Comments on: Worrying about the rapture.

By: charissa

charissa — Sat, 14 May 2011 06:14:50 +0000

its so crazy to see that so many other people out there watched that movie and were scared for life by it. i mean it wasnt a bad thing that it was watched as a child for anyone but for me, if i woke up and went into the living room and my mom happened to be in the bathroom, or some where i didnt think she’d be i’d think the rapture had happened and start freaking out.

By: Greg Carrick

Greg Carrick — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:31:20 +0000

Yes, I went thru all that in the 70's
Thing is, Tim LaHaye et al are STILL PUSHING THIS STUFF and not being held to account! Why are they allowed to warp another generation? Haven't we learned from all their failed writings (yes you, Hal Lindsay) that they know NOTHING?
What's wrong with us?

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By: Josephine

Josephine — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:39:05 +0000

For crying out loud, visit Google and read "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty" while there's still time to do it!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:32:44 +0000

Personally, i can't wait for the Rapture. The fundies will be gone and we can finally live in peace. Let's hope the comet/spaceship/whatever also beams up the fundie muslims at the same time, so the world will finally be spared from the effects of your religious wars. hallelujah indeed!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:55:20 +0000

Sounds like the movie had an impact. I don't think that's all bad since being left behind for real would be the ultimate "bad day." Fear is part of what keeps us alive every day.

By: toputitsimply

toputitsimply — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:14:43 +0000

Erikavan–your Grandma was the lady in the kitchen scene!?!?! That was the part of the film that was burned on my brain when I saw it as a teenager. I was so worried about who would be there to turn off the mixer!

Seriously, reading the comments grieves my heart. How sad that we are preoccupied with fear when I believe the "rapture" was meant to be a message of comfort. It actually gets better than this!

By: Jin-roh

Jin-roh — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:48:28 +0000

I am happy to say that I don't worry about the rapture, ever.

In fact, I think left behindism is pretty much bumpkiss.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:25 +0000

and speaking of scary church movies – anyone else remember that one with the guy who goes home with his girlfriend, and he witnesses to his girlfriend's sister who is an atheist, and he ends up doing like inner city work with the sister, and gets shot in the middle of the street by a kid? like there's a big hole in his chest – and then the next thing we see is them sitting around in heaven (but the original girlfriend isn't there, so I guess she really wasn't a christian) and he's telling the story to these kids?

Seriously ya'll sounds much less freaky than it actually was, for me as a 4th grader – first movie where anyone got shot I ever saw… but so stupid and pathetically done now that I look back on it… its the reason I refuse to give Left Behind or Fireproof

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:42:05 +0000

ah yes – the source of nightmares for all christian kids of a certain age who have never actually been allowed to see a real horror movie…

Seriously though – the house would be quiet and all of a sudden you're doubting your salvation and afraid that the rapture has just happened, leaving you all alone in the world, because you don't know any adults who aren't Christians because of the way you've been brought up…

likewise though – thats partially the theme of the scarriest nightmare I ever had – 7th grade – had been to an Al Denson concert where they played the video for the song Alcatraz (go look it up on youtube folks if you've forgotten it – lovely early 90s goodness) and I dreamt that Jesus came back and was hiding in my closet wearing a mask, and I didn't know it was him because of the mask… to this day still the freakiest nightmare I have ever had in my life…