Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture*

A kerfuffle has erupted over a recent Bill Moyers op/ed in which he implies that all religious conservatives are Christian believers in the literal truth and imminence of Biblical "Rapture" (an event during which believers expect Jesus to return to Earth and, while levitating, gather their souls to heaven).

Moyers takes this to mean that religious conservatives are not only indifferent to the environment but are actively in favor of trashing it, so as to hasten the advent of Rapture (certain cataclysms are prophesied to precede the Rapture).

You can read a critique of Moyers main argument here. What caught my attention, though, was Moyers' reference to the Web-based "Rapture Index." This is a site dedicated to predicting the onset of Rapture by measuring a series of component observations drawn -- I assume, from relevant Biblical passages.

What intrigued me is that Moyers said the index "stood at 144 -- just one point below the critical threshold when the whole thing will blow." Naturally, I had to know where it is now.

It's at 154.

So, my question is, did it happen? Here at TheGantelope's head office, it's just me, MLW, and the cats, none of whom are religious (well, I don't really know about the cats), so we would have been "left behind," unaware of the Rapture already in progress.

On the theory that the Rapture did not occur as predicted by the "Rapture Index," and doesn't occur within a few days or weeks, we wonder: will the index be recalibrated? If you find this entry a few months from its original post date, check out the Rapture Index website and let us know. For reference, the Index is currently calibrated as follows:

Rapture Index of 85 and Below:
->Slow prophetic activity
Rapture Index of 85 to 110:
->Moderate prophetic activity
Rapture Index of 110 to 145:
->Heavy prophetic activity
Rapture Index above 145:
->Fasten your seat belts

*In case you didn't catch the title reference...