Eric Scheske

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June 6, 2006

You think Tim LaHaye is just an honest Christian who happened to make a bunch of money from writing fiction about his pet eschatological theory? Check out this page: The Rapture--Coming 06.06.06.

LaHaye is a marketer, a fiction writer, and maybe a psychologist, but he's not a scholar or theologian. There's nothing wrong with that, but people should keep the distinctions clear when they read him.

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