Lasers, a blimp, online gaming, the Dome of the Rock and peace in the Middle East

Kooky story about a guy (UC Berkeley architecture grad, by the way) who believes he can literally create the Temple of Light over the Dome of the Rock, effect the Apocalypse, and make everyone happy.
Wired 12.04: Apocalypse NowWhat's fascinating about his vision of the apocalypse is that it's not the bloodbath that fundamentalist Christians imagine. It is the end of the current world - with all its inequity and injustice - and the beginning of a new, perfect Earth ruled by the Messiah. The trigger will be a peaceful, technology-fueled spiritual revolution. A velvet apocalypse.
* Ray, 3/29/2004 01:22:22 PM