JOHN BRADSHAW - It Is Written

48 BABYLON RISING
It isn’t difficult to imagine good technology being used
for bad purposes. And what is interesting is that people all
over the world have shown themselves to be remarkably
accepting of intrusions into their personal privacy.
In the interests of national security, it is now common
at airports around the United States for full-body image
detectors to capture nude images of travelers. To be sure,
these images don’t rival Olan Mills for clarity. They’re
virtual photographs. But can you imagine the reaction
a generation ago if a security guard at an airport had
insisted on capturing naked images of travelers? With
the alternative being an invasive, full-body pat down?
How did we get to this place? Think September 11,
2001—the day that changed the world. Preventing
similar terrors is necessarily an extremely high priority
for governments around the world, and Satan, the master
conspirator, knew ahead of time that this would be the case.
While there are obviously very good reasons for this
eroding of individual privacy, Satan correctly calculated
that a worldwide terror alert would lead people to trade
liberty for safety—making it far easier for him to enforce
his plans for Earth’s final days.
And because the last great crisis to come upon the
world will be religious in nature, and focused on
worship, it is no surprise that Satan has thrust offbeat
religious minorities into the world’s spotlight.
The Waco tragedy in 1993 demonstrated that groups
perceived as religious extremists garner very little public
sympathy. In today’s climate of fear and mistrust, there’s
a low tolerance for religious groups that are out of the