Re: questions for discussion

At 08:15 PM 3/10/02 -0500, Alan Spector wrote:
>I discuss this theory with my students. A key part of the theory is that the
>bible states that "the bear" will attack "the lamb."  According to the
>Apocolyptists, the lamb is "the lamb of Israel" and the bear is "the bear of
>Russia", since Russia has a bear on its flag. Hence, Russia is going to lead
>an attack against Israel.  (Possibly in concert with Germany and the
>European Union, or possibly as a separate army.)

>Then I pointed out that the University of California at Berkeley has a flag
>as its symbol. So perhaps the bible was really predicting an invasion of
>Israel by the students at Cal Berkeley.   Or maybe the Chicago Bears?

>The Bad News Bears?

>The Care Bears?

Obviously, the Independent Republic of California will attack New Zealand.

Of course, this is a couple of hundred years down the track, when 
the Russia V Israel theory will have been recognised as a false 
alarm.