Do people talk about "rapture" in Canada? what about the Uk?

Question

I had never heard of it till I came on this forum.

What the heck is this rapture stuff?

This woman here was talking about it.

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Answer 1

It's the fundies trying to justify their President killing a million Iraqis.

The thing was invented by a semi-literate American relatively recently, and it struck a chord with Americans. Perhaps the fact that they're obsessed with it and Canada and Europe are not is a reflection of the common sense of Americans vs that of everyone else?

Answer 2

I'd never heard of it in Canada.  I think it's an American Fundamentalist thing.  I'm sure those Churches are spreading to Canada and the UK.  The thing is, it isn't a really logical interpretation of the Bible and there isn't really a lot of scriptural support, so most Christians don't believe in it.

Answer 3

"Rapture" is an American Protestant invention without any real scriptural basis.  It was invented in the early 1700s and was supposed to happen in 1792.  It didn't happen then, and didn't happen again in 1844, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1989, etc., etc., etc...

Answer 4

The "Rapture" is discussed mostly in the Bible Zone, an area in the south of the rural U.S. that contains  large numbers of church folks.

They claim to have holy info regarding the Book of Revelation and the visions of early saints or whatever.

Answer 5

It's just more self-delusional nonsense from arrogant, ranting, God-botherers.  I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.

Answer 6

Dude, I also dont know. It has something to do with the end of the world. I live in the Uk and we are not so obsessed with these things like the American Christians.

They are simply weird!

Not saying anything bad about my moderate, normal Christian and Atheist friends in the  States though.

Answer 7

It's about Jesus coming back and humanity being killed off when he does.

It won't happen, Jesus died a very long time ago and is soundly dead this time and won't come back after a blood-loss induced coma from being staked to a pole.

No-one talks about rapture in the UK as it was advertised in America where Christianity is still going strong.

Not sure about Canada.

Answer 8

I answered one question about this saying, "Isn't that what s****. Doo says, when he and Shaggy get trapped?"

"Ruh-roh, raggy, re've reen raptured."

But the question got deleted.  I'll just have to save my sparkling wit for the Algonquin Round Table.

Answer 9

Nope, people tend to be more logical on this side of the pond.

Answer 10

the rapture is something that christians here believe that b4 the tribulations happens we're all gonna go in the air with God..read the left behind series..in goes in depth about it..i don't believe in it...i mean how else is God gonna purify his bride if we all get out of here b4 the going gets tough

Answer 11

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Answer 12

People used to talk about The Rapture over here,

but when we realised what a Coked up t**t Justin Hawkins really was,

They kinda dropped off the Radar....

Answer 13

of course not, the rapture is the fantastical musings of an eccentric outspoken medeival monk.  American christian fundies have wholeheartedly embraced the myth because it makes them feel, well, better than us.

Answer 14

I'd barely heard of 'the rapture' till I came on here either - I'm in the UK.  I had thought it was a weird belief of some tiny sect.   I had no idea that there were millions of Americans who took it seriously.

Answer 15

No. There are hardly any religious people here, let alone fundamentalists.

Answer 16

no, they don't...at least not in my immediate proximity.

Answer 17

Not sure, but anyone who reads Thessalonians would have to discuss it

the word "taken up""  in Latin is rapture

" The dead in Christ as rise first and then  we who are alive and remain shall be TAKEN UP [Latin RAPTURE] and so we shall always be with the Lord"

All orthodox Christians must therefore believe in some type of rapture as it is Biblical.  The timing, however,  is controversial.

Answer 18

Yes they do.  But in a lot of churches it is not preached on, as it gets folk thinking of the end of this system and the return of Jesus.  And a lot of folk do not want to look at or think about what they and their families might have to face on the lead up to that event.  It is an emotive subject so some denominations steer clear of it.  

Read the book of Daniel, and Revelation.  Also read Jesus' own words as to the signs of the end times.  It is something believers should be becoming aware of.

Answer 19

The Rapture was the invention of a defrocked Anglican Minister named John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) who first introduced at the Powerscourt Conference of 1832.  He postulated that before the final tribulation described in the Book of Revelation all true Christians would be taken to Heaven in advance to spare them the suffering.  This view was completely rejected by all the established Churches of the time, and still is by many, like the Roman Catholics.  It didn't become well known until the 20th century when it was included in William Eugene Blackstone's "Jesus is Coming" (pub 1908) and the "Scofield Reference Bible (pub 1909).  Both enjoyed great success in the U.S. and the Rapture then became part of U.S. Evangelical Christianity who began to include it in their conversion literature and made a part of mainstream U.S. Christianity.

Answer 20

Christians believe that in the "end times" *read book of revelation in the bible* the Christian faithful will be whisked away into heaven, then God unleashes His fury on the rest of the world and basically kills the rest with plagues, diseases and wars.