[ExI] Have you made any plans for after Tuesday 23 Sept?
BillK
pharos at gmail.com
Mon Sep 22 21:58:05 UTC 2025
Why TikTok thinks the Rapture is happening this Tuesday
‘RaptureTok’ is going viral after a South African pastor predicted the
second coming of Jesus Christ on September 23.
BY Grace Snelling 09-22-2025
<https://www.fastcompany.com/91408607/why-rapturetok-is-going-viral-rapture-tuesday-2025>
Quotes:
Over the past few days, a new subgenre on TikTok has exploded in
popularity: RaptureTok.
It’s become almost impossible to scroll through the social media
platform without encountering content about the Rapture—a belief held
in some Christian denominations (particularly American Evangelicalism)
that believers will ascend to Heaven upon Jesus Christ’s second coming
to the Earth.
A quick search on TikTok reveals dozens of videos of Christian content
creators earnestly preparing for the Rapture, while still more are
responses satirizing the trend.
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Gemini AI produced a comprehensive report on the history of the Rapiure
belief and its implications for modern internet technology.
(I can post it if enough people are interested.)
BillK
Final Gemini comment:
The RaptureTok trend is a vivid illustration of how the digital age
has transformed religious belief from a communal practice into an
algorithmic one, raising profound questions about the future of faith,
authority, and mental well-being in an interconnected world.
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