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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:02 PM Jul 2016

Tim LaHaye, author of 'Left Behind' end times novels, dies

http://www.kwwl.com/story/32524457/tim-lahaye-author-of-left-behind-end-times-novels-dies

By The Associated Press
The author of the best-selling "Left Behind" novels about the return of Jesus and the rapture has died.

A publicist for the Rev. Tim LaHaye says the novelist died Monday in San Diego, California, days after suffering a stroke. He was 90 years old.

LaHaye and his partner Jerry B. Jenkins wrote 16 volumes in the "Left Behind" series, which sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, bringing Christian prophecy and the apocalypse into mainstream bookstores.

LaHaye was a Baptist minister who started an Atlanta-area church and several Christian schools, and wrote dozens of non-fiction and advice books. He was active in conservative political groups and instrumental in the creation of the Moral Majority.

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Did he leave his shoes behind?
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Tim LaHaye, author of 'Left Behind' end times novels, dies (Original Post) Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 OP
If one doesn't have anything nice to say about the dead (see below) Loki Liesmith Jul 2016 #1
..... Coventina Jul 2016 #3
I suppose Kirk Cameron must be devastated... hlthe2b Jul 2016 #2
They were ham-fisted and badly written MosheFeingold Jul 2016 #15
What if we are the ones left behind? AngryAmish Jul 2016 #4
Holy shit! Just before the 'end times' too. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2016 #5
It is terribly sad... pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #6
He was a Blondie fan? who knew! nt pkdu Jul 2016 #7
I enjoyed reading many of those books. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #8
I wonder ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #9
It was actually a good idea for a books series IMO NobodyHere Jul 2016 #10
I wonder why they can't make a good movie out of it? Initech Jul 2016 #11
Actually given its length, I think a TV series would fare better. Glassunion Jul 2016 #12
Yeah I can see that happening. Initech Jul 2016 #14
Too big of an idea, I think MosheFeingold Jul 2016 #13
I think that was the exact problem with the Nicholas Cage one. Initech Jul 2016 #16

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
15. They were ham-fisted and badly written
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:45 PM
Jul 2016

But just fiction books, relying on a mix of Jewish and Christian theology (albeit a certain American Protestant strain).

I don't think they pretended to be anything else.

I tried to read one and found it deathly boring, but nothing crooked.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
8. I enjoyed reading many of those books.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:27 PM
Jul 2016

Interesting characters, interesting story, good storytelling.

God speed, Tim LaHaye.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
9. I wonder ...
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:32 PM
Jul 2016

how "Ministers" and other "religious" folks fare upon their deaths, after having made millions misleading others that look to them for spiritual guidance (assuming, there is a Heaven/Hell).

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
12. Actually given its length, I think a TV series would fare better.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:42 PM
Jul 2016

There were a lot of characters, and side stories.

Just don't let AMC do it. 23 minutes of show and 37 minutes of commercials.

Initech

(99,912 posts)
14. Yeah I can see that happening.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 03:44 PM
Jul 2016

They've got enough material that it could last for several seasons if done well. Maybe that's the reason why Batman vs Superman didn't work.

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