After The Rapture Pet Care is a service at once laughable and enviable. It's an idea sure to get some to say "wish I'd thought of that," as it is certain to siphon off money from the fundamentalist faithful who are sure Jesus will be coming through the clouds any day now.
What can a believer get when they sign up with After Rapture? Peace of mind, of course - Fido and Fluffy and Frank the fish will be taken care of. After The Rapture Pet Care has a network of atheists and non-believers pledging to care for the pets "left behind."
I'm sure it's heartening to those who believe End-Time fantasies to know that when their faith wreaks havoc on the world, their pets will have someone to care for them. Or will they?
After all, if the Christians are gone, can they trust those godless atheists to do quality control? Maybe the world will crash so hard that their pets are looked upon as food sources.After all, if you read any Christian speculation about what us heathens will be facing once they no longer bless us with their presence, it's not hard to imagine wanting a little Kitty Kung Pao.
But let's give them the benefit of doubt - perhaps the people behind the company have nothing but the interests of the pets in mind. Then what, exactly, is their motivation?
If they believe, even just a little bit, that their service is needed, perhaps they should do an assessment of just what it is they do think is really going to happen.
If they are truthful in their expressions of a lack of belief, then they are looking to make a buck. And good on 'em, why not skim some of the cream that charlatan preachers have long assumed to belong to them?
The company has been criticized for just that - being an attempt to get money from the gullible. As a response, they have done away with fees. Now the faithful can have their after Jesus calls us home pet details taken care of free of charge. Of course, they will accept donations.
As anyone who knows fundamentalist movements will tell you, that's where the big money is. Pat Robertson has become a billionaire from donations. Donations allowed Rick Warren to raise more than a million over a weekend. Making the service "free" was a brilliant marketing move that will bring them far more money than if they had continued to charge.
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We don't accept donations, either. We've had offers and turned them down. We're not a not-for-profit, although we don't have profits. We have some Google Adwords and a couple of affiliate links. Not sure if that will bring us any funds. Worst case we just lose money.
I was going to say that you are pathetically ignorant. But then it dawned on me that you aren't. You are just trying to scam people. At least you are only scamming the sad idiots who believe in the ficticious rapture Wish I'd thought of it myself.
You are lying when you state you are "non-profit". You charge $10.00 per pet. God, what a scam.
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