Nope, They are pure christian right fiction
where the saved were lifted straight to heaven and the somewhat good are trying to fight evil and follow Christ as he kills all of Satan;s legions(or at least that is what I've been told,I won't read this stuff).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 11:45, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

You mean to say people in positions of power and authority are peddling this as though there's a shred of credibility in it?
I guess I'm not that surprised. People really can be fucking stupid sometimes. (And this is why I think people give Richard Dawkins an unecessarily hard time.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 11:49, Reply)

There is aparenlty a big debate amongst some evangelicals as to whether or not
they will ascend into heaven with or without their clothes when the rapture comes. (They believe their bodies will be physically lifted into heaven and some are really concerned they will be naked as clothes are human and only god's pure people will be allowed into heaven.)

And these guys have access to nuclear weapons!! Why are we worried about North Korea and Iran?
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 11:52, Reply)

*facepalms*
Some things just make me want to chew my own face off in despair, and this is one of them.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Michael Tolkin's film "The Rapture" is quite good. If that helps ar all.

(Cave Duck, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 12:24, Reply)

As long as it doesn't feature elves.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)