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catticusbutticus t1_j9kb570 wrote

This is an Adamtots comic

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Achatyla t1_j9kcloe wrote

This is exactly what I thought, I've seen this before.

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Radiant_Exit_9250 t1_j9lf02t wrote

I knew I read it on 2 sentence horror before: https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoSentenceHorror/comments/yg1af9/after_the_christian_rapture_happened_to_everyones/

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catticusbutticus t1_j9llyf2 wrote

Yeah, the post you linked to is apparently where the prompt came from. He credits it in the comic!

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Watfleking t1_j9jrzk7 wrote

I remember a priest talking about how modern “rapture” got it twisted. At the end, Earth and Heaven become one. This means those who disappear are actually the non-believers, as those who do believe would go to heaven, which is now Earth. The modern idea of the rapture, only came about just over a century ago. (I haven’t fact checked the Priest). He also went on about a side tangent about how we would know the Apocalypse was coming, because it has very clear signs.

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superanth t1_j9lzo7l wrote

Honestly any core of religion has been warped over the years by priests saying "Do what God says, or else!" and the Rapture was the end-all-beat-all of threats.

If there is a God out there, I believe they're a benevolent one.

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dragonadamant t1_j9kbqpy wrote

Anecdotally I'd heard that interpretation too, to say nothing of how, if the world really were ending (and it didn't happen after smallpox or the World Wars), we wouldn't have to guess or speculate.

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Teslok t1_j9mqtwl wrote

Only we were so evil that what actually happened was the Crapture, when Earth and Hell become one. And we're in it now.

... *scurries off to shittywritingprompts* ...

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Ray2024 t1_j9kma62 wrote

I've been interpreting it as the Earth and Hell become one hence the need to remove the faithful.

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Phelpysan t1_j9k0d7x wrote

Cool idea, but translating that little text isn't possible

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dragonadamant t1_j9kbwdd wrote

I agree on principle, but I guess that's where the story is supposed to fill in the gaps (we meet the alien civilization and slowly learn their language like an exact reverse of the Covenant from Halo).

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Cinelli t1_j9lgbod wrote

So Arrival, essentially.

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dragonadamant t1_j9lh5j6 wrote

I never saw that movie but always heard great things about it and I love Denis Villeneuve. Happy Cake Day!

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Ginger_cat13 t1_j9kpwob wrote

This is pretty forward against Christians though…

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IsNotPolitburo t1_j9m8wbg wrote

Not really, Christians are clearly innocent victims in the prompt.

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