Monday, February 11, 2008

Apocalyptic Literature

Apocaplytpic literature is the writing of the defeated.
Having lost their vision of national events, they turn away from social justice.
They retreat into private religion, with its rewards in a future outside of history.
They have rejected a vital faith for artificial schemes.

- phyllis trible

1 comment:

Caulfield's Brother said...

Doesn't apocalyptic literature give a pass on taking responsibility for the well being of the earth and culture? I seem to hear a lot of "it's all going to hell, get the people into lifeboats, don't worry about everything else, God's gonna make us a new one anyway."

That's weak.

I hope we're judged for what we did between the covers of the bible not for what we thought about the end of the world.