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...slowly, lend money, convince converts that God's work is incomplete and, finally, that doomsday is coming and Jesus has arrived to complete that work. Don't tell them until they are firm believers that the new Jesus will destroy the Great Red Dragon, which in the Bible represents Satan but to Lightning represents China. And if anybody asks why the "all-powerful" new Jesus must hide from police, the answer is that "there's a time for secrecy and a time for openness, but she has her plan," says Joseph Yu, a believer who arrived in New York City...
...rumors and wedge-driving rumors. The old man's debris ride to safety is a classic wish-fulfillment rumor, as is the story that Osama bin Laden is dying of liver cancer. Bogey rumors (derived from the bogeyman) are based on fear. Poisoned reservoirs, anthrax attacks, the visage of Satan in the World Trade Center smoke and the Klingerman virus (which supposedly arrives through the mail on a sponge in a blue envelope marked "A Gift for You from the Klingerman Foundation") all play on our fear of the worst, which, to some people, is more comforting than the unknown...
...DETAILS An A.P. picture of smoke pouring out of the World Trade Center was the talk of the Web last week. Not because it was poignant or much different from dozens of other pictures, but because hundreds of people claimed to see the grim face of Satan in the smoke. The A.P. says the photo was unaltered. We've republished the image so that you can take a look yourself. time.com/webhoax...
...Mohammed Khatami boldly declared: "On behalf of the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic, I denounce [the attacks] which led to the killing of defenseless people." Days later a similar condemnation came from Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei. Could the horrific attacks spur rapprochement between Iran and the "Great Satan"? If Khamenei's remarks last week are anything to go by, the answer is: not yet. Speaking to a gathering of veterans of the war with Iraq, Khamenei bluntly told the U.S. "We are neither with you [nor] with terrorists," as the crowd chanted "Death to America" for the first...
...abettors and apologists, another element is required. That element is the idea that the U.S. is not just the enemy of the Arabs or even of Muslims generally but also the enemy of God. It is an idea encouraged by the Ayatullah Khomeini, who proclaimed the U.S. "the Great Satan," spread by Islamic extremists throughout the Arab world and now given potent expression by, it would seem, the biggest player among all such militants today, Osama bin Laden...