From: "Robert Comer" 

> Seemed like an obvious connection to me. People enjoy reading about what a
> hard time the sinners have while the faithful sit smugly on their clouds
> saying, "Told you so".

The connection is not so obvious from this side, and that's not why they
read it. (any that I know about anyway.)

> Claiming not to want it to really happen just rings false to me.

You're wrong.  You ever read the book of Revelations?  Nobody could
"want" that.  As a Christian, you don't need Revelations to be
saved, so that theory is just not right.

> I could have phrased that better, perhaps; see above for another attempt.
> I don't claim to know whether Armageddon is fantasy, but the books surely
> are.

If the are based on the study of Revelations, they are not fantasy.

--
Bob Comer


"Tony Williams"  wrote in message
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> Robert Comer wrote:
>>>How about those "Left Behind" books?
>>
>>
>> What's that got to do with *wanting* armageddon?
>
> Seemed like an obvious connection to me. People enjoy reading about what a
> hard time the sinners have while the faithful sit smugly on their clouds
> saying, "Told you so".
>
> Claiming not to want it to really happen just rings false to me.
>
>>
>>>They seem to be awfully popular and are little more than an exercise in
>>>fantasy schadenfreude.
>>
>> Not fantasy.
>
> I could have phrased that better, perhaps; see above for another attempt.
> I don't claim to know whether Armageddon is fantasy, but the books surely
> are.
>
> --
> Tony
>

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