As a part of Marion's visit from Germany, she wanted to see Dubai. So, off we headed for a three day adventure. Dubai, the "happenin'" city in the United Arab Emirates, is home to over 1 million people. It is known for being the glitzy, showy, multi-cultural centerpiece of the UAE. It earns the reputation.
The cab driver told us that five years ago, hardly any of these buildings were here. Growth at an amazing rate has it's advantages, but it also came with a price. Recently Dubai had to take a little breather to recover from it's growth spurt. Their big brother Abu Dhabi helped get it back on it's feet. All appears well now.
Just a nice area to relax, live, see, be seen, enjoy. Dubai reminds me a lot of Chicago...okay so there's no palm trees and forts in Chicago, but they are alot alike.
Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashed al Maktomb is the leader of Dubai. He's known for being progressive. This is a billboard with his face looking out over the city. You can see the Metro on the right. It's a very slick way to travel. The Metro was opened on September 9, 2009, at 9:09 pm. Who says the Arabs are superstitious.
This is the entrance to the Wadi Mall...just because they wanted to have an Eqyptian theme.
The cab driver told us that five years ago, hardly any of these buildings were here. Growth at an amazing rate has it's advantages, but it also came with a price. Recently Dubai had to take a little breather to recover from it's growth spurt. Their big brother Abu Dhabi helped get it back on it's feet. All appears well now. 
Just a nice area to relax, live, see, be seen, enjoy. Dubai reminds me a lot of Chicago...okay so there's no palm trees and forts in Chicago, but they are alot alike. 
Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashed al Maktomb is the leader of Dubai. He's known for being progressive. This is a billboard with his face looking out over the city. You can see the Metro on the right. It's a very slick way to travel. The Metro was opened on September 9, 2009, at 9:09 pm. Who says the Arabs are superstitious. 
This is the entrance to the Wadi Mall...just because they wanted to have an Eqyptian theme. 
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Muslims Reject "May 21, 2011" Prediction
Concerning the "May 21, 2011 Judgment Day" message on Dubai billboards that offended many Muslims and was removed, here are some facts that Muslim scholars should widely publish:
Christians have always believed in the Second Coming of Christ. But in the internet literature of the sponsor of the "May 21" date-setting (Family Radio Worldwide of California) is found the promotion of a secret coming of Christ, called the "Rapture," which reportedly happens not only years BEFORE the well-known Second Coming but even BEFORE the "tribulation" period preceding the final Second Coming!
This secret ("can happen at any moment") Rapture concept was totally unknown in all official Christian theology books and organized churches before 1830 - the year some unlearned and unbalanced fanatics in Britain claimed to have found it "hidden" in the Bible! (The appeal of this new endtime view was the "assurance" of being raptured off earth BEFORE the horrible events symbolized throughout the book of Revelation.)
Journalist/historian David MacPherson's research of 40 years, resulting in eight books and many articles, has uniquely focused on the early development of the same "fly-away" belief, the astounding origin of which was well-known in certain 19th century British evangelical circles and then covered up for a century.
This escapist event, known theologically as the "any-moment, pre-tribulation rapture doctrine," is promoted almost exclusively these days by tens of millions of very conservative American evangelicals often labeled as fundamentalists.
Note that these are the most strongly pro-Israel and anti-Islam (Koran burning) part of American Christianity - and many among them view Islam as a great "scourge" during the Antichrist's "tribulation" (see "beheaded" in Rev. 20:4)!
Even though the same conservatives are seen as "infighting fundies," their ballyhooed Rapture always seems to be the best "glue" uniting them together in victorious voting blocs during elections, not to mention the fact that Rapture promotion is also a superlative fund raiser for political agendas. If you think there aren't big bucks in selling the same British fantasy, consider the fact that two of the bestselling books of all time were "Rapture" books written by two conservative American evangelicals, namely, Hal Lindsey (35 million sold) and Tim LaHaye (65 million sold).
The world of Islam could easily cripple - if not demolish - American evangelicalism if it provided Islamic scholars around the world with MacPherson's bestselling, nonfiction, 300-page book "The Rapture Plot" (available at Armageddon Books and other online stores).
MacPherson has stated in articles that "dishonesty" (including massive plagiarism and the devious changing of early documents) best describes the bizarre, 181-year-old, British-invented pre-tribulation rapture view (Google "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty" and "Pretrib Rapture Diehards").
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