{"id":449,"date":"2011-01-13T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/rapture-round-the-blogosphere-2\/"},"modified":"2011-01-13T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T08:45:00","slug":"rapture-round-the-blogosphere-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/rapture-round-the-blogosphere-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Rapture &#8216;Round the Blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none;clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/images\/features\/movie-poster-mash-up\/doctor-who\/1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/images\/features\/movie-poster-mash-up\/doctor-who\/1.jpg\" width=\"214\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Since the dispensationalist rapture-focused futurism of American Evangelicalism is essentially a form of science fiction (with corresponding minority fan base that treats it as though it were reality) it is not surprising to find <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5732229\/theres-no-dystopia-as-campy-as-a-post+rapture-dystopia\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the rapture mentioned at sci-fi site IO9, with an example of the low-budget post-rapture movie genre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And John Rowe points out that <a href=\"http:\/\/jonrowe.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/what-will-happen-first-1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hal Lindsay, at age 81, still believes Jesus will return during his lifetime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the sci-fi meets Cold War overtones of both the posts I linked to, it seemed appropriate to accompany them with the Doctor Who mash-up poster on the right. That one and many more like it can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/features\/movie-poster-mash-up\/doctor-who\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Empire Online<\/a>. (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/clayboy.co.uk\/2011\/01\/the-oodfather\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clayboy<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Also related to the rapture worldview are Chick Tracts, which <a href=\"http:\/\/jeriwho.net\/lillypad2\/?p=5663\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">get a humorous remake at Jeriwho<\/a>, while <a href=\"http:\/\/scotteriology.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/13\/cartoonucopia-chick-tracts\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scott Bailey shares movie versions for the benefit of the masochistic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8687173708417779593?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the dispensationalist rapture-focused futurism of American Evangelicalism is essentially a form of science fiction (with corresponding minority fan base that treats it as though it were reality) it is not surprising to find the rapture mentioned at sci-fi site IO9, with an example of the low-budget post-rapture movie genre. 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