'Blood Moon' seen as sign of end times by some Mormons
Source: Associated Press
'Blood Moon' seen as sign of end times by some Mormons
Brady Mccombs, Associated Press
Updated 1:59 am, Saturday, September 26, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon set to happen this weekend has prompted such widespread fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mormon Church was compelled to issue a statement cautioning the faithful to not get caught up in speculation about a major calamity.
Sunday night's "blood moon" and recent natural disasters and political unrest around the world have led to a rise in sales at emergency-preparedness retailers. Apocalyptic statements by a Mormon author have only heightened fears among a small number of Mormon followers about the looming end of time. The eclipse will give the moon a red tint and make it look larger than usual. It won't happen again for 18 years.
It's unclear how many Latter-day Saints buy the theory, but Mormon leaders were worried enough that they took the rare step this week of issuing a public statement cautioning the faithful not to get carried away with visions of the apocalypse.
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told its 15 million worldwide members that they should be "spiritually and physically prepared for life's ups and downs," but they urged them not to take speculation from individual church members as doctrine and "avoid being caught up in extreme efforts to anticipate catastrophic events."
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Blood-Moon-seen-as-sign-of-end-times-by-some-6531229.php
Warpy
(112,789 posts)and scaring the hell out of simpletons with a long predicted lunar eclipse can do it.
Yes, I have an unsympathetic view of religion, why did you ask?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)how can one person wreck it for everyone?
muriel_volestrangler
(102,098 posts)It's the crazies finding stuff on the internet who are raving about end times.
The CCC
(463 posts)Ad Hominem and Non Sequitour.
Journeyman
(15,120 posts)has been desperate (as usual) since we began taking note of it long before we had the means to write about it. And celestial movement? It's what we are, for we are stardust.
I can no more see patterns between these disparate events or foretell disaster from their chance alignment than I can pick meaning to life from random tea leaf patterns or see the future in Jim's magic hairball.
It is a telling aspect of the sickness with which religion can infect the gullible that such balderdash is taken seriously by the weaker minds among us.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)It's a ritual thing.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Ah, that was good.
TexasProgresive
(12,244 posts)I have seen several full lunar eclipses and everyone resulted in a "blood moon." I may have seen one like this one where the moon is at perigee (closest to the earth) but I'm not sure. The sign in the sky that I fear is the end is a mushroom cloud to the SSE or the W or to the NNE or even all three. That would be Houston, Austin and Dallas/Fort Worth being vaporized.
Enthusiast
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Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I will not run the next time.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)That would be cool!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Never had another experience like that.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I always keep an eye out. I used to bass fish at night a lot in total darkness. I got to see a number of spectacular meteors but no UFOs. It has been a disappointment.
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LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)it was a jet on descent to the airport. I didn't know they had lights. (It was a long time ago.) So, I haven't had that privilege either.
Enthusiast
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Judi Lynn
(161,952 posts)camelfan
(130 posts)...and now this shit. The only way to fix the problems of the world is to wholly embrace science and rid ourselves of this superstitious nonsense, regardless of its source. Religion put us back by 1,000 years by having such a chokehold on people's beliefs. If religion had never taken root, and we didn't need the Renaissance to re-learn everything the ancient Greeks had already learned, there would be no climate change and far less disease and poverty. We would have figured it out long ago.
Calista241
(5,595 posts)But there's a lot of assumptions in there.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)left it years ago and am now one of those "nones" - or not belonging to an organized religion. I've never been bothered by Atheism - if you don't believe in god or gods I don't care. Atheism just doesn't appeal to me. The thought that this life now is it there's nothing else is too depressing. That being said, Atheists have been looking pretty damn good to me in recent years because of the right wing "Christians". However, I do not subscribe to the belief that religion is the reason for all the world's problems. I don't think it's that simple. The ancient Greeks had religion too.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)says that's a-grade bullplop
http://armariummagnus.blogspot.ca/2009/10/gods-philosophers-how-medieval-world.html
AllyCat
(16,785 posts)paleotn
(18,774 posts)...natural disasters and political unrest? I've heard the same crap off and on from Baptists for decades. To which I respond with Ecclesiastes 1: 9
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
gaspee
(3,231 posts)And end times - it seems like all the fundies of every stripe think of the end of the world with glee. Buncha weirdos if ya ask me.
trusty elf
(7,451 posts)Darb
(2,807 posts)Enthusiast
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Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)trusty elf
(7,451 posts)That's funny!
