Bear with me as I build my thesis.
2. The new age movement tells its adherents that mankind is ready to ascend into a new level of being. That those not ready (namely christians) will be left in the lower levels.
3. The UFO crowd and the new age crowd are so intertwined that they will have the same mine set.
4. Global warming/Environmentalists tell us that the world population needs to be drastically cut if we are to sustain life on this planet
My theory is that after the rapture, New Ager's channeling alien thoughts will explain that Christians were "beamed" to a planet far away for us to "learn to ascend" and to save the the environment. The "superior beings" left on earth will be so thankful and embrace the "ascended master" sent to show them the way. They will not sorrow over lost family members because they think they will see them again soon.
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Except that, there is no such thing as the "Rapture". That's just some made up shit, about 150 years old, by some anally retentive twit named Darby. It took at least 4 decades before his crap even caught on, and even today, belief in the "Rapture" still represents a very small minority of christians.
If you´re unable to differentiate fact from fiction, you have no thesis. Period. By the way, the answer to avoid GW is use alternative energies, because with fewer fossile carburants, less risk. CHECK FACTS.
Whoever said it was the Christians who wouldn't be "ready" in such a situation? The way most of the New-Age types I know talk, it's only going to be the judgmental, hateful, spiteful fundies who won't be included.
I just knew there was something fishy about Star Trek! It was produced by DesiLu, the company started by the Kabbalists Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball, and starred the Kabbalist Leonard Nimoy* and that Canadian pervert, William Shatner. It is widely known that Canada is populated entirely by Kabbalists. The first step in their nefarious plan was to spread the FICTION of teleportation and space flight. Many people since then have believed that science FICTION will some day be solid FACT. All the SciFi novels, programs, and CULTS can be traced back to those two nefarious Kabbalists, Alburt Einstein and Carl Segan! The world is IGNORANT but I will show it the DIVINE WORD of G@D!
Well, the bright people, be they sci-fi fans, environmentalists or new agers, won't be saying anything like that. Xianity is a delusion, God is imaginary and the rapture isn't going to happen. I'm sure the bright people will be talking about something else entirely.
Take Star Trek, New Age philosophy, and fundie-ism, throw it all in a big ol' blender, and out pops this.
For the record, two billion people disappearing will not alleviate the overpopulation crisis. IIRC, the carrying capacity of the Earth for humans is around 1 to 2 billion. Agriculture increases it to a point, and oddly enough, food animals increase it further still.
Well, I hope if there's a rapture, a good chunk get raptured out of my city, so I can afford to buy a $@#*% house.
1. Yes. It's physically possible, but there's a massive bandwidth problem involved that may never be completely solved.
As for your summation: none of the above have a damn thing to do with each other, and most of us think New Agers are just as nuts as we think you are. They do overall tend to be somewhat less nihilistic than born-agains though.
I have family who are religiously conservative. I cannot agree with many of their views. Frequently, they don't agree with mine. They have also never lied to me, or treated me with anything other than respect.
I have a cousin who is gay. They gravely disapprove of his lifestyle choice, but they have also treated him with nothing less than respect.
They believe in the doctrine of Rapture. Their views on government are extremely conservative--minimal taxation, minimal involvement. They believe in the utter sanctity of human life--at all stages, from conception until death. They vigorously oppose capital punishment, which has put them at odds with other religious conservatives. They also believe in charity to a fault, and practice what they preach. They have never claimed to be anything other than human, with all of the faults, foibles and weakness of body and spirit that that entails.
I understand the doctrine of rapture to be mid-1800's tent revival hysteria. They have the right to their political and religious views, even if I cannot support many of them. I feel I am honored to know them.
In the event of their disappearance, I would be inclined to carefully re-evaluate my own stance. I do not believe that will happen, however. And I very seriously doubt that MinnesotaSlim here will be going before they do.
Consider, for a moment, the following alternative hypothesis:
The Rapture isn't going to happen- ever.
Since the first Star Trek we have been bombarded with the idea "Beaming-up" and teleportation.
The real reason why beaming was introduced in the original Star Trek series was much more mundane:
The budget was so small that they had no money to film scenes where a shuttle lands on alien planets. So they had to find a low-budget solution to bring the crew to planet surfaces. Unintentionally, the result was so cool and innovative that the idea just stuck.
Sorry, absolutely no connection to any "supernatural" weirdness to see here. Move along.
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