Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.

Oh, my God.

It rather shocks me that someone went to the trouble of making a website like this. It's a website specifically put together to send out a mass Email when the rapture comes, to explain to your friends and relatives where you've gone; assuming that you're Christian.

How is this accomplished, you might ask. It's a dead man switch that will automatically send the emails when it is not reset.



Huh. Raises the obvious questions: a) how does the guy who's running the site know that he's not gonna be left behind when the rapture shows up, and b) what if the guy running the site gets run over by a runaway steamroller?

And, of course, prominently displayed on the website's page is a link to make a donation.

I have no issue with religion; but using religion to make a cash grab, or to exert influence over those who have no association with that particular religion is something I find to be somewhat, well, evil.

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