[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

The Second Coming or Judgment Day and the Rapture are two completely different stories. The Rapture has the "chosen few" disappearing into thin air before Jesus Christ comes and wipes out the planet at the end of his sword (my, what a loving God don't you think). The Second Coming or Judgment Day is a story that finds commonality in most religions, primarily because man has such a pea-size intellect and can't deal with the concept of something having no end (and no control point). There are very few similarities between the two stories other than the end and the return of Jesus Christ. It would be like saying Edmonton and Calgary are the same city because they are both in Canada. Not accurate at all. Born Again Christianity is a radicalized version of Christianity IMO, and they are no different than the Islamists they get so outraged about. They hold their religion to a level of superiority that no other religion can supposedly match. THEY are the chosen, and they WILL be saved. The rest of us will die through the vengence of THEIR God. Sound at all familiar? They're whackos just as much as any other group that takes their religion so seriously. Someone should explain to them the concept of interpretive writings.

Well, I think for the purposes of this thread Daradon better define what he means.

I think the common man view of the rapture is the latter of your descriptions.

Frankly, I've never heard of the first one and I've been to a few protestant churches in my day.