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Will all prophecies converge in our time and our country?

The closer we are to 2012, the more we are going to see all kinds of TV programs talking about the issue of prophecies and the end of the world. At least that’s my opinion looking at what is being offered by some channels.

For example, History Channel recently launched Decoded. I watched one of the episodes, when the “investigators” spoke about prophecies uttered by the Mayans, the Hopi, the prophets from the Bible, and Nostradamus centuries and even millennia ago. I watched the program to see how they will approach the topic.

And the approach was extremely clear. All the prophets from the past, regardless if they were from Israel or from Central America, regardless if they spoke French or they carved images on rocks, when they spoke about the future and the end of the world they all spoke (according to this TV show) about the United States.

In other words, according to this show, all the prophets from all times, places, and cultures had only one thought or saw only one thing: the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.

If the Hopis spoke about a spider-web over the land, no doubt –according to the “investigators” of the program- the Hopis were speaking about Internet in the United States. If the Bible prophesized about the fall of Babylon, it was not speaking about Babylon, but about New York.

Following that way of thinking, each prophesy was understood as if it was about to be fulfilled or it will eventually be fulfilled in this country. In other words, centuries and even millennia of prophetic message should only be understood as people from the past speaking to us and about what we are about to face.

I think the cultural de-contextualization of prophecy, the technological reinterpretation of ancient visions, and the undeniable hermeneutical anachronism are unacceptable, even for a program wanting to entertain than to educate. And it is pure arrogance.

It shouldn’t be that easy to proclaim we are the zenith of history and after us nothing will follow. Shouldn’t we have learned something from history and from other people who preceded us and who felt the same way?

If seems we are not learning and there is a reason for that. In another episode of the same series, the team “analyzed” the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty.

In that program, the “investigators” spoke with several “experts” who said the Statue of Liberty represents many things, from a pagan goddess to a certain cult. Each of those “experts” was summarily rejected, sometimes among laughs.

Finally, the team, found an “expert” who agreed with them. So, they interview him for several minutes.

This example from a TV show reveals that learning has been transformed in finding an expert to reaffirm what we already know. If somebody else has a different opinion, we shouldn’t listen to that person.

When arrogance leads us to believe we are the reason for the prophetic history, learning then becomes mere indoctrination.

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