The Rapture of the Church and the Upcoming Presidential Election

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/what-the-rapture-and-the-_b_1602237.html

Posted: 06/26/2012 8:50 am

Either America will elect the "right" person in the upcoming election (which for most fundamentalist Christians is almost anyone other than the current president) or America, and the world, should prepare for the end, commonly referred by them as "The Rapture."

As you might know, in the worldview of many Christians, mostly fundamentalist Christians, moral relativism and political unrest are signs that the end is near. Each time there is an election, for example, or an increase in the frequency of natural disasters and/or political and social unrest, there is a noticeable increase in frequency with which these church leaders talk about the end of the world, especially in terms of the Rapture.

The Rapture is a belief system about how human history will end. At its core, its proponents believe that believers in Jesus, or the church, will be "raptured," or snatched up from the surface of the earth and gathered together in the clouds, just prior to the Great Tribulation and the rise of the Antichrist. What "Rapturist" proponents do not tell you, however, most likely because they do not know, is that the Rapture is not taught anywhere in Bible.

Nowhere. Nada.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I'd be glad to see their sorry bigoted asses raptured out of here

so the rest of us can carry on and fix the mess they've made.

[Odin2005]

2. I bet 95% of Fundies have never even read the Blible.

Which is sadly ironic given that 400 years ago the hardcore Biblical Literalist Protestants were the most in favor of education and literacy (so people could read and comprehend the "Good Book&quot . Then when knowledge of Darwin's ideas started filtering down into the general public that suddenly reversed and the religious nuts who were originally for education became vehemently against it.

[RKP5637]

5. I haven't read the Blible either! lol n/t

[RKP5637]

3. Frankly, IMO, they make up sh** as they go along. Years ago I learned

the ten commandments as one example. Not long ago I had occasion to look them up, I was amazed at what verbose ramblings they had become. I'm not a religious person at all. To me religion is a mixture of BS, politics and authoritarianism.

[meow2u3]

4. In case of rapture, can we have our country?

[abolugi]

6. Can we divy up

all their cool shit when they go?

[Motown_Johnny]

7. Don't they want the Rapture to happen? Can we get them to not vote at all

to help the Rapture come to pass?

[Jack Sprat]

8. Seems like it.

If they really want it and all, I'd think they would want to give it a whirl.