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Piles of clothes, Nicholas Cage, Kirk Cameron, cringeworthy and traumatic “theology” presented as fact - yep, we’re talking about the rapture! Today, Carolyn and Lynn get into the questionable history behind this disturbingly popular Evangelical theory, and discuss how the idea of the rapture affected us as children (and how it still does, even today). We uncover rapture propaganda going back to the 1940’s, and Lynn discusses how this idea of a rapture is actually at odds with early church history. Lynn also speaks about the Orthodox Christian view of the end times, and how it differs from the typical “rapturist” view.
Oh, and we spend a little bit of time on the Nicholas Cage “Left Behind” “film”, because of course we do.
Links:
Excerpt from today's intro (as well as episode art) taken from the short film The Rapture (1941) (public domain)
30+ Movies About the Biblical Rapture* by Chrissy Stockton
*Editor's note: the movies mentioned in this article are actually not all from different production companies, as was stated in the podcast. However, there are several different production companies involved, which is indeed cringeworthy.
The Rapture: An Orthodox Understanding (Infographic) by Nicole M. Roccas
Trailer for Left Behind (2014)
Piles of clothes, Nicholas Cage, Kirk Cameron, cringeworthy and traumatic “theology” presented as fact - yep, we’re talking about the rapture! Today, Carolyn and Lynn get into the questionable history behind this disturbingly popular Evangelical theory, and discuss how the idea of the rapture affected us as children (and how it still does, even today). We uncover rapture propaganda going back to the 1940’s, and Lynn discusses how this idea of a rapture is actually at odds with early church history. Lynn also speaks about the Orthodox Christian view of the end times, and how it differs from the typical “rapturist” view.
Oh, and we spend a little bit of time on the Nicholas Cage “Left Behind” “film”, because of course we do.
Links:
Excerpt from today's intro (as well as episode art) taken from the short film The Rapture (1941) (public domain)
30+ Movies About the Biblical Rapture* by Chrissy Stockton
*Editor's note: the movies mentioned in this article are actually not all from different production companies, as was stated in the podcast. However, there are several different production companies involved, which is indeed cringeworthy.
The Rapture: An Orthodox Understanding (Infographic) by Nicole M. Roccas
Trailer for Left Behind (2014)
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