Tag: Rapture
A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now?
By Tom Bartlett May 24, 2012.
Print: Religion Dispatches
A reporter tracks down the remnants of Harold Camping’s apocalyptic movement and finds out you don’t have to be crazy to believe something nuts.
Atheists counter prediction of doom with ‘Rapture party’
By Janet I. Tu May 19, 2011.
Print: Seattle Times
Atheist groups across the country are hosting “Rapture parties” in response to a prediction by a Christian radio broadcaster that the Rapture will occur May 21.
Science explains the end of the world
Richard Dawkins May 11, 2011.
Print: The Washington Post
In its coverage of Harold Camping—the evangelist who believes that the end of the world will occur on May 21, 2011—The Washington Post asked, “What does your tradition teach about the end of the world?” Richard Dawkins provides his response.
Service will take in Fido after the Rapture, for a fee
by John Kelly May 11, 2011.
Print: Washington Post Local
An entrepreneur has launched a service that will collect and adopt your pet within 24 hours of your going to heaven when the Rapture comes.
A Christian Militia in America’s Midst
Matthew Harwood September 21, 2010.
Print: Guardian
The arrest of Christian extremists in the Midwest shows that the US has more to worry about than simply homegrown jihadists.
