Tim LaHaye, author of 'Left Behind' end times novels, dies

[Cooley Hurd]

http://www.kwwl.com/story/32524457/tim-lahaye-author-of-left-behind-end-times-novels-dies

By The Associated Press
The author of the best-selling "Left Behind" novels about the return of Jesus and the rapture has died.

A publicist for the Rev. Tim LaHaye says the novelist died Monday in San Diego, California, days after suffering a stroke. He was 90 years old.

LaHaye and his partner Jerry B. Jenkins wrote 16 volumes in the "Left Behind" series, which sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, bringing Christian prophecy and the apocalypse into mainstream bookstores.

LaHaye was a Baptist minister who started an Atlanta-area church and several Christian schools, and wrote dozens of non-fiction and advice books. He was active in conservative political groups and instrumental in the creation of the Moral Majority.

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Did he leave his shoes behind?

[Loki Liesmith]

1. If one doesn't have anything nice to say about the dead (see below)

[Coventina]

3. .....

ditto

[hlthe2b]

2. I suppose Kirk Cameron must be devastated...

How many did he bamboozle over his lifetime?

[MosheFeingold]

15. They were ham-fisted and badly written

But just fiction books, relying on a mix of Jewish and Christian theology (albeit a certain American Protestant strain).

I don't think they pretended to be anything else.

I tried to read one and found it deathly boring, but nothing crooked.

[AngryAmish]

4. What if we are the ones left behind?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. Holy shit! Just before the 'end times' too. nt

[pinboy3niner]

6. It is terribly sad...

...that he's now going to miss the Rapture. R.I.P.

[pkdu]

7. He was a Blondie fan? who knew! nt

[yallerdawg]

8. I enjoyed reading many of those books.

Interesting characters, interesting story, good storytelling.

God speed, Tim LaHaye.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. I wonder ...

how "Ministers" and other "religious" folks fare upon their deaths, after having made millions misleading others that look to them for spiritual guidance (assuming, there is a Heaven/Hell).

[NobodyHere]

10. It was actually a good idea for a books series IMO

[Initech]

11. I wonder why they can't make a good movie out of it?

[Glassunion]

12. Actually given its length, I think a TV series would fare better.

There were a lot of characters, and side stories.

Just don't let AMC do it. 23 minutes of show and 37 minutes of commercials.

[Initech]

14. Yeah I can see that happening.

They've got enough material that it could last for several seasons if done well. Maybe that's the reason why Batman vs Superman didn't work.

[MosheFeingold]

13. Too big of an idea, I think

And too easy to be preachy and sappy.

[Initech]

16. I think that was the exact problem with the Nicholas Cage one.

That plus it starred Nicholas Cage.