I’m going to use my first blog post to answer what I believe will be the most common question about After The Rapture Pet Care. Are we joking?
We are not joking, but the idea came from seeing someone else’s joke. An atheist created a site in England that said she’d take care of Christian-owned pets after the Rapture, and asked for a few dollars in PayPal. She promoted it as a joke, and it virally made the rounds amongst non-believers who enjoy making fun of Christians. My husband saw it (he’s an Internet geek) and told me about it. Admittedly, it seemed funny. I told my friend, Carol, who is not a Christian, and she brought up a question: “Hey, if you get raptured, what happens to Petey?” It was an excellent question, and I didn’t have an answer.
A couple weeks later Carol came back and suggested we start After The Rapture Pet Care together. She said she had asked several Christian friends the same question she’d asked me, and every one of them would pay for a service to ensure the care of their pets after the Rapture. I had also asked some fellow Christians their thoughts. In every case they wished there was a way to prepare for their pets’ survival.
I agreed – it’s a real concern, and a legitimate concern. Our pets are given to us by God for us to care for. We are stewards of their lives. Should we simply forget them at the Rapture, allow them to starve or worse?
While planning our system, we thought about the stories of pet rescues in New Orleans after Katrina. Imagine how many more pets would have been saved if there had been a database of pets and volunteers activated immediately. This is something we could do for Christian owned pets.
Carol began recruiting other non-Christian animal lovers nationwide to volunteer to take care of left-behind pets if the Rapture occurs. As a Christian, my role has been to put together a program that is Biblically appropriate and provides true value to Christians. I believe we’ve come up with a plan that is affordable, unique, Biblical and practical.
We have created a database structure that is stored on Google’s servers (arguably the most secure servers in the world), with multi-location online and offline password-protected backups. While I don’t intend to be here when the Rapture occurs, we are building a network of non-Christians who have agreed to rescue and care for our members’ pets if we all disappear.
Yes, it seems funny at first. But, if you believe there is a coming Rapture, and you love your pets, it becomes serious. And that’s what we are – serious about the safety and care of your pets, as well as your peace of mind.
Sure!
So, why don’t you witness to these volunteers so that they will be able to go to heaven too? You should not be more focused on your own pets rather than peoples’ souls. I think the people left on earth are going to have a lot more to worry about than pets after the rapture occurs!!
What if you think you are a Christian but are left behind when the rapture occurs, do you get a refund?
Why aren’t you witnessing to the people you are hiring to do this volunteer work? Are you that cold and heartless that your pets are more of a concern than saving a human soul?
Besides, when the rapture occurs, there will be more important things on the minds of the volunteers than looking for a pet. After all they aren’t Christians; they will most likely just take the money and not do what they were hired to do. After all you’re gone, you won’t be here to monitor what they do or not do.
And, it’s a bleeding pet! American’s, in general, have an unhealthy attachment to their pets. I’m a pet lover just like the other guy, but they are an animal. The primary use of an animal is for either food or working animal. They are not a member of the family no matter how much you my care for them. Besides, when you are ruptured, you will have more important things on your mind, not weather or not if you let the dog/cat out b/f going to bed.
You can find the answers to your questions here:
http://www.aftertherapturepetcare.com/blog/frequently-asked-questions/
I call BS on your comment that you’re a pet lover. You obviously are a cold, calculating, self-centered semi-illiterate jerk. I won’t even answer your questions that are already answered in our FAQs. You can ask someone to read them to you…
I’m interested in doing this for my customers. I am a pet professional and Jewish. While I understand that many believe the Rapture will indeed come, and we need to prepare for it, I do not. I would be left here finding proper homes for the animals who are left behind, or follow the orders of my customers. Whoever is saying that they wouldn’t want the people who are left to take care of their pets-there are millions of wonderful people who do not subscribe to the belief it will happen, and it doesn’t make them bad souls.
Thank you, Lori. That’s all I’ve been asking – is for non-believers to be open minded as you are.
Becoming a Christian is not based on being good or bad, it’s 100% faith. So, the difference between those who will be taken up and those left behind will not be whether anyone was good or bad, but what they believe at the time. And the Bible says many left behind will become Christians, too. So anyone who thinks those left behind are “bad souls” or would “eat the pets” or in any way not as good as they are simply have no understanding of Christianity and are terrible representatives of their faith.
Honestly, many of the comments on this blog, and even more comments I did not approve, have made me embarrassed for Christianity here in America. I’ve never been subjected to so much hate and vileness in my life, and this in the name of Christ.
How can you or anyone who claims to love the Lord so completely disobey His direct command to evangelize? You have people signing up to take care of pets who declare that they are unsaved and all you care about is what happens to Fluffy? Christ commanded us to go and share the Gospel (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15) with those who have not asked Jesus Christ to forgive them of their sins and come into their heart and be their Savior. That is the true definition of a Christian. I hope for all of the “Christians” sakes who have signed up for this service that you truly will be raptured. Let us not forget the most important point… everything we believe must be based upon God’s Word, not on our feelings.
Refer to our FAQs for an answer to your question, which has been asked dozens of times already.