Sometimes y’all just can’t stand each other. It just happens.
So, get a call for Bar 210, out on Boerne Stage road exit on I-10. I’m listening to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: Blueprint for Armageddon during this short, 4-5 minute ride.
They get in the car, talking. I pull out, ready to do the turnaround, and Mr. Carlin is intoning that WW1 was a blueprint for Armageddon, when the conversation started:
“Do you think WW1 was foretold in the book of Revelations?”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that.” (I did, but wanted a few moments to think of my response.)
“Do you think WW1 was foretold in the book of Revelations?”
“Interesting question. Why do you ask?”
“Because the man mentioned Armageddon, and I’m really fascinated by the End Times.”
OK, back in 2016 I dropped a line on Twitter that I occasionally reuse when appropriate. So I decided to do it again, because why not?
“Oh. Well, I don’t know if 1914 qualifies as an End Times candidate. Surely our era is more appropriate, don’t you think?”
“Really?” excited, but her husband (I assume) sighs.
“Oh, yes, of course. Don’t you?”
“I do! But why do you think so?”
"Well, think about it - in 2016, over 50 million American Evangelicals voted for a pro-choice atheist, a man who married not one… " (I use my fingers to count) “… but two Eastern European Communists turned call-girls, a man supported by an ex-KGB agent turned plutocrat ruler of yet a third Communist country which once vowed to bury the United States, a man who openly pays off porn stars while President of the USA, and yet these supposed Christians think they’re being holy and righteous. But… and correct me if I’m wrong here… the problem is that the 144,000 Christians that are saved? The 12,000 times the 12 tribes of Israel? They’re not the ones who followed the Antichrist, right?”
“I… I don’t recall.”
“Well, I do recall, and those that supported the Antichrist were, in the end, sent to Hell. So if you believe in this stuff and want to be on the side of angels, don’t vote Trump, OK?”
silence for the rest of the ride. 1 star rating received. Well worth it in every measure.