it is their religious duty and God's will that they hasten the coming of Armageddon
Being a fundamentalist, I've seen a lot of other fundamentalists, but I've not seen a single one of them espouse any belief that is anything even close to that. No such thing is taught in the Bible at all.
Is there any group or sect that does espouse such a thing or is this more of DUmmy circular beliefism...post something on a lefty blog,link to that on kos and then link to that on Huffington and so on?
As a conservative Christian, Southern Baptist "fundy," married to an ordained Southern Baptist "fundy" minister who has a degree in ministry, I can guarantee that conservative Christians know that God's hand controls everything. We have no ability, or wish, to hasten Armageddon. Seriously, one of the greatest commands is to "love your neighbor." How can we follow that command...and still try to hasten Armageddon?
Almost every single one of us has friends, family members, loved ones who will not join us in the Rapture. We're praying for their salvation, not our own deliverance.
The whole idea was cooked up by whatever nutcase decided that the US will become a theocracy if we return to the basic laws and freedoms that were in effect in the 1950s...never mind that we'd managed to have almost every law, and all the freedoms, for 150 years before that without tumbling headfirst into a theocracy. It's just another layer of slime spewed upon the truth.