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longship

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2. Don't tempt me. ;-)

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 03:24 PM

Feb 2014

I am always tempted to partake in these affairs, reading the Left Behind series, for instance. But given the expressed goal of the makers of this stuff, I refuse to give them any more oxygen than they deserve, which IMHO is zero.

Of course, there is no explicit mention of rapture in the Bible (that I know of). AFAIK, this is a 19th century concoction.

I wonder how many people actually take this seriously. I am sure that I would not like the answer to that query.

Thanks for the thread.

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Tim Chey�s �Final: The Rapture� adapts �horror movie� label [View all] hrmjustin Feb 2014 OP

I think lots of horror movies have had religious themes. cbayer Feb 2014 #1

I think they just found it amusing. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #3

Don't tempt me. ;-) longship Feb 2014 #2

I findvthe rapture to be bunk. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #4

I would never think that you would believe in that. longship Feb 2014 #13

Thanks my friend! hrmjustin Feb 2014 #14

From the people I have met who believe in the rapture... trotsky Feb 2014 #5

Exactly shenmue Feb 2014 #7

I I do know anyone that believes in the rapture. But yes some vocal evangelicals seem to hrmjustin Feb 2014 #8

I'll never forget a guy I met in college who was in Campus Crusade for Christ. trotsky Feb 2014 #11

Yeah that does seem rather callous and meanspirited to me. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #12

I almost fell asleep watching the trailer. rrneck Feb 2014 #6

I doubt it will gross much. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #9

You can alredy watch the whole thing on youtube. rrneck Feb 2014 #10

Who knew that TV 'breaking news updates' are still accompanied by the sounds of teletypes? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #15