# "Left Behind"  - What's that all about?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-whats-that-all-about/220693>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-whats-that-all-about/220693 "2003-12-23T19:13:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![3.885AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/58956e/32.png) [@3.885AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3.885AM)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-whats-that-all-about/220693/61 "2003-12-26T00:23:20Z")

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So they could have **6** volumes **6** prequels and **6** sequels.

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**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-whats-that-all-about/220693/62 "2003-12-26T10:46:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by FriarTed \*  
> \*\*Lsura- there is some talk of PREQUELS and also of novels set in the Millennium (tho the inauguration & the conclusion of the Earthly Reign of Christ are the only aspects that one could really milk long stories from.) \*\*

Don’t forget that there is a [kid’s version of the series](http://www.leftbehind.com/channelkids.asp).

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-whats-that-all-about/220693/63 "2003-12-26T17:32:03Z")

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There I was, playing 7 card stud at Bally’s Park Place in Atlantic City. The guy across from me draws his third 6 face up and immediately folds saying he won’t win a hand with the number of the beast. I didn’t expect someone with those beliefs to be gambling but i was happy to take his money.

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**Author:** ![Madness2MyMethod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Madness2MyMethod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madness2MyMethod)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-whats-that-all-about/220693/64 "2003-12-26T17:50:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bughunter \*  
> \*\*I wish he’d hurry up… I’m getting tired of them and I want my country back! \*\*

hahaha.  
word.

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**Author:** ![maralinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@maralinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maralinn)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-whats-that-all-about/220693/65 "2003-12-27T18:01:04Z")

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Slacktivist has an entertaining and enlightening deconstruction/criticism of the Left Behind series. It’s an ongoing project – he posts entries after reading several pages of the book. I hghly recommend it. (He calls it “pretrib porno,” BTW.)

It starts here:  
[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2003/10/left\_behind\_is\_.html](http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2003/10/left_behind_is_.html)

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