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"Then, without any calculation whatever, INDPAK, who today is JJ Penn - a high-ranked thirteen-year-old but not exactly the brightest log on the Yuletide fire - dumps three poorly tied jockstraps' worth of MIRVs on Israel, landing most of the megatnnage in sub-Beersheba desert areas that didn't look much different before the blasts."
Eschatology (from the Greek ἔσχατος, Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of") is a part of theology and philosophy concerned with what is believed to be the final events in the history of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world. While in mysticism the phrase refers metaphorically to the end of ordinary reality and reunion with the Divine, in many traditional religions it is taught as an actual future event prophesied in sacred texts or folklore. More broadly, eschatology may encompass related concepts such as the Messiah or Messianic Age, the end time, and the end of days.
ReplyDeleteWow. Eschatology! Classic dfw. He seems to have wanted to capture it all. Is he trying on Einstein's mantle in a post-modern literary way?
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