I don't like the series because 1) It's poorly written, IMO, and 2) It contains anti-Catholic content.
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mrslinky said:Im with the Catholics on this one. These books are inaccurate! There is no rapture! It's a ll a bunch of bunk! Actually I considr myself a Catholic even though I was baptized Lutheran. Im going to take the classes and get confirmed Catholic. They are the only members of the Christian body who make sense.
Oh ok, but if they realised they were left behind because they were not believers,what point is their in them now believing as there is no second chance. Their is no third coming. Their is no eternal reward for them.pieman3141 said:Cuz, people realized they were left behind (OHO!) and believed. Hence, Christians. Although from what I heard, the movie had some of the worst acting ever. And the guy who said that was a poor actor himself. Him and I made movies in high school....
how do you know???mrslinky said:Im with the Catholics on this one. These books are inaccurate! There is no rapture! It's a ll a bunch of bunk! Actually I considr myself a Catholic even though I was baptized Lutheran. Im going to take the classes and get confirmed Catholic. They are the only members of the Christian body who make sense.
explain yourself. where are the insults?Caelda said:Insulting non-Catholics really isn't the way to get your point across, is it?
Because according to the book, the Rapture isn't the end yet. The authors decided that you still have one FINAL chance to believe, because of the Tribulations and the Rapture (LOOK! All them Christians disappeared! Maybe it's time I believed too!). Which BTW has its pros and cons. Belief without faith isn't a good thing.Col said:Oh ok, but if they realised they were left behind because they were not believers,what point is their in them now believing as there is no second chance. Their is no third coming. Their is no eternal reward for them.
Hindsight is a great thing, however the basis of Christanity is faith and trust in God's promise. We believe Christ will come again by faith, not because we have seen it happen but because we believe it will happen and want to be prepared and right with God before that time comes.
Believing after the fact does not show faith or trust at all, it simply emphasises peoples inabilty to have faith without tangible proof. So I don't know whether you could infact class those left behind who become believers as Christian as they have no faith.
Do these books invite the premise that there will be more than one rapture or more comings of Christ or something. Maybe I have to read the book.
I know what you must be thinking ..."just read the book!!" Thanks for your answer though, the books seem to be popular as many people rave about them and I read an article that said the authors have become multi-millionaires from it.
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Col said:I haven't read the books but I caught the last half of one of the movies on JCTV the other day. Can anyone give me a short explaination of the story line as I was a little confused by the premise of the movie I saw. Now as I understand it (from what I saw) the rapture came and all the Christians diappeared then this evil guy (representing Satan) rules the earth and a band of Christians that are like the underground resistance are opposing him and generating their own band of support. Now what confused me, is that if the rapture came then how can there be still be Christians on earth. And with the rapture that sort of rounds things off as their isn't going to be a third coming so haven't those "Left Behind" missed the boat so to speak. It just doesn't make sense to me. As I said I haven't read any of the books and have only seen half a movie (which wasn't too bad). I would just like to know what the proper storyline is before I go out and buy any of the books. I have looked on the web for a synopsis but all the web sites I have visited, just gave reviews with little or no explaination of the actual plot or premise.
Obviously I have missed some salient point to the story, so if anyone can be bothered to post a brief synopsis I would be grateful.
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swish8 said:explain yourself. where are the insults?