The popular Bible radio host, Harold Camping’s, prediction that the Rapture will occur on May 21st does not seem to have been meet with much credulity. The Financial markets don’t seem to be anticipating the event, which in itself creates something of a dogmatic conflict for many American fundamentalist christians who believe in the infallibility of markets as well as the certainty of the second coming.
In the realm of politics, there seems to be disbelief, even among those that should be the most receptive. No doubt the rapture would decimate the Tea Party and strike a blow to the Republican Party’s base. Yet there seems to be no planning afoot among the party’s elite to address this issue. Perhaps they don’t anticipate being here and that is the reason they have postpone voting to raise the debt ceiling; sort of a last blow for fiscal discipline before they transit to the savior. At the same time, however, the Democratic party does not appear to be thinking ahead about how they can exploit any congressional vacancies.
However, not all are skeptics. A little Rock christian law firm, James and Bruce P.A. has issued a press release indicating that it has hired some pagan associates in order to be prepared to represent the pagan heirs of the departed, handling estate and life insurance claims. Anticipating that the absence of bodies will present questions as to whether being departed is the same as being dead, the firm has retained a number of theological experts to testify on the topic. The firm has expressed confidence that such testimony, combined with the common sense view that not being here is functionally the same as being dead, will be sufficient to prevail on the issue. Others however, have noted that being present to testify might itself undermine the credibility of any such witnesses. For sure the situation will presents some novel and thorny issues.
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