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Old 06-04-2008, 05:02 PM
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If millions of Christians suddenly disappear from the face of the Earth as the opening act for Armageddon, Threat Level thinks most nonbelievers will be too busy freaking the hell out to check their e-mail. But if they do log in, now they can be treated to some post-Rapture needling from their missing friends and loved ones, courtesy of web startup YouveBeenLeftBehind.com.

For just $40 a year, believers can arrange for up to 62 people to get a final message exactly six days after the Rapture, that day when -- according to Christian end times dogma -- Christians will be swept up to heaven, while doubters are left behind to suffer seven years of Tribulation under a global government headed by the Antichrist.

"You've Been Left Behind gives you one last opportunity to reach your lost family and friends for Christ," reads the website, which is purportedly run "by Christians, for Christians." The domain name is registered through an anonymous proxy service, presumably to protect the proprietors from the Forces of Darkness, and not because they're up to anything shady.

The e-mails will be triggered when three of the site's five Christian staffers "scattered around the U.S." fail to log in for six days in a row -- a system that incorporates a nice margin of safety, should two of the proprietors turn out to be unrepentant sinners or atheists.

Users can also upload up to 150 megabytes of documents, which will be protected by an unidentified encryption algorithm until the Rapture, then released to up to 12 nonbelievers of your choice. The site recommends that you use that storage to house sensitive financial information.
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Interesting idea based on the "Rapture" religious belief.
If anybody wants to send me $35 / year (cheaper than what they are asking) along with an e-mail you want me to send along to your uncoverted acquaintenances, please let me know...
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I doubt these are Christians at all...

Sounds more like a mockery, which leads me to believe these are anti-Christians pulling an Onion-like attack on the thoughts and views of some evangelicals...
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Heck there are plenty of places you can go and send a free e-card that will deliver any time you want -up to a year I think.
This would be funny if it wasn't for Jim Baker. I used to think people would just look at him and tell he was nothing, but some people get desperate enough to give money to these sleaze bags.
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Heck there are plenty of places you can go and send a free e-card that will deliver any time you want -up to a year I think.
This would be funny if it wasn't for Jim Baker. I used to think people would just look at him and tell he was nothing, but some people get desperate enough to give money to these sleaze bags.
Its just knowing the time to send them, right? And without some knowledge of Prophecy one can't come close.
But I don't think I will be getting any left behind cards, I pray...
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This totally makes sense if you read the Left Behind fiction. Too many people took that stuff way too seriously. It was a fun read though.
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This totally makes sense if you read the Left Behind fiction. Too many people took that stuff way too seriously. It was a fun read though.
Omega Code was way better.
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