Reply #14: She is hardly a "voice of one". There is an entire Movement.

[Why Syzygy]

I didn't have any trouble deciphering this conclusion some 20 odd years ago by reading books promoting one scenario or the other. Of course, that requires an open mind, which is often not to be found among church members.
http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Restored-Biblical-Theology-Dominion/dp/0915815656/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235936073&sr=1-1
This author is deceased.

More books:
http://www.preterist.info/preterist-books.html

:google: "preterism" for lots of links. As usual, however, even the preterists are divided into different camps regarding what the true "end time" scenario might entail. David Chilton, as linked above, believes that humanity will rebuild and restore a new earth. There are other views. I haven't done enough personal study to have an opinion. However, I have just known since the mid-80s that "Rapture" was a piece of crap. I cringed as I watched friends and family read those awful Left Behind books.

My youth was wasted on this pack of lies. Being raised in the church, we were indoctrinated as young teens with "The Late Great Planet Earth", which predicted and End in "1988", based on the formation of Israel in 1948. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME and talent.

It's true that the Rapture-ists are opposed to environmental precautions. One old time evangelical was noted to say that environmentalism was akin to "polishing the brass of the Titanic". :grr:

I'm so glad this is gaining greater exposure. I have felt the lone voice for a very long time now.