Caring for Pets Left Behind by the Rapture

[douglas9]

Many people in the U.S.—perhaps 20 million to 40 million—believe there will be a Second Coming in their lifetimes, followed by the Rapture . In this event, they say, the righteous will be spirited away to a better place while the godless remain on Earth. But what will become of all the pets?

Bart Centre, 61, a retired retail executive in New Hampshire, says many people are troubled by this question, and he wants to help. He started a service called Eternal Earth-Bound Pets that promises to rescue and care for animals left behind by the saved.

Promoted on the Web as "the next best thing to pet salvation in a Post Rapture World," the service has attracted more than 100 clients, who pay $110 for a 10-year contract ($15 for each additional pet.) If the Rapture happens in that time, the pets left behind will have homes—with atheists. Centre has set up a national network of godless humans to carry out the mission. "If you love your pets, I can't understand how you could not consider this," he says.

Centre came up with the idea while working on his book, The Atheist Camel Chronicles, written under the pseudonym Dromedary Hump. In it, he says many unkind things about the devout and confesses that "I'm trying to figure out how to cash in on this hysteria to supplement my income."

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_08/b4167070046047.htm

[av8rdave]

1. I would hope that

The pets that belong to the raptured would be as "chosen" as their owners, so I would think they will vanish right along with them, except in slightly smaller puffs of smoke.

[rcrush]

2. So this guy has already made $11,000 off some people?

I want to start a branch here!

[graywarrior]

3. Ha ha, that is so great!

[demtenjeep]

4. what a scam

Wow, this is just beyond stupid.

[Blue-Jay]

5. Maybe pets can get "raptured" too.

I'm off to baptize my dog. (In other words, she stinks and needs a bath.)

[alphafemale]

6. Sign me up as a foster parent!

When the Rapture happens at least I'll eat good for a few days.

:sarcasm: :rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. If anybody's going to be "raptured" it will be the pets, not the people.

I think they probably have nicer, more deserving souls than we do. But it would be sad to find all those little empty collars lying around.

This guy has a clever idea... wish I'd thought of it.

[redwitch]

8. LOL!

I have an invisible dog on a leash that I bought at Disney World's Haunted Mansion. One year I was the invisible man for our village's Halloween parade and I walked with my invisible doggie. With my friend who was dressed as a vampire and her little Belgian dog dressed as a princess. It was lots of fun!

[rrneck]

9. Ain't it the truth. nt