Turkle comes up against a lot of criticism, dismissed by some as a proliferator of extreme,
apocalyptic prophecies with a personal vendetta against (and limited understanding of) virtual communication.
Not exact matches
But it may be asserted in general terms that whereas
prophecy foretells a definite future which has its foundation in the present,
apocalyptic directs its anticipation solely and simply to the future — to a new world - period which stands sharply contrasted
with the present.
Indeed, the basic concerns of dispensationalist popularizers are not all that far removed from the popular Roman Catholic fascination
with the
apocalyptic themes associated
with, say, the Fatima
prophecies.
It's an embarrassing advent, and so we leave it to those embarrassing Christians who have turned
apocalyptic speculation into a billion - dollar industry —
prophecy buffs
with their computer charts and wrong predictions that are then folded back into new predictions in the kind of prophetic improvisation that Paula Frederickson calls «
apocalyptic jazz.»
Their ultimate goal is to fulfill an
apocalyptic prophecy of global conflict
with «Rome» (the West but also apostatic Islam); followed by the rise of anti-Messiah and divine intervention to help the ISIS triumph.
Burton, plagued by
apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes his own involvement
with the aborigines... and their
prophecies.