Left Behind Discussion

[dizzle]

Okay, okay we received five new subscribers for the month of October so I am keeping my end of the deal :deal: and will be hosting a Left Behind discussion in November, or once we finish our upgrade of our VBulletin software.... (ooh! is that a loophole???)

This also includes listening to the audio book. :noid:

I have offered to make it complete by watching the movie if we get one more subscriber so this is Bob Jenkins' opportunity to really get even with me for all the jabs I got on him in the past... or anyone else for that matter.......

For those of you who don't know yet why this is so funny.... I am a preterist. I gave away my Left Behind series ages ago. I have an aversion for charts and gaps and 666 tatooes and particularly Cobra helicopters.

[Solly]

This should be good...except I have never read LB and wouldn't be seen dead coming out of a shop with a copy :lol:

This has overtones of Jephthah's vow to it :poke:

Oh, btw, here's a chart.

[dizzle]

:eek:

[Jaltus]

I think I built that circuit in electronics...it was a step up ramp.

Ohhh, that is a dispy chart?

[$cirisme]

:popcorn:

This is going to be fun.

[Bill the Cat]

Dee Dee, you still have Clarence Larkin's book of charts on E-Sword??

http://www.e-sword.net/files/graphics/larkin.exe

[Bill the Cat]

And might I suggest some stuff by Tommy Ice??

:rofl:

[TCapp]

A preterist? OOOOooooOOOh! How evil! :lol: :wink:

(BTW, I fall more in line with historicism, but I'm glad I don't really have to worry about it. The end times will take care of themselves.)

[Patroclus]

Larkin makes me vomit; LaHaye likes to cuddle with porcupines, and Jenkins does naughty things with metalic bugs that speak Greek and Hebrew.

[dizzle]

Well I got the book. :sigh: I feel like all of my will to live has been sucked out of me.

The library found the tapes for me at another branch, and I have a week to pick it up.

I felt like I was getting caught buying some embarassing personal hygiene item, and like I had to explain...... "I lost a bet."

Now before anyone gets all upset.... LaHaye is a fine Christian brother, this is all in jest and not meant to say anything bad or evil or defamatory about him.

[Stephen]

Hey, the books aren't that bad...

eschatologywise; probably pretty far out there, but if you just take it as another peice of fiction, they can be a good way to wast...spend a few weeks.

[dizzle]

If another subscribes, I will suff... err watch the movie.

[$cirisme]

I probably shouldn't enjoy it so much... DDW has sacrificed alot to get here... but I can't wait for this to begin....

:popcorn:

[Stephen]

I tried subscribing, but I don't have a credit card. If I can set something up with my parents (I make more than enough a month) then I'll subscribe.

[TCapp]

You're gonna start reading the book?! :shocked:

:hrm: Whoa. ::shudder:: That's just scary. What a risk you are undertaking.... I commend you for your bravery.

If/when you watch the movie, I'll be prayin' for ya.

:lol:

(Note: said in the same jest. Also gives me a chance to make more smilies appear.... :grin: )

[Sher]

:lmbo: :lmbo: :lmbo:

:nc:

[GrayPilgrim]

DDW,

I'd reccomend the second movie, it was better. Notice I used the comparative...

[TCapp]

Truth be told, I thought the books were better than the movies. While I'm not a big fan anymore, I will admit to being miffed that the movie butchered the plot as depicted in the book.

(The funniest part in the movie is to see all those flags in front of the supposed U.N. building.... yeah, all those flags of different "countries" of the world...) :lmbo:

[dizzle]

Stephen may make it happen. The movie that is.

[Stephen]

Oh the power :grin:

I'll probably be subscribing sometime this afternoon (Pacific time) So expect to be sealed to your fate in about 10 hours

[Patroclus]

Hey, the books aren't that bad...

I wholeheartedly disagree. They are terrible. As a page-turner, if that is all you want, they will do just fine if you have a bad memory. However, if you don't want the same basic story, and the same basic conflict repeated eleven times, realize that if you have read the first book, you have read them all. By the time LaHaye and Jenkins get around to The Mark they are beginning to realize that they are running out of material. Technically (in a literary sense), The Mark is their best book. However, by the time I got to it, I was so bored with the incessant repetition of the series that I was finished.

And just to be twisted, I decided to open a hard-bound copy of Armaggedon. I happened to open to a passage where a major character dies (because they have to kill off a major character in every book). So, I know on what page a certain character dies, and that makes me happy.

