Watfleking t1_j9jrzk7 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:59 PM

Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] After the Christian Rapture happened to everyone's considerable shock, those left behind (and those born to them after) all had a strange, unremovable marking appear on their foreheads. It took decades to translate, but the result was horrifying; "Do not harvest, not fit for consumption." by savagekingsavage

I remember a priest talking about how modern “rapture” got it twisted. At the end, Earth and Heaven become one. This means those who disappear are actually the non-believers, as those who do believe would go to heaven, which is now Earth. The modern idea of the rapture, only came about just over a century ago. (I haven’t fact checked the Priest). He also went on about a side tangent about how we would know the Apocalypse was coming, because it has very clear signs.

superanth t1_j9lzo7l wrote on February 22, 2023 at 10:53 PM

Honestly any core of religion has been warped over the years by priests saying "Do what God says, or else!" and the Rapture was the end-all-beat-all of threats.

If there is a God out there, I believe they're a benevolent one.

dragonadamant t1_j9kbqpy wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Anecdotally I'd heard that interpretation too, to say nothing of how, if the world really were ending (and it didn't happen after smallpox or the World Wars), we wouldn't have to guess or speculate.

Teslok t1_j9mqtwl wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:07 AM

Only we were so evil that what actually happened was the Crapture, when Earth and Hell become one. And we're in it now.

... *scurries off to shittywritingprompts* ...

Ray2024 t1_j9kma62 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:49 PM

I've been interpreting it as the Earth and Hell become one hence the need to remove the faithful.