Tim LaHaye, Co-Author of the Left Behind Series, Has Died

[Archae]

Source: Patheos

Tim LaHaye, the evangelical Christian author whose Left Behind series sold tens of millions of copies (and led to one god-awful Nicolas Cage movie), has died following a stroke. He was 90 years old.


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Wasn't it Mark Twain who said this?

"I don't wish death on anyone, but have read some obituaries with great satisfaction."

[anoNY42]

1. (and led to one god-awful Nicolas Cage movie)

Reported for redundancy...

[Panich52]

2. Whole series filmed f/ TBN

[yeoman6987]

11. I thought I'd give it a try

Lasted 5 minutes. So boring. Peace to his family. 90 years old is a great run.

[Kingofalldems]

18. Post #16

[47of74]

15. And a couple flicks starring has-been actor Kirk Cameron

[Demonaut]

40. only good cage movie was Raising Arizona

[Panich52]

3. Twain dead on f/ this one

[PatSeg]

4. What Mark Twain said

[cannabis_flower]

25. Add Scalia to that list!

[PatSeg]

39. Most definitely

I have to confess that I felt a little more than satisfaction with that one.

[CanonRay]

5. So he got left behind?

[LiberalFighter]

13. If only there was a way for that to had happened before he showed up.

[forest444]

6. Good riddance. I predict a most un-Christian probate fight ahead.

Typical with these fundamentalists.

[rockfordfile]

17. I agree on the good riddance

[OnlinePoker]

7. So he jumped to the head of the queue? n/t

[COLGATE4]

8. Maybe. But then again, maybe not?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. WOW!! So he won't get "raptured"? Sorry, I couldn't exist. I read all the Left Behind series when

I was deeply religious.

[rurallib]

10. Surely we can expect him to tell us what heaven is like very soon

waiting ..............



waiting ................



waiting ..............

[keithbvadu2]

12. How to tell if these "Rapture coming soon" types are genuine.......

Are they accumulating long term wealth?

[LiberalFighter]

14. Can I say what I really think?

[Mc Mike]

16. Chris Hedges pointed out that LaHaye ran Birch society training seminars in CA,

and Nelson B. Hunt, from the Bircher national council, worked with LaHaye to help found the secretive right wing Council for National Policy, with dominionists like R.J. Rushdooney, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Amway founder Richard DeVos and Joseph Coors. ( pp. 136 -137, American Fascists)

He won't be missed.

[gopiscrap]

19. Can't say I am sorry in the least

[YoungDemCA]

20. Let me offer my sincere condolences

[muntrv]

21. Tim didn't get raptured?

[trusty elf]

22. ......

[japple]

23. He left us behind? Oh boohoohooohoohoo............

That rat fuck left us behind.

[Solly Mack]

24. I don't feel left behind at all.

[MFM008]

26. Mark Twain forever.

"I don't wish death on anyone, but have read some obituaries with great satisfaction."

[kskiska]

27. When we're all left behind

we can take possession of all their stuff, houses and cars, including their pets.

[Blue Owl]

29. He sure mongered some fear

for those gullible enough to believe him...

[MMTampa]

30. To paraphrase the late, great Bette Davis...

"You should never say anything bad about the dead, you should only say good. Tim LeHaye is dead, good."

[dhol82]

31. I am so with Mark Twain

Wonder if Tim is sad he wasn't raptured?

[eppur_se_muova]

32. Why is it that God waits so long to call his most beloved home ?

It seems the sleazier the Bible-thumper, the longer they live, as if God is not eager to have them any closer.

[ChazInAz]

33. My suspicion.

God's giving them time to repent of their ways, so She won't have to send them to the warm, sulfurous place. Doesn't seem to work.

[wolfie001]

38. Jerry Fartwell was only 73 when he died....

....and he was one of the scummiest.

[7962]

34. Boy, we've got a lot of grave dancers around here all of a sudden

All for a guy who just wrote a bunch of smarmy religious books?
I hope none of you post the comments from Freeperville when they do the same over the death of someone they dont like.
We're supposed to be better than that. the guy wasnt a terrorist or child molester

[Archae]

35. LaHaye was very active in politics too.

He was a conservative activist.

[7962]

37. Yes, I'm aware of that. No reason to be celebrate the guys death

How high & mighty some people around here are when posting about the nasty comments the RW guys make when someone THEY dont like dies (not you specifically); yet too many do the exact same thing when one of theirs dies.
Civility is a high road we should strive to take.
Now, I'll have nothing good to say when a murderer or similar dies, so no, i'm sure not perfect myself

[Archae]

41. What do you have in mind for after Dick Cheney dies?

Or Karl Rove?

[7962]

43. I wont send any flowers but i wont dance on their graves either

[Archae]

47. I won't dance on their graves also...

Even though I'd like to do something else...

Seriously, I'll be relieved when Cheney and Rove die.

[lastlib]

49. I too will be greatly relieved when they bury Cheney.....

In fact, it may take me all day to relieve myself when he's planted.......and multiple attempts, just to make sure that I'm fully relieved......

[jmowreader]

50. Cheney will need a Traficant-style grave

James Traficant, who has a bizarre and checkered past, is buried in an unmarked grave at an undisclosed location.

[Kingofalldems]

42. See post #16.

[niyad]

46. he and his bunch, including wife beverly, have caused a whole lot of problems.

not going to pretend to sadness at his passing. as for the child molestor part, we don't know.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

36. Proof that only the good die young.

[niyad]

44. what mark twain said

[niyad]

45. let us not forget that his wife, beverly, is the founder of that ultra-reichwing group

concerned women for america.

[sylvanus]

48. Damn! So left Behind. Meh. He made his money, off the stupid.

[enid602]

51. msnbc

Maybe we'll get lucky and MSNBC will treat us to a 'Left Behind' marathon. Provide a break from 'Lockup Raw.'