There was no doctrine of the rapture until the 1830s, following somebody’s different translation of the bible. That means that the people who wrote the various passages that this doctrine was based on did not believe in the rapture. It’s just a mind-bogglingly stupid idea that somebody could read a piece of text, and believe that the text is more accurate than the intent behind the text.
Anyways, my occasionally evangelical, occasionally pentacostal aunt is the only person who I know well that believes in the rapture. She also believes that she is “saved,” so in her mind, she has already passed the criteria to get into heaven, and so whenever she dies, there’s no doubt. She’ll just go right in. And similarly, if there was a rapture, there is no doubt in her mind, she’d just go right in.
Long story short, I think the people who are stupid enough to believe in the rapture are also stupid enough to believe that there is no chance that they would still be on Earth if the rapture happened. Nothing can change their minds.
There was no doctrine of the rapture until the 1830s, following somebody’s different translation of the bible. That means that the people who wrote the various passages that this doctrine was based on did not believe in the rapture. It’s just a mind-bogglingly stupid idea that somebody could read a piece of text, and believe that the text is more accurate than the intent behind the text.
Anyways, my occasionally evangelical, occasionally pentacostal aunt is the only person who I know well that believes in the rapture. She also believes that she is “saved,” so in her mind, she has already passed the criteria to get into heaven, and so whenever she dies, there’s no doubt. She’ll just go right in. And similarly, if there was a rapture, there is no doubt in her mind, she’d just go right in.
Long story short, I think the people who are stupid enough to believe in the rapture are also stupid enough to believe that there is no chance that they would still be on Earth if the rapture happened. Nothing can change their minds.