NYT: Kids hope to attend party — if world doesn’t end – US news – The New York Times – msnbc.com.
Well, on the last day of the world as we know it, all I can say is that its no wonder people often don’t take people with any real seriousness. Nothing brings out weirdness like world and economic tensions, when people’s local communities seem to be dying, to create and bring out people like this. Its happened before – the world is ending, run for the hills, sell your stuff, and then gloat when God takes us perfect people and leaves the unworthy behind. That’s how these parents have raised their kids – you may be ours but you aren’t good enough for God to take you to heaven. Yeah, we love you but sucks to be you. I guess the best take might be that its good that the rapture is coming now. Otherwise these kids are going to be in therapy for decades over this.
Never mind that the rapture has no history in the Christian Church prior to the mid 1800s here in the US with a traveling preacher. Never mind the majority of Christians don’t accept as doctrine. Never mind that the word or the concept appears in the Bible at all. It makes for a good human interest story, makes Christians look foolish or as emotionally abusive parents. Its all about the weirdness and in the end, one group feeling superior over another.
Lets just get past 6PM tonight and then we can get over the jokes and crazies and get back to living like Jesus.