For
the most part I do not believe in “The Rapture” (I often thought it was just one of those bribe / threat things used by some religions to control people), however I
started to think about it and maybe it would not be such a bad idea
after all. In an instant a small percentage of people would vanish,
and, if it is anything like in the movies, their clothing would be
left behind in a neat little pile.
Not
only would we benefit by losing these “holier than thou” folks
who look down on everyone else, but this is a great way to reduce the
population without having to do anything drastic.
By
all accounts the Rapture could whisk away between 30 million and 100 million
believers. While not enough by some standards, it is still a dent in
the population.
Another
benefit, if the Rapture is actually real (and not the delusion of a
teenager Margaret MacDonald), is that many of the people who would be
“taken” are those who are least concerned with the environment.
If you watched the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp, you saw how some
parents were home schooling their children, telling them that global
warming is real, is human caused, but not to worry about it because
Jesus will return and save them from the mess they have created upon
the earth. They are the head-in-the-sand kind of people that really
have chosen to live in denial so they can excuse their wasteful or
greedy lifestyles.
A
lot of the people who believe in the Rapture are also those who think
that the more kids they have the more God will favor them, so they
are not really the kind of people the planet needs in terms of
sustainability.
So,
while I have never believed in the Rapture, I am starting to think
that maybe it would not be such a bad idea after all.