Post by Belfast on Jul 24, 2005 15:19:57 GMT -5
I just saw this episode of the Simpsons (not sure if its new or a rerun), but it was on the rapture (the Christian Fascist concept of the end of the world, where everyone who's "saved"--meaning found Jesus--is flashed away to heaven, while everyone else--the scientists, atheists, buddhists, gays and lesbians, etc.-- are left on earth to suffer the horrors of armageddon.
Taking a stab at the very popular "Left Behind" series, written by a fundamentalist minister, Bart,Lisa and Homer sneak into a theatre to watch the film "Left Below".
The episode makes some funny jabs and comments at the Christian right from a christian perspective, but still kind of comes off in the end without really challenging the idea that its "ok to end the world." At least that's what I thought.
searching for truth and reality,
--Belfast
Taking a stab at the very popular "Left Behind" series, written by a fundamentalist minister, Bart,Lisa and Homer sneak into a theatre to watch the film "Left Below".
The episode makes some funny jabs and comments at the Christian right from a christian perspective, but still kind of comes off in the end without really challenging the idea that its "ok to end the world." At least that's what I thought.
searching for truth and reality,
--Belfast