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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:00 PM Original message |
Someone tell me why those "Left Behind" books are so damn popular? |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. IMHO I think it provides them a sense of superiority that they |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've read the first |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. For a far more entertaining and liberal-minded take on the Apocalypse |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I've read the Archangel Protocol books! Excellent! |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Thanks! I'll check that out. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. my grandfather (a Lutheran minister) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. To answer your question, |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The head of the EU is the anti-Christ? |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. You pretty much summed it up |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Even creepier are the young adult versions |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thats almost as bad as those Jack Chick comics |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I had a woman come into the bookstore |
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Southpaw Bookworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. LB graphic novels |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 07:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Eastern European |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. They tell gullible fake Christians what they want to hear |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. It heightens their sense of superiority and schadenfreude |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. They have to have something since Harry Potter and LOTR are evil |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. 'children' love fairy tales n/t |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. They aren't as popular as they are being hyped |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. Christian Zombie Vampires!!!!! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. If it's as they say, a hell of a lot of people will be "left behind" |
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Gryffindor_Bookworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's beyond me. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. Because.... |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. Have you seen the parody? "Kiss My Left Behind" |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. because they give hope to... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. Because they provide easy answers to life's mysteries. People like good |
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mrboba1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. How can there be 30 books? Isn't only supposed to happen once? |
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kitkatrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. My mother reads them. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. Read "The Demon-Haunted World" and you will know why... |
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Ducks In A Row (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. it has something to do with hatred of non-christians |
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