Comments on: Eternal Pets http://www.indiadrummond.com/2009/10/05/eternal-pets/ Welcome to the official site of India Drummond - urban fantasy, sci-fi, and romance author. Ordinary Angels, her debut novel, comes out April 2011! Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:13:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Tony Jones http://www.indiadrummond.com/2009/10/05/eternal-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-1933 Tony Jones Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:03:49 +0000 http://www.indiadrummond.com/?p=742#comment-1933 This is why I keep coming back to this site because its the best. This is why I keep coming back to this site because its the best.

]]> By: Bart http://www.indiadrummond.com/2009/10/05/eternal-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Bart Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:22:52 +0000 http://www.indiadrummond.com/?p=742#comment-1256 Let me assure you, my offering is not a "scam." We plainly state our conditions and responsibilites. We make nor imply no other promises, and we do not promote belief in this non-scriptural doctrine. We have representatives in the states/regions we offer our services. We have the infrastructure to fulfill our contracts and every intent to do so should the rapture happen. No, we don't believe in rapture, God, gods, etc. We state that plainly in our website. No, we never expect to have to fulfill our contracts. But, I am not an absolutist. If there is a 0.00000000001% chance we are wrong, then we stand ready to meet our obligation. But there are 40 million plus American Evangelicals who believe in post rapture tribulation. If you have an argument with them, and/or their religious leaders for perpetrating a "scam" on them, then your argument is with them, not with my business or website. I am simply filling a void that many of these Christians have taken advantage of. That said: if you appreciate the creativity of the site, whether you agree with it or not, you'll probably enjoy my book "The Atheist Camel Chronicles: Debate Themes and Arguments for the Non-Believer". It has been on the top 20 best selling atheist themed books on amazon.comUS since its release in late June. Yours in reason, Bart creator and co-founder Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, USA author The Atheist Camel Chronicles Bart@eternal-earthbound-pets.com atheistcamelchronicles@msn.com Let me assure you, my offering is not a “scam.” We plainly state our conditions and responsibilites. We make nor imply no other promises, and we do not promote belief in this non-scriptural doctrine.

We have representatives in the states/regions we offer our services.
We have the infrastructure to fulfill our contracts and every intent to do so should the rapture happen.

No, we don’t believe in rapture, God, gods, etc. We state that plainly in our website. No, we never expect to have to fulfill our contracts. But, I am not an absolutist. If there is a 0.00000000001% chance we are wrong, then we stand ready to meet our obligation.

But there are 40 million plus American Evangelicals who believe in post rapture tribulation. If you have an argument with them, and/or their religious leaders for perpetrating a “scam” on them, then your argument is with them, not with my business or website. I am simply filling a void that many of these Christians have taken advantage of.

That said: if you appreciate the creativity of the site, whether you agree with it or not, you’ll probably enjoy my book “The Atheist Camel Chronicles: Debate Themes and Arguments for the Non-Believer”. It has been on the top 20 best selling atheist themed books on amazon.comUS since its release in late June.

Yours in reason,
Bart
creator and co-founder Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, USA
author The Atheist Camel Chronicles

Bart@eternal-earthbound-pets.com
atheistcamelchronicles@msn.com

]]> By: Girl Fren' http://www.indiadrummond.com/2009/10/05/eternal-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Girl Fren' Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:46:57 +0000 http://www.indiadrummond.com/?p=742#comment-1250 On the other hand, Devil and your many minions, if we stopped doing business with people who were laughing all th...what you said...we'd do less business. Buying Dollie Parton albums springs to mind (think she ain't LATWTTB? Think again.) Then, there's Rush Lumbago, whatever his name is, the jiggliest Republican ever. Not only is he LATWTTB-ing--his rabid fans believe he is a political thinker & commentator, as opposed to a not-very-entertaining, non-scenic showman. Move over, P.T. Barnum. I used to belong to a cult, membership in which came with the whole magilla: predestinated by a jealous, pissed-off God, the virgin birth, not such a roomy heaven and dangled-out-over-hell like a Weenie and--oh-yeah--the Rapture. Can't quite get my head back into it, but I'm sure I worried about such things, sitting around under a fat pink cloud, sipping the Kool-Aid. The Pet Insurance offer appears to be a legit, needs-driven business venture; if one must be an Athiest to offer the services, I see no difference than a similar requirement to be a trifle holier-than-thou believer required of those being raptured. It's only money and the banks all the way to which they will laugh, are right here on good old Mother Earth. Sounds like a Win/Win. On the other hand, Devil and your many minions, if we stopped doing business with people who were laughing all th…what you said…we’d do less business. Buying Dollie Parton albums springs to mind (think she ain’t LATWTTB? Think again.)

Then, there’s Rush Lumbago, whatever his name is, the jiggliest Republican ever. Not only is he LATWTTB-ing–his rabid fans believe he is a political thinker & commentator, as opposed to a not-very-entertaining, non-scenic showman. Move over, P.T. Barnum.

I used to belong to a cult, membership in which came with the whole magilla: predestinated by a jealous, pissed-off God, the virgin birth, not such a roomy heaven and dangled-out-over-hell like a Weenie and–oh-yeah–the Rapture. Can’t quite get my head back into it, but I’m sure I worried about such things, sitting around under a fat pink cloud, sipping the Kool-Aid.

The Pet Insurance offer appears to be a legit, needs-driven business venture; if one must be an Athiest to offer the services, I see no difference than a similar requirement to be a trifle holier-than-thou believer required of those being raptured.

It’s only money and the banks all the way to which they will laugh, are right here on good old Mother Earth. Sounds like a Win/Win.

]]> By: The Devil http://www.indiadrummond.com/2009/10/05/eternal-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 The Devil Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:19:13 +0000 http://www.indiadrummond.com/?p=742#comment-1249 Well, techincally, all insurance is a bet. You're just paying someone to take the risk of the bet in your benefit. I don't see much of a difference between this and having someone insure you against a potential catastrophic melt down of mortgage backed securities. At the end of the day, if you feel there is risk in your life that you wish to eliminate, it is not a scam to find someone who will take that bet. Even if they are laughing all the way to the bank. ;) Well, techincally, all insurance is a bet. You’re just paying someone to take the risk of the bet in your benefit. I don’t see much of a difference between this and having someone insure you against a potential catastrophic melt down of mortgage backed securities.

At the end of the day, if you feel there is risk in your life that you wish to eliminate, it is not a scam to find someone who will take that bet.

Even if they are laughing all the way to the bank. ;)

]]> By: DeadlyAccurate http://www.indiadrummond.com/2009/10/05/eternal-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 DeadlyAccurate Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:24:02 +0000 http://www.indiadrummond.com/?p=742#comment-1248 It's a scam in that they know it'll never happen. Atheists know there's no such thing as a Rapture event that will happen (even Christians who have studied the history of the Rapture idea know this), so they're taking money from gullible people. It's no different than offering bodyguard service insurance to someone in case of a zombie outbreak. But if they turned out to be wrong, I imagine more than a few will say, "Well, we did promise to do that. Grab the cat carrier, we have work to do." It's just that they know they aren't wrong. It’s a scam in that they know it’ll never happen. Atheists know there’s no such thing as a Rapture event that will happen (even Christians who have studied the history of the Rapture idea know this), so they’re taking money from gullible people. It’s no different than offering bodyguard service insurance to someone in case of a zombie outbreak.

But if they turned out to be wrong, I imagine more than a few will say, “Well, we did promise to do that. Grab the cat carrier, we have work to do.” It’s just that they know they aren’t wrong.

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