The film may be scary, but the TRULY scary thing is that too many will see this fiction as a portent of fact...

unfortunately you're right.

I mean, the rapture as a concept of fiction, is actually pretty cool.

But it's also completely retarded to think it's something potentially real.

It's also fiction as far as most Christians are concerned - the idea of rapture didn't come about until the 19th century and was popularized in Dispensational groups in the early 20th century by the Scofield Reference Bible.

No parody tag? Craaap.

If half the people in the world suddenly left, wouldn't that kind of solve global warming and food shortages and housing shortages and traffic congestion, and hospital wait times and pretty much all our problems ?
Someone should re-cut this as a romcom with bouncy happy music

Rapture would be so awesome. I hope I get left behind.

Won't be so bouncy and happy if you're on an airplane and both your pilots were good Christians. Actually I take that back, you'll still have bouncy.

...So the Kirk Cameron series based off the same books wasn't enough they had to remake it? What, because Tim LaHaye, one of the original authors of the books, didn't make enough off the original series? The studio decides to remake it so he can get a better cut?

Of course when the movie is panned for Cage's bad acting or anything else, the Christian right will just point out it is the "liberal media" trying to put down the Christian message and not be an actual review of the film's merits.

I'm surrounded daily by people who believe this stuff. Who believe the election of Obama is a sign of the end of times. When climate change gets to the point even they can't deny it anymore, they'll still deny it is human activity and chalk it up to more proof that we're in the end times and it's just like the Bible said. That this nation (somehow the US is special) is being judged for abortion and homosexuality, the last just like Sodom... of course if you point out that the Bible says that the specific sin of Sodom was being a land of plenty and doing nothing to help the needy and the poor, they just change subjects.

I think the plot for Snakes on a Plane was more believable. (There are actually way more snakes than Mormons in the world.)

I fucking hate Nicolas Cage.

I've never understood the reasoning behind Rapture-scenarios. Part of the world's population goes on a magical adventure to a fantastic invisible skyhouse, and the movie focuses on the people who stay behind? The ones who aren't partaking in a divine mystery beyond our dreams and expectations? It's almost like Christians don't actually care about going to heaven, and instead just care that everyone else isn't.

That's it completely. It's all part of whole spiritual ranking system. some people just measure themselves not by where they are at, but by how many people, they think, they're better off than.

To be fair though, that's not a religious thing, that's just the human condition. we all have at one point said "wow, at least I don't have it as bad as THAT guy"

It's also just one big pascal's wager. Better believe, or else you'll be left behind. Shaming people into compliance. But wait, if a god is all knowing, isn't that god going to know who actually believes vs people who only believe because they fear the consequences?

The many problems fear-based rule systems.

Of course, after watching South Park's depiction of heaven, I never really cared if I ever got left behind:

Check out "The Leftovers" on HBO.

Basically, Left Behind with a David Lynch vibe.

What's most funny about the Christians that write and read this crap, think that without them around, the rest of us would end up destroying ourselves, that their Christian morality is the only thing holding the world together. It's hilarious!

People love to make fun of Christian eschatology but when any other religion's eschatology is mentioned, great respect must be shown.

Respect for diversity only goes so far, doesn't it?

Nicolas Cage. It is sad to see him go for any project to make a dollar now.

Naw, they're all bullshit. Your made up nonsense is no better or worse than other made up nonsense

Nah there ARE worse religions out there to be fair, but that's like saying the bombing Hiroshima was worse than the bombing of Nagasaki. One may have technically killed more people, but they were both pretty horrible in terms of loss of life and destruction

Ironically, it's only the Christians that seem to think other religions require any respect.

All religions should be studied on the esoteric level. That's the only place you find the truth.

Sounds like you're saying all religions are false.

No, not saying that.

Religion is just the visible aspect.

Actually, it is a waste of time to talk about it with anyone who won't receive it.

So, when the person is looking, they will find it. But the truth is not to be found in the outward manifestation.

translation: I can't prove it but ill still use it as a flimsy premise to pretend I'm morally superior to everyone while at the same time, exhibiting behavior that is sanctioned by my religion, yet objectively immoral.

Far more likely it will be the enormous Floridian or Texan sweating up a stink either side of me...

The Earth will not miss them and will go on to have millions of years of enlightenment, peace and science.