Well, lol, tomorrow’s supposed to be “the Rapture.” Are you Rapture Ready™? Those of us who grew up in fundamentalist/evangelical confines can probably readily remember the phrase “Rapture Ready.” We’d get asked that a lot: “If the rapture were to happen today, would you be ready? Would you be [cough] Rapture Ready?” I still have a ton of internalized anxiety about the so-called Rapture. It’s such a thing, a cursory search let me know it even has a Wikipedia page. I’m at point where I absolutely know it’s not real, never going to happen, is totally made...
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Sarah Palin's late, great planet earth
The Awl yesterday had an enormously important piece by Maud Newton, “Sarah Palin’s ‘Planet Earth’ and the End Times,” in which she (Ms. Newton) uses her own experiences with the Pentecostal and Evangelical movements to decipher Sarah Palin’s recent moves, from running for vice president, resigning the governorship, to her coming documentary series, which is likely coming to the Discovery Channel. Now, perhaps Sarah’s become (or should have become, at least) irrelevant at this stage, but she likely isn’t. If nothing else, it’s a way to see other fundamentalist/Pentecostal public figures and their motivations. When Sarah Palin...
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