Families Torn Apart By Tomorrow’s Rapture

[Very_Boring_Name]

http://jezebel.com/5803844/families-torn-apart-by-tomorrows-rapture

The New York Times decided to rain on our blasphemous parade by publishing an article on the families torn apart by the not-actually-impending end times. This week when believers weren't parading in the streets with placards in an effort to deliver their "save the date" in the most inefficient way possible, they were bidding their family members adieu, and mocking them for assuming their Sunday night HBO time is still on. From The Times:

Kino Douglas, 31, a self-described agnostic, said it was hard to be with his sister Stacey, 33, who "doesn't want to talk about anything else."

"I'll say, ‘Oh, what are we going to do this summer?' She's going to say, ‘The world is going to end on May 21, so I don't know why you're planning for summer,' and then everyone goes, ‘Oh, boy,' " he said.

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But the award for most disturbing rapture-related tale goes to the Haddad family. Two years ago Abby Haddad Carson left her job to "sound the trumpet" with her husband. They have three teenagers, but decided to stop saving for college since none of them will live to graduate high school. They dragged the kids from their home in Maryland to proselytize in the streets of New York, which is how they wound up talking to a Times reporter. "My mom has told me directly that I'm not going to get into heaven," said 16-year-old Grace. "At first it was really upsetting, but it's what she honestly believes." 14-year-old Joseph added, "I don't really have any motivation to try to figure out what I want to do anymore, because my main support line, my parents, don't care."

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Child abuse.

[Fumesucker]

1. If these parents in the last paragraph were anything other than Christians..

Their kids would have been taken away a long time ago.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Yup

You are almost certainly right about that. I wonder what's going to happen when the rapture DOESN'T happen tonight circa 6 pm? :shrug:

Its too bad that Dr. Seuss isn't around to pen a new bestseller: "Oh The Things People Believe" :eyes:

[Mariana]

4. They might blame the kids

along with everyone else who didn't believe in it. I can imagine that one rationalization for it not happening might be that not enough people were "ready" so God put it off. The kids are among those not "ready".

[lunatica]

3. And the kids will feel they have to pick up the pieces of the family

Which will be useless since the parents aren't going to change. They'll just move on to another blind belief. I hope this makes the kids stronger in positive ways.