Sentence examples for approaching armageddon from inspiring English sources

But Dr. Halperin said that AIDS-fighting agencies had such a stake in portraying the epidemic as an approaching Armageddon that they were hesitant to make revisions.

But whether rhapsodizing about the Rapture (when believers will be transported heavenward en masse) or teasing out the Tribulation (seven years of suffering for the rest of us), these Christians view the approaching Armageddon with eager anticipation.

Growing up with her father as part of a fundamentalist sect, Judith is the fervent one of the family, a girl for whom loss of faith is the worst thing of all, who loves to read the Bible aloud, go doorstepping to preach with her father, and sit at home to – solemnly and calmly – await the approaching Armageddon, when all non-believers will meet their end.

As Daniel Halperin, an HIV-expert at the Harvard School of Public Health says: "If the total number of cases in the world is half of what you've been saying, that's a bitter pill to swallow... AIDS-fighting agencies have such a stake in portraying the epidemic as an approaching Armageddon that they are hesitant to make significant downward revisions in estimates.

The suddenly visible struggle between (a) the Republican plot to pre-steal the Presidency next year and (b) the substantively nonpartisan plot to have Presidents elected by the votes of actual human beings may be approaching an Armageddon in California.

By Hendrik Hertzberg August 12, 2008 The suddenly visible struggle between (a) the Republican plot to pre-steal the Presidency next year and (b) the substantively nonpartisan plot to have Presidents elected by the votes of actual human beings may be approaching an Armageddon in California.

Then something even stranger happens as, with Armageddon approaching, the market turns tail and begins to rise, just as impossibly as it fell.

Certainly the Celtics succeeded in letting all of the bluster out of American Airlines Arena, writes Ian Thomsen on SI.com, and Coach Erik Spoelstra sounded as if he felt his team's version of Armageddon was approaching, writes Adrian Wojnarowski on Yahoo.com.

In classic Freudian transference, he spends most of his time flapping as if Armageddon approaches, telling everyone else they need to calm down.

Armageddon is again approaching.

Like Storino's church, Bright Clouds was a true Pentecostal church that taught spiritual warfare with the Devil and the approach of Armageddon; during worship, people spontaneously raised their arms in rapture, and sometimes spoke in tongues.