Strozier’s breakdown of Revelation allows for us to simply soak in the main points of John’s visions without drowning in the language and warnings for morality, making it a lot easier to understand and empathize with fundamentalists, like Colby said. However, I have to say that I find myself disagreeing with some of his analysis of Revelation and also some of what he says about some of his seals of fundamentalism, particularly what he says of the letters and what he also says on the seal of revenge.
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Searching for Sinners in Fundamentalism
What immediately struck me about this chapter from Strozier was the fact that fundamentalist pastors gain their legitimacy through their knowledge of Revelation. The ideas and images of Revelation are clearly some of the most popular biblical themes to fundamentalists because it could be about them. Everyone is more fascinated with their own history than with others’, in the same way, fundamentalists believe (and hope) that Revelation is about them. Therefore, fundamentalists are always in search of and hope that they find the sinners, so that they can be the ones who are saved. Continue reading
Why Believe?
I’m actually unsure how to analyze The Rapture, because the ending completely shattered the analysis I had formed throughout the majority of the movie. Throughout the most of the movie, I thought it was meant to explain why people have the need to believe in god and believe in salvation. However, the fact that in the end the rapture DOES happen but Sharon DOESN’T love god anymore makes that analysis invalid.
