The Rapture
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism The thing about religious nuttery is it doesn't discriminate. I supposed that is to be expected when a belief is based solely on blind on faith lacking any connection to reason. It is likely that one day the world will cease to exist as we know it. It is equally as unlikely that when it does events will be as described in the scriptures. Yet the predictions {prophesies} keep coming every so often. And, they keep passing, every time. Fox News: ... The Rapture -- the belief that Christ will bring the faithful into paradise prior to a period of tribulation on earth that precedes the end of time -- is a relatively new notion compared to Christianity itself, and most Christians don't believe in it. And even believers rarely attempt to set a date for the event. Camping's prophecy comes from numerological calculations based on his reading of the Bible, and he says global events like the 1948 ...