1. Do you believe in the Rapture?
hell, no
2. Why or why not?
it seems completely out there. So much out there, in fact, I find it hard to be coherent.
I find it impossible to believe in God, even a God who is pretty impersonal, even just a force of kinds. How much more would I not find it impossible to believe in something like this.
It is like the description in one of the Narnia-books (prince caspian or the silver chair, perhaps?), where they are talking about how high the mountain Jill (right?) falls off...
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)?
right. shut me out of all the other questions *pout*
4. Do you know who is credited with starting the modern Rapture movement?
nope. I am guessing wildly: an American?
5. If you answered no to #1, do you believe in the Parousia of Christ (Second Coming)?
nope.
6. The Left Behind series: a lot of truth mixed in with the fictional account or a lot of dangerous bunk that undermines Christianity?
a lot of fantasy, which people believe in.
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?
well, yes. but ineteresting nonetheless.
8. Those Rapture bumper stickers:
a) I laugh when I read them, then shake my head in disbelief
or would, if I had ever seen one. But I don't live in the US, and there are much fewer of them around here.
9. Should the Apocalypse of John/Revelations be viewed literally or metaphorically?
neither?
too many mushrooms. definitely. As Crowley ... or was it Aziraphael? said...
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?
I try. I generally try.
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