{"id":27099,"date":"2009-09-14T00:39:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T00:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2009\/09\/14\/when-the-rapture-comes-whats-t\/"},"modified":"2009-09-14T00:39:25","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T00:39:25","slug":"when-the-rapture-comes-whats-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/14\/when-the-rapture-comes-whats-t\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Rapture comes what&#8217;s to become of your loving pets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No problem.  They can be taken care of by animal loving atheists.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are a group of dedicated animal lovers, and atheists. Each Eternal Earth-Bound Pet representative is a confirmed atheist, and as such will still be here on Earth after you&#8217;ve received your reward.  Our network of animal activists are committed to step in when you step up to Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Our representatives have been screened to ensure that they are atheists, animal lovers, are moral \/ ethical with no criminal background, have the ability and desire to  rescue your pet and the means to retrieve them and ensure their care for your pet&#8217;s natural life.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You might think this is a joke, but just look at the FAQ&#8217;s.  Question one is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Q: Is this a Joke?<br \/>\nA:  No. This is a serious offer to our Christian friends who believe in the Second Coming and honestly care about the future of their pets after the Rapture occurs. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, therefore it is not a joke.  The big problem, of course, is what happens if the represetnatitve who is supposed to take care of your pet gets Raptured?  Well, they&#8217;ve got that figured out too, and it&#8217;s in the FAQs:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nQ: How do you ensure your representatives won&#8217;t be Raptured.<br \/>\nA: Actually, we don&#8217;t ensure it, they do.  Each of our representatives has stated to us in writing that they are atheists, do not believe in God \/ Jesus, and that they have blasphemed in accordance with Mark 3:29, negating any chance of salvation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nJust to see how flexible their services are, I used their contact page to send them this email:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I only have a gold fish, and when I&#8221;m raptured, I just want someone to flush it down the toilet.  How much would that cost?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks<\/p>\n<p>Greg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let you know what I get back.  Meanwhile, check the site out yourself, here:  <a href=\"http:\/\/eternal-earthbound-pets.com\/Home_Page.html\">Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hat Tip: Natalie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No problem. They can be taken care of by animal loving atheists. We are a group of dedicated animal lovers, and atheists. Each Eternal Earth-Bound Pet representative is a confirmed atheist, and as such will still be here on Earth after you&#8217;ve received your reward. Our network of animal activists are committed to step in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/14\/when-the-rapture-comes-whats-t\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When the Rapture comes what&#8217;s to become of your loving pets?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-735","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}