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katharine calder wrote:
 > Anna_Dunlap69.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com (Anna_Dunlap69) wrote in message
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   >>> D Has anyone read any of the Left Behind
  >> books? I have and they are really good. I think that is a book that
  >> you should read sometime.
  >> Anna
 >
 > Hi Anna,
 >
 > I'm in the middle of reading the first book and loving it, so much so
 > that when I saw books 2&3 in a charity shop I picked them up straight
 > away. Are they as good as the first book?
 >
 > Katharine

Weirdly appropriate that these books should be discussed in a forum for
children's books.....<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Janet Puistonen wrote:

   >>>>D Has anyone read any of the Left Behind
   >>>
   >>>books? I have and they are really good. I think that is a book that
   >>>you should read sometime.
  >>
  >>I'm in the middle of reading the first book and loving it, so much so
  >>that when I saw books 2&3 in a charity shop I picked them up straight
  >>away. Are they as good as the first book?
 >
 > Weirdly appropriate that these books should be discussed in a forum for
 > children's books.....

Particularly as their merchandising department tried branching out into
a YA spinoff--
But, the rec.books x-poster probably didn't know that.

Derek Janssen (who already gave his "backdoor revolutionary pamphlet"
explanation of Revelations when the teen books first came out)
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:52:19 -0800, Derek Janssen
<djanss DeleteThis @nospam.charter.net> wrote:
 >Janet Puistonen wrote:
   >>>>>D Has anyone read any of the Left Behind
   >>>>books? I have and they are really good. I think that is a book that
   >>>>you should read sometime.
   >>>I'm in the middle of reading the first book and loving it, so much so
   >>>that when I saw books 2&3 in a charity shop I picked them up straight
   >>>away. Are they as good as the first book?
  >> Weirdly appropriate that these books should be discussed in a forum for
  >> children's books.....
 >Particularly as their merchandising department tried branching out into
 >a YA spinoff--
 >But, the rec.books x-poster probably didn't know that.
 >Derek Janssen (who already gave his "backdoor revolutionary pamphlet"
 >explanation of Revelations when the teen books first came out)

I am quite enjoying the Slacktivist's review of them..
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/" target="_blank">http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/</a>

He's only at page 71 of book one, and he's been going slower than I'd
like, but it's worth it (imo).

For example:

"Pages 1-3.

The first words of Left Behind are "Rayford Steele," the protagonist's
name.

It sounds like a porn star's name -- and in a sense it is. The Left
Behind series is dispensational porno, but it's more than that. One of
the most disturbing things about this book is the way LaHaye and
Jenkins portray men, women and the relationships between them."

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S Wittman wrote:
 > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:52:19 -0800, Derek Janssen
 > <djanss RemoveThis @nospam.charter.net> wrote:
  >> Janet Puistonen wrote:
   >>>>>> D Has anyone read any of the Left Behind
   >>>>> books? I have and they are really good. I think that is a book
   >>>>> that you should read sometime.
   >>>> I'm in the middle of reading the first book and loving it, so much
   >>>> so that when I saw books 2&3 in a charity shop I picked them up
   >>>> straight away. Are they as good as the first book?
   >>> Weirdly appropriate that these books should be discussed in a forum
   >>> for children's books.....
  >> Particularly as their merchandising department tried branching out
  >> into a YA spinoff--
  >> But, the rec.books x-poster probably didn't know that.
  >> Derek Janssen (who already gave his "backdoor revolutionary pamphlet"
  >> explanation of Revelations when the teen books first came out)
 >
 > I am quite enjoying the Slacktivist's review of them..
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/</font" target="_blank">http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/</font</a>>
 >
 > He's only at page 71 of book one, and he's been going slower than I'd
 > like, but it's worth it (imo).
 >
 > For example:
 >
 > "Pages 1-3.
 >
 > The first words of Left Behind are "Rayford Steele," the protagonist's
 > name.
 >
 > It sounds like a porn star's name -- and in a sense it is. The Left
 > Behind series is dispensational porno, but it's more than that. One of
 > the most disturbing things about this book is the way LaHaye and
 > Jenkins portray men, women and the relationships between them."
 >
 > SW

I find the mindset of this doomsday cult truly frightening. It becomes less
and less possible to shrug them off as a lunatic fringe as they become more
and more influential.

As an example, James Watt, the head of the EPA who was unwilling to actually
do anything to protect the environment, was apparently convinced that it
didn't matter since the Rapture was coming soon. The potential influence of
this movement on US actions in the Middle East is, if anything, even more
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:39:23 GMT, "Janet Puistonen"
<boxhill RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote:

 >S Wittman wrote:
  >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:52:19 -0800, Derek Janssen
  >> <djanss RemoveThis @nospam.charter.net> wrote:
   >>> Janet Puistonen wrote:
   >>>>>>> D Has anyone read any of the Left Behind
   >>>>>> books?

....

   >>>> Weirdly appropriate that these books should be discussed in a forum
   >>>> for children's books.....

....
 >
 >I find the mindset of this doomsday cult truly frightening. It becomes less
 >and less possible to shrug them off as a lunatic fringe as they become more
 >and more influential.

 >
 >As an example, James Watt, the head of the EPA who was unwilling to actually
 >do anything to protect the environment, was apparently convinced that it
 >didn't matter since the Rapture was coming soon.


He was not and wrote to the Mnpl Star Tribune about it: "A blogger
brought to my attention an Op Ex article by Bill Moyers that appeared
in the Jan. 30 Star Tribune entitled, "There is no tomorrow."

The third paragraph reads as follows:

"Remember James Watt, President Ronald Reagan's first secretary of the
interior? My favorite online environmental journal, the ever-engaging
Grist, reminded us recently of how James Watt told the U.S. Congress
that protecting natural resources was unimportant in light of the
imminent return of Jesus Christ. In public testimony he said, 'after
the last tree is felled, Christ will come back.'"

I have never thought, believed or said such words. Nor have I ever
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
said anything that could be interpreted by a reasonable person to
mean anything similar to the quote attributed to me.

The paragraph does have one true statement about me; I did serve as
President Reagan's first secretary of the interior."

At another part of the paper, an article sources the claim: In
quoting James Watt, Bill Moyers cited an article in Grist magazine. On
Feb. 4, Grist published the following correction:

"In fact, Watt did not make such a statement to Congress. The
quotation is attributed to Watt in the book 'Setting the Captives
Free' by Austin Miles, but Miles does not write that it was made
before Congress. Grist regrets this reporting error and is
aggressively looking into the accuracy of this quotation."

The Star Tribune also regrets the error, and will report any further
developments in the Grist inquiry. "


And no one has found such a statement by Watt on record.

yours pedantically.

Further discussions of this offshoot should be taken to e-mail, as
they're way OT.


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katharinecalder RemoveThis @aol.com (katharine calder) wrote in
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 > Hi Anna,
 >
 > I'm in the middle of reading the first book and loving it, so much so
 > that when I saw books 2&3 in a charity shop I picked them up straight
 > away. Are they as good as the first book?
 >
 > Katharine

They're like hiring Alf and Ralf Monroe from Green Acres to paint the
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