He exposed the depths of his craziness to my Daily Beast colleague Marlow Stern:
You do believe, however, that the Rapture is near.
Yes, I do. But there are things fomenting geopolitically, like the Arab world and the rise of the radical Islamics within the Arab people that are a threat to the whole world. I was just reading today that they want to conquer the whole world! I think it’s a demonic religion, to be honest with you. Ezekiel 38 and 39 predicts that Russia and the Islamic world are going to get together, go down and drive the Jews into the sea and destroy Israel.
Of the possible [GOP] candidates, who is the “right person?”
I’ve narrowed it down to about four. I really believe Sarah Palin would be a good opportunity. Michele Bachmann is excellent—she’s very sharp and a strong person. [Then] Tim Pawlenty and I’m reserving the fourth one until I decide who it’s going to be.
You’ve gone on record stating that President Barack Obama’s policy initiatives are bringing us closer to the apocalypse.
I don’t think I’ve said that. But the fact is, he’s a committed socialist. He was educated by a socialist, he thinks like a socialist, and he surrounds himself with socialist, ultra, ultra-liberal thinkers. The problem with socialism is, not only do they not believe in God or accountability to him…
Make sure you keep reading into the third page; it gets pretty entertaining. And, dear god, depressing.
David Sessions
David Sessions is the founding editor of Patrol. He covers religion for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and is a graduate student in the Draper Program for Humanities and Social Thought at New York University. He can be reached at hdavidsessions at gmail dot com.
3 Responses to In Case We Needed Any More Proof Tim LaHaye is a Nut
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Not so depressing to me, but definitely entertaining. Hard to believe he thinks Sarah Palin should be running this country. Run, everybody!
The way he distinguishes “real” Christians and then excuses torture is pretty amusing. Maybe this was shooting fish in a barrel, but Marlow Stern does a mean interview.
How does this make Tim Lahaye a nut? Oh, wait.. It doesn’t!! He has a degree in Bible study!! He is a preacher, and he has written books on The Rapture!! I’ve read two of them. In this interview, he doesn’t say anything that is crazy whatsoever. That is, unless you are an Atheist. Tim is just stating the facts of the Bible.