awalt said:
I read them all - they are actually somewhat entertaining but on a little more elementary writing level. I enjoyed ferreting out the non-Catholic parts of the story, as parts were certainly consistent with Catholic since there are some similarities between any Christians. It was actually fun to re-read the parts of the Bible where they cite Scripture, and see where they construe things in a different way. I also grabbed some good Catholic commentaries to learn from. I actually lear…
Again, treating “the rapture” as a literary and plot device. There was no overt anti-Catholicism in the movie. That may have been for marketing reasons.
I have used the concept of “rapture” to explain the Assumption of Mary to non-Catholics — not that I accept a mass “rapture” of the faithful in the end times, but simply that Mary can be said to have been “raptured” body and soul into heaven.
