Caught In a Delusion by Carol Wolman

Dear Friends,

 

Millions of Americans are caught up in a delusion called the rapture cult.  This heresy teaches that God intends to destroy life on planet earth.  Everyone who voted for Bush will go to a better place, and the rest of us will be destroyed in a nuclear holocaust or some such catastrophe.  Meanwhile, it's fine for the cult leaders to get as rich as possible as quickly as possible, and to indulge their lust for blood and oil as much as they want, with no regard for the Prince of Peace.

 

Unlike most cults, the rapture cult has the power to destroy not just its own members, but all life on earth.  It has taken over the government of the world's only superpower and seems hell-bent on destruction.

 

Most Bush voters are not getting rich, of course, but are becoming increasingly impoverished, just like the rest of us.  Still, they cling to their delusion because they believe the false prophets, who say that the Bible predicts doom for life on planet earth, and because they want to be with Jesus forever.  They buy Bush's "faith-based" rhetoric that ignores the reality of a bankrupt country, that is losing a war that never should have been begun, and uniting the rest of the world against us. 

 

How can those of us who have retained our sanity reach out to the deluded rapture cultists and save them, and ourselves, from extinction?  We must fight fire with fire, their version of the Bible with ours.  Our version says that God created life on earth, that He sent His son save the world, and that He tells us to choose life, not death.  He gave us His law of love, which alone can save us.  He gave us an understanding of truth, and a thirst for justice.  He gives us courage, and willingness to sacrifice so that our greatgrandchildren can enjoy this beautiful planet. 

 

For a more detailed version of the peacemakers' Bible, see

http://biblequotes.blogspot.com/

 

Broken was the snare,
and we were freed.
Our help is in the name of the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 124: 7-8

http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/122804.htm

 

In the name of the Prince of Peace,   Carol Wolman