Active Users:875 Time:22/12/2024 05:51:21 AM
Back to Messageboard Search My Favourite Threads
/Survey: Do you believe in "The Rapture"? Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:21:18 PM

I've been re-reading a very interesting book by Carl E. Olson, Will Catholics be "Left Behind"?: A Catholic Critique of the Rapture and Today's Prophecy Preachers and am finding a lot of it to be quite intriguing. So here are a few questions here for people:

1. Do you believe in the Rapture?

2. Why or why not?

3. If you answered yes to #1, are you a Pre-Tribulation(it'll happen before seven years of horrible stuff) or Mid-Tribulation (3.5 years in)?

4. Do you know who is credited with starting the modern Rapture movement?

5. If you answered no to #1, do you believe in the Parousia of Christ (Second Coming)?

6. The Left Behind series: a lot of truth mixed in with the fictional account or a lot of dangerous bunk that undermines Christianity?

7. (Because I know some will want to say it anyways ): Is all of the above a bunch of hooey and not worth believing, whether it's Rapture stuff or Christianity in general?

8. Those Rapture bumper stickers:

a) I laugh when I read them, then shake my head in disbelief

b) I smile and agree with the sentiment

c) I proudly display one on my car

d) What the hell is a Rapture?

9. Should the Apocalypse of John/Revelations be viewed literally or metaphorically?


Bah, I'll just stop at 9 and see what answers are given. I just hope that people can agree or disagree civilly, but is that asking for too much here?


Dylanfanatic

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

OF Blog of the Fallen




View/create new replies Sign up for a premium account to add posts to a list of favourites!
/Survey: Do you believe in "The Rapture"? Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:21:18 PM 222 Views
Needless to say, I don't Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:27:30 PM 49 Views
Of course I don't. Don't be silly. Alexandros - 14/04/2004 11:32:40 PM 28 Views
Good, I'm not that silly then Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:38:42 PM 10 Views
Re: Good, I'm not that silly then Alexandros - 14/04/2004 11:47:04 PM 5 Views
I think it's a cultural thing, to be honest Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:56:26 PM 5 Views
I would wager so. Alexandros - 15/04/2004 12:00:59 AM 5 Views
Very scary Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:19:52 AM 4 Views
Of course. Mashy - 14/04/2004 11:53:48 PM 36 Views
Breakdown? Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:21:04 AM 10 Views
My $.02 Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:19:57 AM 34 Views
I'm curious, are you a neo-Gnostic? Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:23:12 AM 17 Views
curiously.... Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:34:42 AM 18 Views
Ah, thanks Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:42:07 AM 13 Views
Quite Welcome... Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:48:38 AM 11 Views
I'll have to look for it sometime - thanks Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:53:46 AM 10 Views
Anytime *NM* Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:56:06 AM 2 Views
mmm no themagictrolloc - 15/04/2004 01:59:19 AM 8 Views
Re: /Survey: Do you believe in "The Rapture"? disturbed chaos - 15/04/2004 03:53:53 AM 8 Views
Ummm...what is it? Liam™ - 15/04/2004 07:07:28 AM 18 Views
Don't worry. Luna - 15/04/2004 07:27:16 AM 10 Views
Nope. Luna - 15/04/2004 07:29:16 AM 7 Views
Ok, I'll answer, though I doubt anyone really cares what I answer. Wulf`gar - 15/04/2004 08:46:14 AM 29 Views
Gee, where do you get that? The Logic Ninja - 15/04/2004 04:07:22 PM 15 Views
Hasn't worked yet... Wulf`gar - 15/04/2004 05:18:31 PM 15 Views
I'm sorry that The Wandering Wolf - 15/04/2004 08:07:21 PM 12 Views
Neither has waiting for Jesus to come back. The Logic Ninja - 15/04/2004 10:11:56 PM 11 Views
Oops! I thought you were talking about the Blondie song! *NM* M`Hael - 15/04/2004 11:10:29 AM 3 Views
I don't believe in The Rapture,Buddha or JC or [insert deity here] but Dynastessa Mandine - 15/04/2004 11:24:34 AM 10 Views
have you read "The Rapture Trap" by Thingpin? Mat Maniac - 15/04/2004 11:47:58 AM 12 Views
No. Larisa - 15/04/2004 12:12:27 PM 8 Views
mierin sedai - 15/04/2004 02:43:20 PM 14 Views
Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 02:53:16 PM 9 Views
I'll give it a go Lithium - 15/04/2004 04:22:45 PM 9 Views
A Little Defense of...da Rapture! strong_bad - 15/04/2004 06:12:49 PM 11 Views
Back to Messageboard Search My Favourite Threads

Formatting
Smiley Codes