Poll time

[valarltd]

I've been kicking around a Post-Rapture Romance Novel. It'd be a rather bleak one, a pair of lovers set against the massive disappearances and destruction.

And I have questions.

BTW: if you answer "other" please explain in a comment.

[Poll #1290813]

Comments

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Actually, at the end of the Tribulation, you get a big ol' battle. Anyone who doesn't fight on the wrong side gets to live a thousand years with David as king in Jerusalem.

After THAT, we get the big judgement, and new heaven and earth.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Huh. Never heard that version before.

But it's still not a believable premise--not in the way that a dark future novel involving a massive earthquake or a plague or a sudden, worldwide breakdown in technology is believable. It's predicated on a belief originating in the nineteenth century that's only held by some Protestant Christians, rather than on events that people know have happened and can happen.

[mother2012.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's the traditional interpretation.

For myself, what's the point in living for 1000 years if there's no growth, no future to build, no children to be proud of, no goals ...

predicated on a belief originating in the nineteenth century

Regardless of when it started, I think it reflects Man's longing for peace, for the opportunity to live and grow without outside forces taking it all away from you. Which would be why it's losing favor today, when the majority of people *can* rely on the future.