{"id":213,"date":"2010-07-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/07\/fun-friday-only-200-rapture-ready-christians-sign-up-for-atheist-pet-service.html"},"modified":"2010-07-23T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T13:00:00","slug":"fun-friday-only-200-rapture-ready-christians-sign-up-for-atheist-pet-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/07\/fun-friday-only-200-rapture-ready-christians-sign-up-for-atheist-pet-service.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Only 200 Rapture-Ready Christians Sign Up for Atheist Pet Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Religion News Service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/10_08\/b4167070046047.htm\">revisited a Business Week story from February&nbsp;<\/a>about <a href=\"http:\/\/eternal-earthbound-pets.com\/Home_Page.html\">Eternal Earth-Bound Pets USA,<\/a> which aims to pair up responsible atheists with Christians concerned about the pets they will be leaving behind during the Rapture.<\/p>\n<p>The RNS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/rnsblog\/comments\/atheists_to_take_care_of_pets_during_rapture\/\">update reports that only 200 pet owners have signed up for the&nbsp;$110 service<\/a>&nbsp;for the next 10 years, though many more non-believers have volunteered to serve as animal rescuers, in the event of being &#8220;left behind.&#8221;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" alt=\"TobyStamp.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/70\/import\/TobyStamp.jpg\" width=\"549\" height=\"732\" \/> Disappointed entrepreneur Bart Centre, a retiree living in&nbsp;New Hampshire, seems to think that this is because his business isn&#8217;t being taken seriously by even a small percentage of their estimated 40 million (really?)&nbsp;Premillenialists, Christians who believe a literal Rapture will occur in their lifetimes.&nbsp;Either that, or&nbsp;these&nbsp;pet owners wouldn&#8217;t want their furry pals to become godless man&#8217;s best friend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you ask me, it&#8217;s because everyone knows that&nbsp;all dogs (especially mine &#8212; see adorable photo) go to heaven!<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Religion News Service revisited a Business Week story from February&nbsp;about Eternal Earth-Bound Pets USA, which aims to pair up responsible atheists with Christians concerned about the pets they will be leaving behind during the Rapture. 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