Fred Clark over at Slacktivist has completed his detailed review of Left Behind.
The book and its sequels are full of misogyny, hatred and ignorance.. They portray a world where anyone desiring world peace does so merely to help promote a New World Order ruled by the Antichrist. Anyone who does not accept Jesus as their personal lord and savior burns in hell for eternity. The authors have so little understanding of how the world functions that they seem to believe that the UN decides who each country sends as an ambassador. And there are many more examples. [1] This is before we consider that the writing is just awful. To understand the extreme aspects of modern evangelical Christianity you should read this book. To get much of the same material with a lot more amusement, read Slacktivist’s review.
Clark has gone through the entire book, summarizing and commenting throughout so you don’t need to damage your brain with this book.
[1] Yet another example: In the writers' world,
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Well if they have God on their side, would not Israel be able to have peace regardless of how they expand?
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