Comments | dlevey: For those who'll be left behind

dlevey

For those who'll be left behind

Jun 02, 2008 16:26

This is just... astounding.

It's a link to the original article, plus commentary by Bruce Schneier (well-respected security expert). Not quite sure what to say about it, really...

bits of amusement

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cvirtue June 2 2008, 21:11:53 UTC

*blink*

Well. Hmm. Isn't it Pridefulness to assume you're one of the saved? And what if the rapture really happens, but none of their "team members" are gone? The emails won't be sent, despite the Rapture, and then they have failed their contracts. Of course, if that happens, they will have other things to worry about.

If I were to meet a Rapturian (I know there's another word for them, I just forget it at the moment) I would tell them that I suspect the Rapture ALREADY HAPPENED, and they're stuck here with the rest of us.

dlevey June 2 2008, 21:22:15 UTC

Well, if you're NOT one of the saved, then no-one would need to claim your stuff, right? I mean, while they'd get the email message, a quick appearance at probate court would clear the whole thing up.

Now, it may be that one of their special team members won't make it, or even two at the outside, but three or more? For that matter, if they're so into it and they *don't* make it, they'll probably have heart attacks and keel over, so they won't respond to the check-in call regardless.

As for the Rapturians, tell them that the bodily assumption into heaven has been happening for a while now; it started in Roswell and has been proceeding gradually since. Sometimes the people who are taken are found not suitable, and returned, but hey - that's God for ya...

cvirtue June 2 2008, 21:27:35 UTC

Probate wouldn't be involved, because you will have given out your bank info -- it would be identity theft, basically, and go through the usual channels, not probate.

The Roswell angle is an interesting one....!

dlevey June 3 2008, 11:11:05 UTC

Probate wouldn't be involved, because you will have given out your bank info -- it would be identity theft, basically, and go through the usual channels, not probate.

Ah, but that's why you'd need to wait seven years - to get through probate (or so they appear to think). See? They've covered *everything*!

ymarkov June 2 2008, 21:24:01 UTC

"Astounding" is a good word.

jimpage363 June 3 2008, 04:06:21 UTC

Hey - maybe we can find some rich Rapture-type people and get them to leave us their assets. I could be bribed into considering a personal savior.

ladymacgregor June 3 2008, 17:37:52 UTC

What *I* say is, never mind the Rapture - if your loved ones can't get into your accounts after a mundane everyday disaster, then you've failed Estate Planning 101. The Rapture scenario should just be an extended part of that.

dlevey June 3 2008, 17:41:42 UTC

The everyday-disaster event is easier to deal with: chances are, you'll be declared dead in fairly short order. If there's a body, or a part of it, you're set. Well, they're set, but you know what I mean.

On the other hand, with no body, things are more complicated. You might be bodily assumed into heaven, or you might have just run away - or the relatives might have killed you and hidden the body well enough that your fate is uncertain. If either of the latter two were coupled with the rapture, they could be using that (unethically) to rip off your stuff.