Armageddonites

a new article by Jon Utley at antiwar.com addresses the problem of fundamentalist, dispensationalist Americans too self-righteous to recognize the blatant errors in their pro-war stances, which are (at best) based on bad eschatological interpretations of the Book of Revelations or (at worst) on the musings of LaHaye and Jenkins in their Left Behind series (links to these books are omitted for the edification of the reader). fortunately, dispensationalism, especially in its most virulent forms, represents the views of only a fraction of American Christians (though an admittedly dangerous fraction). unfortunately, Utley gives short shrift to a large segment of informed American Christians whose convictions about Christ's teachings lead them to a progressive, anti-war stance (see, for example, Sojourner's magazine), and prompt social action and reform that is anything but vengeful. (nod to Sam Wang for pointing out this article)