The saddest thing about The Rapture...

was that it was given any attention at all. Sure, it was good media fodder for a week, even a 'trend' if you will, but ignoring it would have been a lot more harmful to christianity than continuing to make it a dominant theme in our culture. Instead of christianity being mocked, it's the foolish preacher who predicted the Rapture that is ridiculed. The media focus should have been on the ridiculousness of the Rapture concept in and of itself. But ultimately, mainstream media promotes christianity in ways both subtle and overt. And it's not merely because a majority of Americans identify themselves as christian, it's part of a larger agenda. A subject for another time...or perhaps a novel.

But one good thing could come out of all the media hype leading up to the Rapture that never arrived is that christians may turn away from their faith, receiving the first hint that it's just one broken promise after another. If even one christian abandoned his/her faith because of disappointment over this Rapture nonsense, then I have to admit the media hype indeed served a "higher purpose".