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The Apocalypse
Posted 11-02-2009 at 11:07 AM by risky
In Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol, he refers to the word "Apocalypse" and how everybody thinks it means the end of the world, but the word actually means "a great revealing"
It's absolutely fascinating to me that everybody thinks(I thought it too) it means the end of the world. I mean, isn't this nuts??? How could everyone think this word means something totally different? How does this happen?
via Wikipedia
I've spent a little time thinking about how this happened, and I've concluded a couple of things.
1) Our own fear of change created the image of the word "apocalypse" as to mean the end of all that we know.
2) The expression of this fear by artists and culture perpetuated the populist definition.
It's absolutely fascinating to me that everybody thinks(I thought it too) it means the end of the world. I mean, isn't this nuts??? How could everyone think this word means something totally different? How does this happen?
via Wikipedia
Quote:
Apocalypse (Greek: Ἀποκάλυψις Apokálypsis; "lifting of the veil" or "revelation") is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind.
1) Our own fear of change created the image of the word "apocalypse" as to mean the end of all that we know.
2) The expression of this fear by artists and culture perpetuated the populist definition.
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That's really interesting. I had no idea it meant that.Posted 11-02-2009 at 11:23 AM by Nomad
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Wow! I too thought it meant the end of time. I learned this at church.Posted 11-02-2009 at 02:32 PM by Diesel11
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Interesting.Posted 11-03-2009 at 01:13 PM by Lady_Fate
