Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Left Behind left behind?

I love this stuff!

And not just because I laugh--and gag, at the same time mind you--every time I have to suffer hearing/seeing/reading anything related to the Left Behind books.

....Okay, so maybe it is because I hate the books.

I hope someone makes a crack to the upcoming Left Behind computer game so I can play as the anitchrist...that should make for some good fun.

Please get the drift, this isn't what 'the Bible says'; like everything else, it is what some interpreters have come to believe it says. If they are trying to say it is how the texts ought to be interpreted in light of their social, historical, and literary contexts, then they are most definitely wrong. If it is their personal theologizing loosely based on these texts, then hey - what can I say to counter that! Do whatever you wish, but don't thereby claim it is the 'original' (tricky word) meaning of certain biblical texts.

Unfortunately, people make the claim that this Left Behind-ish type of stuff is what 'the Bible says', and therefore what every and all Christians do believe--lest they are heretics of course!--and so what Christianity is all about. In any case, Slacktivist points this out in more depth (and with a bit more coolness!) than my little soapbox rant, go check it out.

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