[Stephen]

I"ve read all the books so far (one month I was just on a reading spree and they were in my church library so I"d get two a week)

I agree that as a series, they get boring, but by the time you get up to the Remnant, you've been reading so long you forget what was in books 1-4, so you miss the repetition.

[Covenanter]

... that I have not held a single LB book in my hand, let alone opened one. I did however look to see where they were in a Christian book shop. High up in a "FICTION" rack.

They could be a very good series to take trecking. You can use the pages as you tear them out ... :zzz:

[$cirisme]

I've read them all. I reread them all earlier but have already forgotten what happened as there are far too many people to keep up with. :hrm:

[Covenanter]

THe UK "Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches" issued a warning/review of the series:

http://www.fiec.org.uk/cgi-bin/website.pl?cs=main&ctx=contentItem&cc=3750!Theological+Team&ci=0925!basic!Issue+No.+9:+Left+Behind.xml&act=viewContentItem

It begins:
"This edition of Table Talk gives a very simple introduction to the Left Behind phenomenon. But take note and remember, dear pastor / church leader, that however far-fetched what follows may appear to you, it is highly likely that numbers of your church members are aware of, interested in, or even addicted to Left Behind."

Has any US association of churches or denomination issued a similar warning? I read somewhere that LaHaye et al were churning out Left Behind books & videos like popcorn :popcorn: only popcorn has more substance ... :lmbo:

[dizzle]

Today @ 10:00 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=254715#post254715)
Stephen:

Oh the power :grin:

I'll probably be subscribing sometime this afternoon (Pacific time) So expect to be sealed to your fate in about 10 hours

It's been eight...... oh is that a futurist ten hours? Is there a gap between the 9th and 10th hours? :rofl:

I'm safe.

[$cirisme]

Dee Dee Warren:

It's been eight...... oh is that a futurist ten hours? Is there a gap between the 9th and 10th hours? :rofl:

I'm safe.

That was posted at 10 AM. It's now 4 PM.

That's 6 hours. Sigh!!

[$cirisme]

:doh: I was looking at the time stamp in your post which is two hours ahead of me....

Sigh!! :doh:

[Stephen]

Asking my mom as soon as she gets off the phone.

I've still got another one and a half hours for my preterist 10 hours. You're not out yet

[Stephen]

Alright, done.
Go out and buy the movie :grin:

[TCapp]

Here, have my copy. Didn't make a very good paperweight anyway. :hrm:

[Stephen]

:haha: :rofl:
5 bucks a month is well worth it.

[dizzle]

Sigh Boom verified it.....

sigh, sigh, sigh

If you heard what I went through tonight I have been tortured enough!!!!

[Stephen]

No one on left behind is going to ask you to become a man...

That's in the second movie.

[dizzle]

That is good. Now let me guess, you wanna know about Matthew 24:30 :rofl:

[Stephen]

*sigh* gimme at least an hour to take a shower and get dressed before I think about eschatology.

[dizzle]

What? I alrady had two Diet Dews, and gonna have a peanut butter sandwich and beef jerk.

[dizzle]

by the way a fresh thread will be started once the discussoin actually starts

[Stephen]

I just woke up a few minutes ago, you gotta remember I live in cali, it's only 9:30! All other sane californians (oxymoron?) would be sleeping, but I'm a trooper.

[dizzle]

Sigh.

[dizzle]

Well I went and picked up the audio cassettes today..... I actually had to ask for it as it was being held for me.

[dizzle]

There is a proposed upgrade date for VB on 11/5 so that will be the kickoff for the discussion. Everyone get your copy! Yeah. That's the ticket.

[Xavier]

I'll be grabing mine....

NIce Av., btw.... NOthing like the scary Raelian chick...

[dizzle]

perfect!

[Solly]

Today @ 01:58 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=264439#post264439)
Dee Dee Warren:

Well I went and picked up the audio cassettes today..... I actually had to ask for it as it was being held for me.

Umm...hello...I've...er...come to pick up an audio cassette.

Yes dearie, says the little old lady who has forgotten to switch her hearing aid on. What's it called?

*cough*leftbehind*cough*

Pardon. I didn't hear you.

*cough* leftbehind *cough*

EUNICE, HAVE YOU GOT THOSE LEFT BEHIND TAPES BACK THERE!!

