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I\u2019m at work on a new book. I\u2019ve been talking to a bunch of different folks about their thoughts on Eschatology, which is just a high-flutin word for do you think that fella who irritates you so badly is going to be left behind when the Rapture takes place? \u00a0Or maybe you don\u2019t believe in the Rapture at all. Maybe you believe in The Lord\u2019s Prayer version of Eschatology \u2014 \u201cThy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done\u00a0here on earth as it is in Heaven.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
While considering these matters I wrote the following: \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMississippi is God\u2019s answer to any question an atheist asks. I don\u2019t know a person who can drive through that state without uttering a prayer of some sort \u2013 be it in praise of the magnolias and the live oaks, or Square Books and Ole Miss football,\u00a0Charlie\u00a0Musselwhite and\u00a0Muddy Waters, or be it in fear of the snakes sunning on the river\u2019s edge or the tornadoes swirling overhead, or for the words that have risen up out of that country: William Faulkner, Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, John Grisham, Tom Franklin, Ralph Eubanks, Miz Welty, Mark Childress, Julia Reed, Kathryn Stockett, the list goes on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mississippi gave us Jesus, Elvis\u00a0and Oprah. There are no unbelievers in all of Mississippi. Anyone who says otherwise is a bald-face liar, most assuredly from out-of-state.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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What about it? Do you think geography shapes Eschatology? If so,\u00a0how does it shape yours?\u00a0How do you categorize your own\u00a0beliefs about the End Times?\u00a0Do you think\u00a0some states and their populations are more prepared for a Second-Coming than others?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m at work on a new book. I\u2019ve been talking to a bunch of different folks about their thoughts on Eschatology, which is just a high-flutin word for do you think that fella who irritates you so badly is going to be left behind when the Rapture takes place? \u00a0Or maybe you don\u2019t believe in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[132,289,507,515,524,528,637,881,908,928,971,1051,1116,1149,1241,1406,1411,1752,1878],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-barry-hannah","tag-charlie-musselwhite","tag-elvis","tag-end-times","tag-eschatology","tag-eudora-welty","tag-geography","tag-john-grisham","tag-julia-reed","tag-kathryn-stockett","tag-larry-brown","tag-mark-childress","tag-mississippi","tag-muddy-waters","tag-oprah","tag-ralph-eubanks","tag-rapture","tag-tom-franklin","tag-william-faulkner-atheists"],"yoast_head":"\n