Speaking of
doomsday cults, there is a
very large one right out in the open in the US of A. They're the believers in the
rapture, a time when God draws all "true believers" up into heaven
bodily, with the rest of us sinners
left behind! It's a much wider-spread belief these days after the mysteriously successful Christian sci-fi fiction series,
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
Not wanting to go along trashing this series of badly-written books, I actually read them to see what all the fuss is about. Save yourself the trouble, by the way--feel free to criticise them any way you see fit, because you couldn't possibly give a worse review than they actually deserve. Unfortunately, a lot of mushy-brained Christian readers bought the whole scenario, even though it was only dreamt up in the 1800s.
But let's assume they're right for a second. Rather than watching your unsaved loved ones burn in the lake of fire (something
lots of Christians are apparently eagerly awaiting), what if you could give them
one last chance, after you are zapped to heaven?
This site aims to let you do just that--for a price, of course.
[Excerpt]Post-Rapture document deliveryYou've Been Left Behind is a company that stores electronic documents for later delivery to your heathen loved ones after you get swept off to heaven during the Rapture. The idea is that there will still be time to save them too. The company claims to provide secure storage, but Bruce Schneier is suspicious.) . . .Read on at: Boing Boing
