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Apr 28, 2017 · Now in its third season, The Leftovers is about a Rapture-like event in which two percent of the world’s population disappears. This “Sudden Departure” happens swiftly, and is a seemingly...
Jul 3, 2014 · At only one episode in, it is hard to ask for a redeeming message so early, but it's safe to say that HBO's intention with the series is not to lead people to salvation in Jesus Christ. The show also makes it clear that the rapture is only one of many possible reasons for why these people might have disappeared.
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Jul 12, 2017 · The Rapture: The Theological Idea That Inspired ‘The Leftovers’. In the Blink of An Eye. The new HBO series is based on the now-familiar premise of millions of people suddenly disappearing—an...
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Jun 16, 2017 · Imagining the aftermath of an event like the Christian rapture, but implemented in an inscrutable way and without confirmation by God, Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta’s series often felt like a...
Aug 5, 2014 · Evangelical Christianity, of course, has a name for such a phenomenon: It is the Rapture, when the saved are taken bodily up to Heaven, while the rest of us are left to fight it out here below.
Apr 14, 2017 · The first season of “The Leftovers” was based on Tom Perrotta ’s hit novel about The Rapture. On one seemingly random day, 2% of the world’s population simply disappeared. Think about what this would do society. It would bolster some religions as a higher power was now seemingly proven.
Jun 27, 2014 · Tom Perrotta's 2011 novel examined the aftermath of an unexplained rapturelike event. A new HBO series inspired by The Leftovers begins Sunday. Originally broadcast Aug. 25, 2011.
