>This stuff has been around for a really long time, going back at least as far as the Book of Revelations. It was the subject of the very popular "Left Behind" book series a few years ago. At the time it was estimated that they would have been chart toppers if Christian bookstores had been included in the sample set. (They may have been bestsellers anyway).
Ah, "Left Behind", I rented that crap thinking it was a SciFi movie.... (Made similar mistakes with "Rabbit Hole" or such similar title that I thought it was scientific (and I almost bought one copy to send to my brother the scientist! good that I did not fall into the temptation of buying it that fine day and then watched it myself, otherwise my brother would have get me killed) and "The Secret" which I do not remember what I thought it was, but know I do)
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges