(originally posted on Tsunami thread, but felt it deserved a discussion on its own.)
It is my contention that this physically destructive "Armageddon" will be a contrived event. The bible never says anything about any battle of Armageddon where god kills off all non-church members. This is a complete lie. It does talk about a spiritual battle of good and evil and that is what we are engaged in right now by exposing the liars and their methods of manipulation.
The maji of old were sorcerers. They knew how to read weather patterns, they observed signs in animals that indicated disease, and one thing they were particularly good at was knowing their herbs and plants---which meant they were also 'medicine men'. These sorcerers lived "close to the earth" and that's one way they gained knowledge. Knowledge was also passed down through lineage--- that was part of the 'birthright' inheritance of the firstborn. These sorcerer-prophets also became spoiled to wealth and power because they were employed by kings and rulers for their knowledge.
We still have the maji in this day and age. They are the techno wizards. I will divulge more about this in some upcoming threads. I have all ideas we are going to see some fantastic light shows as they threaten to kill us off and pass it off as gods doing. We are destined to win this time. I have no doubt there will be some "wag the dog" footage and newscasts. Don't accept everything on face value. They may cut communications in some areas and tell you the place is underwater when it is not. They can easily turn technology in their favor to try to fool us.
I believe that even long ago evil methods were used for personal gain and that any corroborating evidence has been kept secret from the public. This is why any professional society requires taking an oath not to release accurate information that has not been sanctioned and approved by the society. It is highly possible and very likely that explosives were placed in the fault lines to cause the destruction that came to be known as Sodom and Gomorrah and I have explored that in a past thread. The opening of that fault line, in all probability brought about the birth of the Dead Sea. Since the time of Herod and Cleopatra, those ruling families took possession of those bitumen pits in that area and have become very wealthy from tar pitch (for ship building) and oil. No doubt, similar, but more sophisticated methods, are still employed today.
There seems to be a consistent pattern with many of these quakes as far as the depth and the radius being consistent. This is not normal. It is said to be related to HAARP. Go ahead and tell me to put on my tin foil hat...but it is the skeptics who ask questions and dig for real answers. Look at some medieval paintings and you will see that the adepts always had shining heads, too. Those were not halos. It was (gold) tin foil.