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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (464586)	1/11/2012 12:19:48 PM
From: DMaA	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793927

One prominent ayatollah, Mesbah Yazdi, one of Iran's leading advocates of Islamic end times' ideology, has stated that Khamenei ascends to the sky every year for five hours to meet with Imam Mahdi and to consult about what action to take next. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/us_delusional_about_arab_spring_iran_insists.html#ixzz1jAfnzCMG

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (464586)	1/11/2012 6:44:59 PM
From: Sea Otter	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793927

It's clear you don't know squat about the Mahdi prophesies Actually, I do. Comparative religion is a long-standing interest of mine. Shia Islam in particular. Religious prophesies of course vary wildly as to the specifics. That's one reason why we have so many different religions in this world. But they all have a common element - to believe and act on them, they require "faith" in hidden spirits. A hidden entity that makes predictions and that you can pray to for guidance. Such faith is diminishing in most of the world, but remains very common in Iran as it is in the US. And that was my only point. It's a rather self-evident observation, but if you wish to deny it that's fine with me.