Yep. I got left behind, too
...Like an underprivileged kid at a public school.
That's a little harsh, don't you think? Last weekend's Rapture prediction was very important to some people. Public schools are a bit of a touchy subject for many others.
Anyway...so this past Saturday was the day that Harold Camping decided would be the beginning of the Apocalypse based on some remarkably stretchy assumptions and some bizarre math just to make the date look about right.
It also marked the end of an entire week of bad R.E.M. and Blondie jokes.
To the surprise of roughly nobody, Mr. Camping's prediction didn't come to fruition...though I have some theories.
Why couldn't Sarah Palin be Raptured?
Some things, the world just wasn't meant to know.
Anyway...so the prediction was that about 3% of the world's population was going to be "saved" which amounts to roughly 200 million people. That's a lot, and while many agree that there was no Rapture, I would argue that most people in the world wouldn't notice if 3% of the people that they knew disappeared. At least for a week or so.
Furthering that, if most or all of the people that were Raptured were in specific pockets that most others didn't pay much attention to, it stands to reason that it could happen right under our noses. Take for example, the tale of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Years after the entire population of the Colony had vanished, John White finally realized it. Can we honestly say that some remote colony of people has vanished over the weekend simply because we can't think of anyone who's disappeared?
Another important point to consider...
Your use of the word "Important" is troubling...
...is the argument over what is considered sinful enough to justify being Left Behind. I submit to you, that it's possible that the use of electricity is a sin and that everybody with access to electricity, computers, TV's, Internets, and radios had been judged guilty, and people like Mennonites and those in third-world countries were the ones to be Saved...but the rest of us who rely on the electronic media to tell us these things wouldn't even be aware.
Regardless of the Why, I was left behind...doomed to endure 5 months of fire and scorpions, which sucks. But, I did join the Facebook group "Post-Rapture Looting" (I'm not making that up) so there's that. Also, my neighbors do have tents set up in the back yard like they're camping out, and I have no idea what that's about. So, the signs are there...maybe this is the end of the world after all. We'll see in October, I guess.
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