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The late great planet earth
The late great planet earth by Hal Lindsey and Carole C. Carlson has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 1 podcast (0 episodes recommend it and 3 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Robert Evans (2 episodes) and Michael Phillips (1 episode) on Behind the Bastards (3 episodes).
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And so he had that experience and he brought it into the writing of a best-selling book called The Late Great Planet Earth.
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The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey and Carole C. Carlson is a 1970 bestseller that interprets biblical prophecy to predict near-future global events and the end of the world. Michael Phillips discussed the book on Behind the Bastards, describing its origins, its massive cultural footprint as the top-selling non-fiction book of the 1970s, and its later adaptation into a pseudo-documentary narrated by Orson Wells. Robert Evans also mentioned the text across multiple episodes of the podcast, identifying it as one of the defining literary works of the Jesus movement and noting its profound influence on Christian apocalyptic prophecies during that era. Evans further cited the book when examining the religious beliefs and worldview of figures like Randy and Vicki Weaver, explaining how Lindsey's work heavily shaped their obsession with using biblical scripture to forecast impending global doom. Through these discussions, the speakers highlighted how a single prophetic text captured the cultural anxieties of the 1970s and continued to influence extremist religious ideologies and fringe movements decades after its initial publication.
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Robert Evans one of the key books of the Jesus movement is how Lindsay's the late great planet Earth 2
“one of the key books of the Jesus movement is how Lindsay's the late great planet Earth”
“They also read a book called The Late Great Planet Earth by Howal Lindsay, which focused around using the Bible to predict the near future.”
Michael Phillips And so he had that experience and he brought it into the writing of a best-selling book called The Late Gre… 1
“And so he had that experience and he brought it into the writing of a best-selling book called The Late Great Planet Earth.”
“It was the best-selling quote unquote non-fiction book of the 1970s. It later got made into a pseudo documentary that was narrated by the movie star Orson Wells.”