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The ignorance of the "left"...


OK, it was just a "ok... let's see what the fuss is about" watch, but I had to find it striking that after millions of people vanish, especially religious fundies, no one seems to figure out what's going on.

Seems most people would be saying "holy s---! You mean that rapture thing was REAL?"



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This travesty of a movie is as real as Harry Potter!

Jesus NEVER existed! He is Judeo Christian MYTH!

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Harry Potter, however, was immensely more interesting, innovative and entertaining.

I don't mind supernatural movies but they have to be a bit more engaging. Potter was. LOTR was. The Omen (which was about a similar topic) was.


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Oh yeah? Was not Israel a Kingdom? How does that square with the parliamentary democracy of today?

How come it's not a monarchy like in days of yore? And where's the royal bloodline tracing their ancestry back to David?

Face it, dude. There's a higher chance of seeing a flying snake from Maya or Aztec land, than a character who, by the latest research, was made up to begin with, and / or borrowed from Indian spiritualism.

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Awesome Blue Ghost! So you think Jesus is a myth?

Jesus NEVER existed! He is Judeo Christian MYTH!

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Actually from my research Christianity is closely mirrored from ancient Egyptian beliefs. Many ancient religions have strikingly similar beliefs, and most would have had no real way of knowing about one another. This can be interpreted to mean the religions are pure myth or that people from far seperated lands had some ancient visions or spiritual connections to a creator. I guess it depends on the individual beliefs of each person. Either way modern organized religions are all about control, power and fear. Oh yeah and making money haha.

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Why would you watch a movie based on an idea or person you think is a myth? Strange.

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You never watch fictional movies?

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The odds of millions vanishing are the same as the mythical Jesus "returning"...ZERO!!

Jesus NEVER existed! He is Judeo Christian MYTH!

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1 Corinthians 1:18

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I suppose not everyone has been informed about "the rapture", so I was able to suspend my disbelief in the connecting of the dots for people.
Then again, not all the religious people were taken so it would be easy to be deceived into thinking it was some other event.

Surely the fundie televangelists left behind would be refuting it as the rapture due tot he simple fact that they were not chosen- and thus continuing to mislead their flocks.



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I suppose not everyone has been informed about "the rapture", so I was able to suspend my disbelief in the connecting of the dots for people.

Fair enough, but to me, it seemed stunning that nearly NO ONE seemed to connect the dots easily. Even the immediate family of fundies who were told about the end of days by their loved ones. Not to mention what about the people raised in Christian backgrounds who just didn't believe in the divinity of Jesus?

It's as if those who weren't born again were a bit clueless.


Then again, not all the religious people were taken so it would be easy to be deceived into thinking it was some other event.

Indeed... but if it were at least MENTIONED, but dismissed, it would have been a bit easier than just not being thought of to begin with. It might have been interesting had they had a slew of conspiracy theories all being reported, from aliens to governments to, of course, the rapture.



Surely the fundie televangelists left behind would be refuting it as the rapture due tot he simple fact that they were not chosen- and thus continuing to mislead their flocks.

Now THAT might have been an interesting dimension to add to the movie! Seeing the likes of Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart all denouncing the possibility because THEY were not taken!

Problem is, the writers apparently had a certain agenda to fill and focusing on false preachers wouldn't have been conducive.




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