affairs, "Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." President John F. Kennedy.
Armageddon is not innevitable unless we as a species desire it to be!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.Dr. Carl Sagan
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