Kicking Some Left Behind: Part six of the Butt Whupping

[Dee Dee Warren]

If I did, I suspect I would be kicking their left behinds.

[Chaotic Void]

Making fun of fellow believers.

Terrific pastime.

Actually, given what Tim Lahaye and co. have said about Orthodox Preterism (and what some Dispensationalists have said about Orthodox Preterists), making fun of Left Behind's poor quality and pointing out some of their genuine theological blunders is actually quite tame in comparison.

Aside from Lahaye (as well as Thomas Ice and several others) calling Preterism 'liberal' and other such buzzwords (if memory serves- I'm going by what was said in the podcast- in the book he and Jenkins imply that Dispensationalism is "What the Bible Teaches" via one of his Christian characters), I've actually had a Dispensationalist say that the Spirit was not dwelling within me because I was a Preterist; that I was effectively damned because of my particular theological slant. It could be said that he was mixing up Orthodox Preterism with Hyper-Preterism, but the problem is that before he said that statement I made extra sure to differentiate between the two and blatantly indicate that I was clearly of the Orthodox variety.

I don't mind if someone is a Futurist. Heck, I don't even mind if they enjoy the Left Behind Series. I do, however, mind when I can't even voice a different- and completely orthodox- view without being unfairly called anathema to the very Gospel I adhere to.