Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Left Behind: The Roasting

Thanks to Zach Lind, the drummer of Jimmy Eat World, I found an interesting blog called Slacktivist. I warn you - if you really like George W. Bush, this blog might make you mad.

But that's not the reason I'm praising this blog. I have loved reading this blog for the last week or so because the author of it is going through the book Left Behind and explaining the incredible amount of inconsistencies, made-up "facts", etc. that are contained in this book. Today, he is making the case that the Israel that is spoken of in Left Behind is non-existent. Geographical errors in this book are immense. There are places mentioned in Left Behind that aren't even around anymore in today's Israel. It's almost like LaHaye and Jenkins turned their Bibles to the back where the maps are located and based their rendition of Israel on these maps.

I have to admit that I started out as a Left Behind fan. The first couple of books intrigued me in a big way. But then I started realizing that not only do these books contain a fair amount of faulty theology, they are also poorly written. After the third book, I still continued to read them, but with waning enthusiasm until finally I repented and stopped reading them. And as the blog above shows, I'm pretty confident in my assessment of Left Behind.

And if anyone tells me that they thought the movie was good, I'll probably find the nearest screwdriver and drive it into my brain.

3 comments:

Rochelle said...

you and i read the same amt of left behind books and i agree with you about the movie :)

darker than silence said...

I tried to read them all but went crazy. I stopped halfway through Book 4, I believe.

Mike said...

i hate to admit it but i have read them all, and i have to say that i am dumber because of it. besides some shaky theology, the writing is awful. and please the movies. each one is 2 hours of your life that you will never get back. oh man, this is the kind of crap that makes people stereotype Christians as being second rate artists, musicians, writers, and thinkers. no wonder i am always apologizing for the screw ups of other Christians. it's because they are digesting this garbage as if it is Scripture...And please don't get me started about interpretation of the end times. a-Millennial , pre-Millennial , post-Millennial ..who cares?!?!?!?!??.i really don't care just as long as it happens. call me pro-Millennial . and anti left behind....