Scofield Reference Bible, Evangelicals, the Rapture, Armageddon, Christian Zionism

 This is like the reverse of the propaganda of the protocols of the elders of Zion was for 19th century Europeans. US rural Americans needed to be indoctrinated. I went to a pentecostal church for several years as a kid and learned their hymns and read the king James version but ideas of rapture, speaking in tongues were common and Jesus' second coming. As a young bored catholic it was interesting for a while as I learned to sing in tube, read a significant book the bible which helped when I read Shakespeare in high school lit class and the whole experience gave me an ironclad defense against religious con artists. There were rapture series of books like sci Fi I later read. All of this is a subculture. It's connection and that of televangelists to Israel was not on my radar back then. The idea that the 2nd coming of Christ and Armageddon is triggered by the rebuilding of the temple and that therefore every god fearing Christian must support Israel above everything is obviously an extreme sect belief like this people who go up a hill on a certain day expecting aliens then commit mass suicide. My previous catholic upbringing and humanist education afterwards let me see this in perspective. I however know that most people in these churches are just normal and as my parents were from different denominations I don't condemn one side as papists or the other as Jesus freaks and moreover I have worked with Muslims from everywhere and see no particular differences than with anyone else and I knew Jehovah witness kid in school. People just live their lives like my wife grew up under communism. Then it went away. It seems Jewish people have similar movements like Christians, i.e Fundus, moderates, traditionalists. Still, as a kid or part of whatever culture you are not caring much. Converts are more radical in general and I personally have a thick-skinned cynicism even as a yogi to any gurus. If it works then it convinces me(successful levitation anyone?).