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5. Thank you for that link.

Reply to dugog55 (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 01:17 PM

Jan 2020

I knew the "rapture" didn't exist in the Bible, but I didn't know the details on how it crept into evangelical thinking.

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Trump's reckless rampage quickens Rapture [View all] Ghost Dog Jan 2020 OP

That's why the evangelicals support trump. Turbineguy Jan 2020 #1

Just do it already. greymattermom Jan 2020 #2

I have read the Bible and studied it as a young person. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #3

Thank you for that comment, redstatebluegirl. Ghost Dog Jan 2020 #7

Do you mean the right wing nuts? redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #9

Yes I did, and no, I also think Ghost Dog Jan 2020 #10

If heaven is like the DMV then I'm out. Not taking a number and waiting. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #16

From "The Christian Left" website on rapture. Interesting read dugog55 Jan 2020 #4

Thank you for that link. Paka Jan 2020 #5

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 #12

Yeah, thanks for that, dugog55! Wow. Ghost Dog Jan 2020 #11

Yep. lees1975 Jan 2020 #15

It's for this reason I'm more fearful of fundamentalist Christians than Islamic extremists. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 #6

Good point. Ghost Dog Jan 2020 #8

"No man knows the hour, not even the angels"... czarjak Jan 2020 #13

Then there's the Oil... lees1975 Jan 2020 #14

I don't think Evangelicals really believe his fake piety. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #17

Trump is smart enough to know the religious stuff is BS RussBLib Jan 2020 #18

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