Anyone else found this really frightening?
Yes, but that's the point.
>>9994321
When I was a kid and before I came to believe John of Patmos was probably retroactively writing about events much closer to his lifetime than ours.
Sure. Like >>9994330 said. It's all to frighten people and keep them in line. Oldest trick in the book.
>>9994484
Opiate of the intellectuals.