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==The Antichrist==
 
==The Antichrist==
The peaceful European Union will later become the dreadful Beast of the Apocalypse that of the number [[666]]!!!  This is a common though disputed interpretation of [[Guide to Revelation|Revelations]].  <ref>http://www.raptureready.com/rr-eu.html</ref><ref>http://www.raptureready.com/faq/faq179.html</ref><ref>http://jesus-is-the-way.com/ACEURome.html</ref>.  There have been several European empires since the Roman Empire, there was the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, there was the empire of Napoleon, there was the Russian Empire under the Tsars, there was [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler’s]] short lived empire during the 2nd world war, there was the slightly longer empire of the [[USSR]].  Outside Europe there were even more empires in China, Latin America etc etc etc.  All these empires have been and gone and were clearly not the empire of the [[Antichrist]] so the European Union is the next which the [[Christian fundamentalism|fundies]] hope will quality.
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The peaceful European Union will later become the dreadful Beast of the Apocalypse that of the number [[666]]!!!  This is a common though disputed interpretation of [[Guide to Revelation|Revelations]].  <ref>http://www.raptureready.com/rr-eu.html</ref><ref>http://www.raptureready.com/faq/faq179.html</ref><ref>http://jesus-is-the-way.com/ACEURome.html</ref>.  There have been several European empires since the Roman Empire, there was the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, there was the empire of Napoleon, there was the Russian Empire under the Tsars, there was [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler’s]] [[Third Reich|short lived empire]] during the [[2nd world war]], there was the slightly longer empire of the [[USSR]].  Outside Europe there were even more empires in China, Latin America etc etc etc.  All these empires have been and gone and were clearly not the empire of the [[Antichrist]] so the European Union is the next which the [[Christian fundamentalism|fundies]] hope will quality.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 12:02, 23 July 2011

The European Union (EU) is a grouping of 27 European-ish countries. It is primarily an economic union aiming to harmonise financial and business activity between its member countries according to reasonable folk. The EU is often popularly ridiculed in the United Kingdom for its silly rules about square strawberries, straight bananas and designating the carrot as a fruit, although most of these "rules" do not exist, or were exaggerated or misinterpreted by eurosceptics.[1]

There is some debate about the what direction the EU should take in the future, with some looking for a "wider" association and some for a "deeper" one. Those who wish a wider union are typically in favour of European expansion without any increased integration of the countries involved. Those who wish a deeper union are more interested in increased integration of the existing countries. These differing objectives can cause some conflict, as the wider the union becomes the more difficult it is to achieve integration; and the deeper the union becomes, the more difficult it is for new member countries to join.

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Member countries

Potential future members

Official candidates

The following countries are recognised as candidate countries. [2]

  • Turkey has been trying to get in for twenty years, but has been refused on every application. It seems that it may have some way to go before it meets all EU standards, particularly as it only barely meets the "being in Europe" one.[3]
  • Croatia
  • The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which Greece plans to reject if they get close to membership because the northern part of their country is also called "Macedonia." Rappers have had more substantive feuds.
  • Iceland is having its application to join hastened after its banking system collapsed in 2008.

Potential Candidates

The following countries are recognised as pre-candidate countries.[4]

Other countries of note

Norway and Switzerland have both been invited but turned the offer down, meanwhile Morocco attempted to join the EU, but were upset to be informed they weren't part of Europe.

Despite its non-membership in the EU, Norway is displayed as part of the map of Europe on some modern Euro coins, serving the vital purpose of making the rest of Scandinavia look less like a giant dong.

The Antichrist

The peaceful European Union will later become the dreadful Beast of the Apocalypse that of the number 666!!! This is a common though disputed interpretation of Revelations. [5][6][7]. There have been several European empires since the Roman Empire, there was the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, there was the empire of Napoleon, there was the Russian Empire under the Tsars, there was Hitler’s short lived empire during the 2nd world war, there was the slightly longer empire of the USSR. Outside Europe there were even more empires in China, Latin America etc etc etc. All these empires have been and gone and were clearly not the empire of the Antichrist so the European Union is the next which the fundies hope will quality.

See also

Footnotes

  1. BBC News: Guide to the best euromyths
  2. EU website on expansion
  3. Turkey status EU
  4. EU Pre-candidate countries
  5. http://www.raptureready.com/rr-eu.html
  6. http://www.raptureready.com/faq/faq179.html
  7. http://jesus-is-the-way.com/ACEURome.html
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