When the Rapture is Dangerous

I am sad about so many people taken by bad theology.

It's OK. I have been too.

YET..

It's time to get over it. I am not convinced this author has it all right, but he has a lot right.

This article is pretty good reading.

Life and Death and the Last Days, or Why Eschatology Matters

Christian parents wonder today why the majority of their children today leave the church when they become teenagers and never come back. I’ll tell you why. A big part is due to the nonsensical hounding upon Rapture and End Times by most Christian pastors, teachers, and parents. You’ve heard the phrase, “The economy, stupid.” The modern Christian equivalent should be “The eschatology, stupid.”

Your eschatology matters. What you believe about the future will determine much of how you live your life, and will affect much of your character.

In times of crisis, this truth is magnified. True believers will take action based upon their beliefs without a second thought. This can have detrimental, even tragic, consequences.

Read the whole thing.

Then today's Doonesbury Comic is just as sad.