The intent of both videos is quite clear: to undermine, mock, or otherwise slander those the video are about. Anyone expecting to get anything but bias is going to be wholly disappointed. After all, the Hagee clip was in a conservative Christian church, where conservatism tends to run a bit rampant. Similarly, the protest clip was on a UC campus. Nevermind that college campus' tend to be liberal-leaning, this is also the same collection of colleges that wanted to prevent Marine recruiters from recruiting on their Berkeley campus. Well, the actual UC system may not have been keen on that, but nonetheless, I think it shows UCs can be a bit extreme in the liberal leanings. Ultimately, for me, what these videos show (and Jesus Camp as well) is that there are people, a great deal of them, who do hold these beliefs. Left, right, atheist, secular, Christian, etc. They're out there, they're numerous, and they're scary. And scariest of all is that they are trying to get enough political clout to have the means to sway decisions that favor their own. That's what such movements do, after all. And it makes me thankful that we have a system that prevents a tyranny of the majority, because it's entirely possible to imagine a scenario where these types of extreme individuals have considerable power. Of course, it terrifies me when I see/read/watch about things going on in politics which, in my opinion, open up the ability to undermine the aspects of the system that prevent tyranny of the majority. But, nonetheless, these videos remind me of what's out there and being informed never hurts.

In regards to the Hagee clip itself, I've always found the idea that we should hasten Armageddon to be very peculiar and, in some instances, very unfortunate. And while Joel is correct in saying that the End of Time, as per Jesus, cannot be known by man, it is also true (as far as I can recall, anyhow) that there are supposed to be signs that preclude the apocalypse. It is often these signs that people attempt to hasten to fruition. Of course, these signs may be desireable for other reasons, but, if you have people saying that they want the apocalypse to come and that they want such and such an event to happen because that event is a precursor to the apocalypse, I think it's safe to assume that part of the reason for their wanting the event to happen is because it means they're one step closer to apocalypse. I have to question, though, if these people truly understand what apocalypse would mean. It means the absolute, final, no-going-back end of life/reality as we know it. Yes, arguably, it may be better. But is this life truly so horrible and bad that you want the next life to come now? For some, maybe so. For most, I really don't think I can see it. But, as Joel suggested, it may just end up being ignorance on their part....or, well, ignorance on mine.

And now back to Spore.