In Reply to: Excuse my interruption posted by A Question on November 14, 2002 at 04:02:02:
You're right that the Catholic church doesn't teach that these are the last days. Niether does the Eastern Orthodox church. It's a Protestant thing -- though Moslems believe in a second coming of Jesus, too. Isn't that wierd?
I'm sure there are political motives to some of what is taught, but most of it still seems to stem from fearful religious imaginings and misapplication of Scripture, in my opinion.