The God Delusion-- Richard Dawkins

American " Rapture Christians " with powerful influence on American Middle East foreign policy is governed by their biblical belief that Israel has a God-given right to all the lands of Palestine. Some Rapture Christians go further and actually yearn for nuclear war because they interpret it as the Armageddon which, according to their bizarre but disturbling popular interpretation of the book of Revelation, will hasten the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.