yet another from the "crap you can't make up" department...

[acroyear]

Caring for Pets Left Behind by the Rapture - BusinessWeek:

Many people in the U.S.—perhaps 20 million to 40 million—believe there will be a Second Coming in their lifetimes, followed by the Rapture . In this event, they say, the righteous will be spirited away to a better place while the godless remain on Earth. But what will become of all the pets?

Bart Centre, 61, a retired retail executive in New Hampshire, says many people are troubled by this question, and he wants to help. He started a service called Eternal Earth-Bound Pets that promises to rescue and care for animals left behind by the saved.

Promoted on the Web as "the next best thing to pet salvation in a Post Rapture World," the service has attracted more than 100 clients, who pay $110 for a 10-year contract ($15 for each additional pet.) If the Rapture happens in that time, the pets left behind will have homes—with atheists. Centre has set up a national network of godless humans to carry out the mission. "If you love your pets, I can't understand how you could not consider this," he says.

Comments

[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

But they are The Chosen People who Will Be Saved. How can you even suggest that They Might Not Be Chosen.

And if the Rapture picks up the others; they can take care of their pets themselves and use their Christian Charity to take care of the pets left behind.

[katrinb.livejournal.com]

Funny, given that the Bible verse involved goes out of its way to point out how unpredictable the Rapture will be. (Assuming it's predicting a Rapture at all - it's not clear.)

[blueeowyn.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder how much of the Bible some of these people actually read (as opposed to the texts that they are given to read and quote at every opportunity).