Some of you may remember my writing about the Rapture Index on RaptureReady.com in February. (If you missed it, see here.) Well, my most faithful reader prompted me to check whether today's date affected the index at all, and sure enough, the index is up one point.

You have to appreciate some of the subtlety here. It isn't the date itself that raises the index. Rather, we have this explanation:

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The occurrence of the 06/06/06 date has increased interest in numerical date speculation.

Not even the nuances of a textual variant would bring us back down a point. Harm's already been done. Because people out there aren't taking Jesus seriously, who said that not even he knows the day or time, only the Father.

Obviously, as in all matters eschatological, you shouldn't just take my word for it. Read the report on the signs of the times for yourself.

I wish I could say not to worry because we're actually down a point from where we were last time I checked, at 157 instead of 158. However, both numbers are still in the highest range in the "prophetic speedometer." A score up to 145 means "heavy prophetic activity," but a score beyond 145, where I suppose we've been all year, situates us in the dangerous "fasten your seat belts" zone.

I was going to say that you could read their Nearing Midnight blog for more details on 06/06/06. You still can, but actually the first part of yesterday's post (try here if the link won't work), on "The Perils of Multiculturalism," is more interesting to my mind. Here's my favorite paragraph:

Multiculturalism is the opposite of nationalism; it highlights the differences between people while ignoring the similarities. Multiculturalism is not about ethnic, racial, or religious diversity -- that which once made America into a "melting pot" of nations. Under the influence of liberal thinking, America came to consist of many different "pots" of cultures, each separate from the others.

Thus, Todd aphorizes, "There is nothing multicultural about multiculturalism."

Come to think of it, you may also wish to read the signs of the times for yourself, too.

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