Left Behind - The Apocalypse
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Topic: Left Behind - The Apocalypse
Posted By: ulrich von hutten
Subject: Left Behind - The Apocalypse
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 04:06
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Yesterday i listened to a lecture at the university . it was my awakenig. the prof. told about the books of "Left behind". a series of ,may be 13 books, which descripe the fight against the antichrist and the begining of the apocalypse. the lecture discussed he connections of the bush administration and the christian theology of Dispensationalsm.
does anybody heard about the books or read it allready ?
i like to know your opinions about that ?
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Posted By: Cywr
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 16:33
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I thought they were sold as fiction?
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Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 20:33
I have heard of the whole "Rapture" books, and I also have vaguely heard of the "Left Behind" series. I am almost 100% sure that they are categorized as fiction(at least in libraries). I think the Apocolypse theories are hilarious. I have been able to comprehend why people would be cheering for the destruction of thousands of good, honest people into eternal pain. It is just plain sad. These people read the verse as "We get eternal paradise", not "We elitist Christians get eternal paradise while everybody else gets eternal pain and torture." ------------- 
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Posted By: Cywr
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 20:56
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My guess is the lecturer was on about how many of the readers drawn to the book would probably take a very fuzzy boundary between fiction and non-fiction as far as these books are concerned. And they'd also tend to be avid bush supporters on the US religious right. Am i right there Ulrich? The books have sold rather well apparently, and there has even been a movie (which predicably, was a cinema flop, but a hit on video and DVD). The basic premise of the series is that a new UN Secetary-General, who's surname happens to be Carpathia (as in the mountains, as in Transylvania, as in home of Dracula, a coincidence surely), promises to bring peace and prosperity to a troubled and choatic world. Only, actualy, he is the anti-christ (geez, you'd never see that one coming). Cue for a dramatic struggle between good (god-fearing christians), and bad (the UN and Very Bad things™), and a whole bunch of spin-offs. Oh, and somewhere along the line, the Rapture presumably happens. You can already see how this would appeal to certain types of readers. Anyways, you can read up some on the series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Behind_%28series%29 - here , as well as find details on the individual books in the series. ------------- Arrrgh!!"
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Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 21:06
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"The basic premise of the series is that a new UN Secetary-General,
who's surname happens to be Carpathia (as in the mountains, as in
Transylvania, as in home of Dracula, a coincidence surely), promises to
bring peace and prosperity to a troubled and choatic world. Only,
actualy, he is the anti-christ (geez, you'd never see that one coming). Cue for a dramatic struggle between good (god-fearing christians), and bad (the UN and Very Bad things™), and a whole bunch of spin-offs. Oh, and somewhere along the line, the Rapture presumably happens." Yes, this is the "Left Behind Series". The theory is pretty hilarious, because it leads people to believe that anybody who wants peace and prosperity is called to as the anti-Christ by the Religious Right. -------------
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Posted By: Cywr
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 21:07
Oh Joy! There is even a video game - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Behind:_Eternal_Forces Edit: Reading more, it seems almost cynical that some of the later movies even had special church theatrical viewings, with movies pretty much being promoted at particular religious audiences, helped on by their respective institutions. And they say the Dutch pillorisation model was wierd and divisive. ------------- Arrrgh!!"
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Posted By: flyingzone
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2006 at 21:44
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What a coincindence. Today I just watched a programme entitled "The Rapture" (on the Civilization Channel). There are some people (evangelical Christians especially) who take this idea VERY seriously. A "Christian" artist actually makes paintings of what the actual "rapture" may look like - the sky opens up and people are actually being "sucked" into the sky from cities, towns, and villages all over the world. There are actually blonde-hair-blue-eye angels in white pyjamas with big feathery wings blowing horns and whatnot. It is really hard to take Christianity seriously with some of its believers believing in something as ridiculous as that.
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Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 28-Aug-2006 at 07:13
Yes, I remember a thread about that, http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12442www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12442 - http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12442 -------------
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Posted By: Richard XIII
Date Posted: 28-Aug-2006 at 11:39
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I read few pages. Absolutely stupid, Da Vinci code is a masterpiece. Don't even think to read it, is a waste of time.
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Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 28-Aug-2006 at 13:28
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You sure you don't have some bias, Richard XIII, because the anti-Christ is Romanian? Wait, I figured it out. The only Romanian person that could hate the rapture is the anti-Christ! I am telling my local evangelical right-wing pastor. Anyways, the Da Vinci Code was a great book, it combined fact with fiction, this book seems to just have fiction to it that is presented as fact.
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