Trendwatchers beware: A UK-based group of atheists calling itself Post Rapture Pet Care will look after your domesticated animals once the eschaton is in full force.
It’s nothing new to us on this side of the pond (see our summer post on Eternal Earth-Bound Pets USA), but so far as we can tell is the first business of its kind in the land of Richard Dawkins and the atheist bendy-bus.
Do you wonder what is going to happen to your pets when Jesus descends from Heaven to re-unite the Church with the Father taking all Christians – dead and alive – up to Heaven? Will your pets be left behind with no-one to care for them?
Have no fear! We at Post Rapture Pet Care are confirmed atheists and as such will be part of the left behind when the time comes. Just because we are atheists doesn’t mean we are not animal lovers. We adore all kind of pets and would love to look after your pets after you are gone.
For a small donation of £69.99 pounds [they accept PayPal -ed.], we will make sure your pets are well fed and taken care of long after you and your family have been taken up.
These pet-sitters don’t say what will happen to the beasts mentioned in Revelation 13, or to the Lamb or dragon that also pervade that work.
For its own part, at least with respect to the dragon, Revelation 20 is clear, and pet owners should take heed: “After that he must be let out for a little while.”
h/t Nov. 3rd Christian Century