I could only listen to the audio, though! The video wasn't playing for some reason-only one still frame during the entire clip.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)It was funny. Unless you are a Mormon.
The CCC
(463 posts)Hmmm rusty elf.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)DemoTex
(25,513 posts)Why use a photo of a solar eclipse to illustrate an article about a lunar eclipse?
Solar eclipse by moon and earth: fancy NASA shot, but not germane to the article.
muriel_volestrangler
(102,098 posts)The caption is:
"This Sept. 13, 2015 image provided by NASA shows the moon, left, and the Earth, top, transiting the sun together, seen from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The edge of Earth appears fuzzy because the atmosphere blocks different amounts of light at different altitudes. This image was taken in extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, invisible to human eyes, but here colorized in gold."
Which is quite interesting, but, as you say, not a lunar eclipse, or even close to it. Since the SDO is in a geosynchronous orbit, I suppose it could be called a solar eclipse.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)so long everyone. Hasn't the end happened like a dozen times already?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Locrian
(4,523 posts)JCat
(26 posts)My grandson turns thirteen tomorrow. He has a fascination with space. That is the real reason there will be a Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse. Happy Birthday Sean, from Grandma and Grandpa.
forest444
(5,902 posts)May his talents take him where no man has gone before.
And welcome to DU. Happy posting!
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)this is supposedly catastrophic because it's an eclipse? When will we get over this?
valerief
(53,235 posts)"Alarm Farm" I like it!
valerief
(53,235 posts)kairos12
(13,135 posts)Maeve
(42,766 posts)Seriously..."Ooooo, too many disasters, scary things in the sky, must be the end and now Gaws will take care of the mess we've made!" And if it IS the end, what good is a bunch of canned food going to do for you???? D'you think it's only the 'penultimate times' that there's going to be salvation only for the hoarders? So good people who don't hoard get the same punishment as unprepared bad folk, and evil hoarders win, too? What the HELL kind of stupid Gawd do you believe in?????
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)All fundies welcome!
Lychee2
(405 posts)Joel 2:31 ESV
Revelation 6:12-14 ESV
More here: http://www.openbible.info/topics/the_red_moon
valerief
(53,235 posts)I'm such an optimist.
Generic Other
(28,999 posts)Here's a link to the story. It perfectly illuminates the mindset of the doomsday cults.
http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/AST389/TEXTS/Nightfall.htm
KatyMan
(4,264 posts)I seem to recall the movie was pretty good too (maybe late 80s?)
tabasco
(22,974 posts)The human species is a cowardly species which needs superstition to deal with its fear of death.
world wide wally
(21,785 posts)Here is a list of dates the world was predicted to end ...to date, of course
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
CanonRay
(14,689 posts)"I see, trouble on the way..."
Credence knew about this!
dhill926
(16,755 posts)and go already. Utah is such a beautiful state, we could repopulate it with sane people....
Judi Lynn
(161,952 posts)Tom Kitten
(7,370 posts)It's a doomsday morning every day
It's a doomsday evening every night...
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)check. Maybe begin to honor their feminine side. Or begin to shed their negative thoughts and emotions. These would be a much wiser use of time and energy.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)'Blood Moon' seen as sign of end times by some Morons.
cindyperry2010
(846 posts)one moment in time is no different than any other. b.s.
sudenlyseymour
(25 posts)It should be rather beautiful too.
tonekat
(1,916 posts)So put on your magic underwear and start drinking!
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tavernier
(13,031 posts)who would be about 130 now had she lived, used to tell me about the time a comet was heading for the earth, and all the ppl in her town dressed up in white and went up to the hillside outside of town to await the end of the world. Night came and went and Grannie woke up long enough to see her father pick her up and carry her home. 😄