Moloch In The Mirror  

Today's dose of Apocaphilia comes to you courtesy of Axis of Logic's religion column.

Though Americans doze off before the garish glow of their televisions, with crumbs of Doritos stippled in the folds of double chins and upon sagging chests — we sleep restlessly, for we know we are devouring our seed crop … We dare not dream of the future — a future of crushing debt, runaway inflation due to diminishing oil supplies, global environmental upheaval brought on by global warming, and the enmity of the people of the world beyond our shores in response to our bullying militarism. Most of all, we are afraid to dream — because we cannot face what we have become. When Moloch rises before us — we see our own face. It is the face of empty entitlement, of exceptionalism, of state sanctified selfishness, of ceaseless ambition, and mindless appetite.