Religious zeal can be dangerous

Religious zeal can be dangerous

Blaise Pascal said, “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious convictions. Case in point: The ideology of the Rapture that is held by Evangelicals today shapes their view of events in the Middle East. This belief teaches that Christ will return in stages. First he comes for “born again” Evangelicals. They soar into heaven, leaving the rest of us to endure the “Tribulation.” Those “left behind” will suffer …