Left Behind Author Miffed at Rachel Maddow

Jerry B. Jenkins, one of the authors (the other being Tim LaHaye) of the awful apocalyptic fiction series Left Behind is miffed at Rachel Maddow. Last Friday, Rachel aired an edited portion of an interview with the two men, and Jenkins took issue with the presentation.

Now, I saw the interview, and the only potentially negative thing I saw was that Jenkins barely said a word. Well, beyond the inherent ridiculousness of the whole "end times" belief system. But Rachel isn't one to gloss over something like this, and--in a very classy move--has posted the entire interview on her web site, and acknowledged that she's sorry that Jenkins didn't like the interview.

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Full video: 'Left Behind' authors join Maddow

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Since 1995 there has been a massive cultural phenomenon that has pretty much taken place under the radar of the secular media. It started with the release of "Left behind: A novel of the Earth's last days," an apocalyptic tale of good and evil - a fiction book, but based on the Bible's Book of Revelation. . .

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