rapture ready

I browsed the link a bit. The groups mission statement while quite fundamentalist is not extreme enough to be labeled cultic. They acknowledge in #7 that they are not necessarily in agreement with other Christians. I think that eagerness for the Lords return is a plausible mainline Protestant belief, although realistically immature.I mean, even IF Christians take the Rapture belief seriously, we can hardly expect to be watching and cheering an N.F.L. football game or a NASCAR race or worse yet a tragic conflict in one of the global hotspots one minute and then,*poof*expect to be Raptured harmlessly to Heaven and be in any sort of mental orspiritualstate to began singing 24/7 praises to the blessed Creator of life the very next instant! I would not go so far as to label apocolyptic beliefs as cultic, but I would also expect that God would leave many of "us" behind to take care of the mess we have made on behalf of anyone left!Edited by Phat, : speklling and add by edit one sentence

Well, Jesus Himself said these words: How can people worry about getting to Heaven when we have not even graduated from
Love Thy Neighbor: 101? I agree with you that Left Behind is a rather immature view.Edited by Phat, : spelling and add by edit the last sentence

Of course, that would only play into the hands of a persecution complex and vast worldwide conspiracy!The solution against Rapturemania, IMHO, is education---specifically like the discussion we are now having, among other things.

You have a point. One cannot argue against ones own logic (or illogic!)