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COMIC: Meet the rapture pets!

The adorable adventures of the lil 'est left-behinders

By SHAULA CLARK, EUGENIA WILLIAMSON, ALLISON BAMCAT | May 20, 2011

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>> READ: more Rapture articles in the May 20, 2011 issue of the Boston Phoenix <<

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Photos: Staff writer Chris Faraone's ride on the Rapture bus
There were nine days left
Interview: Eternal Earth-Bound Pets founder Bart Centre
Pets — no matter how cuddly — lack souls. While their pious masters are frolicking with Jesus, loyal puppies, adorable kitties, and stalwart goldfish will find themselves alone in a terrifying hell on Earth.
Bliss of Rapture
Okay, I'm not happy , exactly, that, as a Jew, I am excluded from Saturday's date with Heaven's eternal rewards, and will instead be left to suffer through great tribulations before perishing, with the rest of the Army of the Antichrist, as a dismembered corpse beneath a waste-deep river of blood.
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Photos: Staff writer Chris Faraone's ride on the Rapture bus
There were nine days left
Interview: Eternal Earth-Bound Pets founder Bart Centre
Pets — no matter how cuddly — lack souls. While their pious masters are frolicking with Jesus, loyal puppies, adorable kitties, and stalwart goldfish will find themselves alone in a terrifying hell on Earth.
Bliss of Rapture
Okay, I'm not happy , exactly, that, as a Jew, I am excluded from Saturday's date with Heaven's eternal rewards, and will instead be left to suffer through great tribulations before perishing, with the rest of the Army of the Antichrist, as a dismembered corpse beneath a waste-deep river of blood.
God Hates FAQs
Editors' note: We selected David S. Bernstein to serve as our resident Rapture expert, on account of his having seen all three Kirk Cameron Left Behind series film adaptations.
My Favorite Things
Gayle looked up at Oprah from the cool stone floor. This idea struck her as . . . mostly bad.
Storming New York with Harold Camping's Rapture warriors
I'm riding shotgun through Times Square in a flatbed truck draped with placards, advertising the impending End of Days: HAVE YOU HEARD THE AWESOME NEWS?
Larry Flynt on the end of days, and why politicians can't keep it in their pants
Larry Flynt is no stranger to religious freaks. He's been one himself — converted aboard his private jet, back in 1977, by Jimmy Carter's sister.
W. gets a B
Josh Brolin prevails over Oliver Stone’s shaky portrait
Why so serious?
Lego Batman is not The Dark Knight: Now, with Legos!
The Secret Life of Bees
The real heroine is Dakota Fanning, an actress capable of conveying guilt, nerves, and idealism all at once.
Morning Light
If it weren’t for the ritzy camera work and the trumped-up soundtrack orchestrated by directors Paul Crowder and Mark Monroe, this tub would be dead in the water.
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