SURE HAVE BETTY. HERE THEY ARE. SOME ONE COME TO COLLECT THEM?

YEP, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY HERE FOR 'EM.

WHAT'S THE NAME?

what's your name dearie?

*cough*deedeew'run*cough*

What's that, speak up.

deedeewarren.

HER NAME'S DEE DEE WARREN!!

THAT'S HER. DEE DEE WARREN, REQUESTING THE LEFT BEHIND AUDIO BOOK. HERE IT IS.

There you go young la...oh, she's gone. Not even a thank you. Who is that screaming outside?? People today, I ask you...

[TCapp]

:rofl: :lol: :lmbo:

[dizzle]

okay we start 11/5... should we kick off with the movie?

[Stephen]

Sounds good :smile: I may have to get it out of my church library to try and synchronize the videos so we can mock it at the same time.

[Xavier]

I've got it set in my Outlook calendar... Umm, I'll have to see if our school's library has the film...

Oh well, they definately have the books... I'll be there for that. :teeth:

Xavier

[dizzle]

Crap! This is gonna be on my permanent Blockbuster record.

[Stephen]

What kind of horrible person would put you through something like this?? :huh:

[Xavier]

:teeth: If I had money, I WOULD.... :teeth:

[Stephen]

There's always room for Left Behind 2

[TCapp]

Whoa, watch out for the video police..... scary :noid: Such an ugly blotch to have for the rest of your life. :lol:

[Xavier]

There's always room for Left Behind 2

:eww:

[TCapp]

Please, one agony at a time, please. There's only so much a person can take.

[$cirisme]

Dee Dee Warren:

Crap! This is gonna be on my permanent Blockbuster record.

I'm loving every second of this :hehe:

[Stephen]

Don't relish in DD's pain, we need to be supportive

hahahahahahah, she needs to watch left behind, what a loser

Now stop all this and act like adults


THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT

:lol:

[Solly]

DD got home from the library and opened her bag. NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo!! One of the tapes was Left Behind!!

[Solly]

:grin:

[Bill the Cat]

:lol:

Dee Dee, was that a Black Hawk helicopter reflection in the pond??

Did we miss the rapture?? (That's on Pg 251) :rofl:

[markporter]

Hey, where'd DD go in the picture, was she raptured?

[Bill the Cat]

is that a bra on the right?? :eww:

[markporter]

Today @ 02:18 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=266764#post266764)
Bill the Cat:

is that a bra on the right?? :eww:

perhaps when you get raptured your clothes get left behind?

[Solly]

:doh: :solly:

[Bill the Cat]

:haha: :solly:

[Stephen]

:popcorn: Got the movie out from the library this morning. :popcorn:

[markporter]

I mentioned this to my friends and was shocked to find that some of them had actually read the books....

[Xavier]

Found out today that the only copy of Left Behind our library had was stolen... But they have the audio book... :huh:

[Stephen]

:rofl: :lol: :lmbo: SOMEONE STOLE A LEFT BEHIND VIDEO???? :haha:

[Xavier]

The book... No one ever had the video... :teeth:
STILL FUNNY... :rofl: :lol: :lmbo: :haha:

[Stephen]

That's great :lmbo:

[Stephen]

For two reasons:
1. It's left behind
2. Its a christian book (stealing a christian book???)

[Xavier]

Wonder if it was a preterist?

[Stephen]

DD! Did you have to steal it just so you wouldn't go through the humiliation of checking it out in public? For shame!

[Xavier]

:rofl: :lol: :lmbo: :haha:
:rofl: :lol: :lmbo: :haha:
:rofl: :lol: :lmbo: :haha:
:rofl: :lol: :lmbo: :haha:

[Stephen]

I say we make her husband video tape her while she buys it, just so we all can make sure.

[Xavier]

LOL... Wonder how funny that would be..

[Covenanter]

Yesterday @ 10:09 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=269172#post269172)
Xavier:

Found out today that the only copy of Left Behind our library had was stolen... But they have the audio book... :huh:

One taken, the other left ... :highfive:

[Xavier]

:no:

[dizzle]

Okay we start the club this Thursday.... I say we start with the movie on Thursday with a live Paltalk session. What think you guys?

[Xavier]

Dee Dee Warren:

Okay we start the club this Thursday.... I say we start with the movie on Thursday with a live Paltalk session. What think you guys?

