# I just finsihed reading Left Behind

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 31, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finsihed-reading-left-behind/165380 "2003-03-31T04:51:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finsihed-reading-left-behind/165380/41 "2003-04-01T19:58:27Z")

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Homer: Aah! It’s the Rapture! Quick, get Bart out of the house before God comes!

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**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finsihed-reading-left-behind/165380/42 "2003-04-01T20:12:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \*  
> \*\*Isn’t the whole “Rapture” thingy 19th century belief?
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> I know it’s not Catholic! \*\*

[The Rapture, according to the proponents](http://www.raptureready.com) Scroll down to “The Pretribulation Rapture”

[The Catholic view](http://www.catholic.com/library/Rapture.asp)

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finsihed-reading-left-behind/165380/43 "2003-04-07T05:09:39Z")

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\<\<But the insurance adjusters “left behind” (most of them I presume!) probably wouldn’t believe it was an Act of God.\>\>

Doesn’t matter if they believe it personally. If they have a boatload of claims for a boatload of raptured policy holders, they’ll find a way to disallow it. What else would they call the mass disappearance? It would be right there in their numbers.

Although I guess their first shot would be “Now Mr. Jones, did your wife say anything about being unhappy with your marriage before she disappeared?”

I haven’t read the books. What percentage of folks made the cut? Or do they avoid the pesky numbers thing?

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