| |
|
| |
NEWS &
EVENTS |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
FEATURES |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ATHEISTS
OFFER TO CARE FOR CHRISTIANS’ PETS AFTER
THE RAPTURE |
| |
It’s a question that
all animal-loving Christian evangelicals must address:
who will look after their pets on Earth when the Rapture
comes and they are taken up to heaven?
Now a group of atheists in the US have come up with a
tongue-in-cheek solution, offering to take in the cats
and dogs of “saved” believers in return for a small fee.
All the atheists signed up by Eternal Earth-Bound Pets
are self-confessed sinners and blasphemers, guaranteeing
they will be left behind when the chosen are selected
The business idea is an irreverent attempt to cash in on
the belief – widespread among Evangelical US Christians
– that the pious will be carried up to heaven by God in
a sudden swoop, leaving unbelievers to endure the
seven-year reign of the anti-Christ on Earth. According
to some polls, as many as 55 per cent of Americans
believe in the notion of the Rapture.
“You’ve committed your life to Jesus. You know you’re
saved. But when the Rapture comes what’s to become of
your loving pets who are left behind?” the group’s
website asks. “Eternal Earth-Bound Pets takes that
burden off your mind.”
For $110 per animal, the firm promises lifetime care for
almost all domestic pets if their owners are transported
to heaven within the next ten years.For each additional
animal, the owner has to pay $15. The offer may sound
far-fetched, and even a little provocative, but the
group insists it is not joking.
It claims to have a network of pet-loving atheists
spread across 20 states to ensure speedy, local animal
care wherever the Rapture occurs, and has established a
PayPal account to take subscriptions.
The founders also assure believers that their animals
will enjoy an excellent quality of life: “All pets will
live in loving homes, not in animal shelters or pet
‘mills’.”
And while the company promises that all its atheist
carers are moral people with no criminal records, it
stresses that they are not too saintly.
“Each of our representatives has stated to us in writing
that they are atheists, do not believe in God / Jesus,
and that they have blasphemed in accordance with Mark
3:29, negating any chance of salvation,” the website
states.
But potential customers would be advised to read the
terms and conditions before forking out their $110; if
the subscriber loses their faith or is not Raputered in
the next 10 years, they are not entitled to a refund.
The venture follows the launch last year of a new
internet service designed to allow Christian subscribers
to send emails to non-believing friends and relatives
after the Rapture.
There is a growing number of Christians who believe that
almost all biblical prophecies were fulfilled by the
destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. Money-minded atheists
will not be able to take these “preterist” Christians
for a ride!
|
|
|
This page
is updated on Sep 18, 2009 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY
10 YEARS CELEBRATION
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