Ooooo.... Sounds like fun... What time?

[dizzle]

Thinking 8 EST?

[Xavier]

Sounds okay to me... I've got a Disney meeting that night so I might be late... :-)

No worries though I don't have a copy of the movie (or the book)....

Xavier

[Stephen]

Sounds good to me. 8 EST, that's 5 Pacific. Good, I'll probably not have any HW

[Brotherbrian]

Let me just say this...

Our local pagan (oops, "new age") bookstores sell books on how to read tarot cards, chakras, crystal balls, tea leaves, etc. Right next to them are books on how to "Release your inner Goddess" and how to invoke "nature spirits". Right next to them are countless instructional books on practicing "ancient" witchcraft, how to cast spells, and proper worship of the gods and/or the goddess.

And what do I find right smack in the middle of them? You get three guesses but you'll only need one...

Tim LaHaye/ Jerry Jenkins - Left Behind (the entire available set)

Spooky to me.....

And please don't ask "What were you doing there in the first place?"


Brian

[Stephen]

Brian, what were you...

I won't ask

[dizzle]

Okay I DID say Thursday.... why was Xavier saying Wed in the shoutbox?

[LeiLani]

Aw dang... I have to get the sound fixed on my computer!

This is going to be too good to miss...

[Xavier]

That's the day you originally said a few days back... Nov. 5...

But that has since been revised... To Nov. 6...

I corrected myself in the Shoutbox... Sorry for the confusion.

Xavier

[Xavier]

Dee Dee Warren:

There is a proposed upgrade date for VB on 11/5 so that will be the kickoff for the discussion. Everyone get your copy! Yeah. That's the ticket.

For those who think Xavier has lost his marbles...

I'M NOT INSANE!!!!!! :teeth:

Xavier

[dizzle]

But not the movie!!!


And I did mess up that date.... the kickoff will be Thurs

[Xavier]

Dee Dee Warren:

But not the movie!!!

Sry in Xavier's mind, Kick-Off = Movie...

And I did mess up that date.... the kickoff will be Thurs

I forgot to change the date in my Outlook calendar, and Outlook kindly reminded me exactly when I asked it to about the Movie. Unfortunately, I posted the wrong date in the box. But, Peeps still need their copies.

On an unrelated note, I will not be able to make it to the Kick-Off discussion due to a time change on one of my meetings. :frown:

Xavier
... I'm NOT insane ... :teeth:

[Stephen]

Agh, I have 3 essays I need to work on thursday night. Better do them tonight.

Back to Homework :shocked: :doh:

[johnnybanano]

Aw man!

I have band practice at 9:30 EST :flaming:

[dizzle]

Okay it's tonight! I have the DVD in my sweaty little paw.

[Xavier]

Just don't crush it into oblivion before you get the opportunity to scream for the room. :teeth:

Xavier

[$cirisme]

:popcorn:

[TCapp]

Eek! You touched it! :eek: :eww: Cooties! Cooties!

:lol:

[dizzle]

Actually it was in a bag. And a salesgirl went and got it for me, though I had to ASK ewwwww!!!!!

[TCapp]

Don't forget to use adequate protection!

:lmbo:

[dizzle]

about 30 minutes.... though I am trying to make a phone call that may delay me :rofl:

[Xavier]

:no:

[Stephen]

Not open yet, and my clock says its 8:02, I repeat, 8:02...if I lived on the East coast, that is

[Xavier]

I know... Where's the room? It's in Christianity, right?

[johnnybanano]

Let's go, Dee Dee. The sooner we start, the sooner it's over.

[Xavier]

Room is open...

[dizzle]

Sigh, black helicopters and all

[Xavier]

LOL

[dizzle]

the antichrist was wearing a polo shirt

[LeiLani]

:frown: The sound on my computer still isn't fixed... looks like I won't be in on the discussion...

:comp:

[Stephen]

Great movie :teeth:

[Xavier]

Sorry I had to leave early, but the PHIL test went well as a result... :teeth:

[dizzle]

Okay the official book reading thread is now open...

[Xavier]

Dee Dee Warren:

Okay the official book reading thread is now open...

Where is it? I did a quick glance around but couldn't find it...

Xavier

[dizzle]

It's up now... sorry, this same section.

[Xavier]

Nevermind... You posted this note before it was open... :teeth:

[Xavier]

:doh: Posting at the same time is interesting... :doh: