Ua lohe paha ʻoe i nā puke Left Behind?
He mau puke ia e pili ana i ka manawa hope.
Ua kākau ʻia lākou e nā Karistiano euanelio ʻelua - ʻo Tim LaHaye lāua ʻo Jerry B. Jenkins.
E hele i loko o kekahi Wal-Mart, a i ʻole Costco a i ʻole kekahi o nā hale kūʻai pahu nui, a ʻike ʻoe iā lākou e hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ma ka ʻāpana puke. (Mai nānā i Wal-Mart no Jon Stewart's best-selling America (The Book) or George Carlin's When will Jesus bring the Pork Chops?
hōʻeha.)
I ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai kahi puke "Left Behind" hou, piʻi ia i ka papa inoa kūʻai maikaʻi loa o New York Times.
ʻO ka helu 12 wale nō i waho.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Glorious Appearing, kahi i hoʻi mai ai ʻo Iesū i ka honua.
ʻO ia ka hiki ʻana mai.
Ua kūʻai aku nā puke Left Behind ma mua o 60 miliona mau kope.
A eia ka moʻolelo e like me kā mākou e hoʻomaopopo ai:
I loko o kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Rapture," kāʻili ʻo Iesū i ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo maoli ma ka honua a lawe iā lākou i ka lani.
Wahi a LaHaye, ʻo ka huaʻōlelo "rapture" mai ka huaʻōlelo Latin "to snatch."
Ma hope o The Rapture, ʻo ke koena o mākou - nā Iudaio, nā Mahometa, nā Hindu, ʻaʻole i hānau hou ʻia he Kristiano, a me nā mea hoʻomaloka ʻē aʻe - waiho ʻia ma ʻaneʻi ma ka honua e kū i kahi umu ahi i ka wā i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Tribulation."
I kekahi poʻe euanelio, e hoʻoulu i ka hiki ʻana mai, he mea nui e kūkulu hou ʻia ka luakini o nā Iudaio ma ka mauna o ka luakini ma Ierusalema - kahi kahua hoʻāno no nā Iudaio, nā Karistiano a me nā Mahometa.
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i ka luakini ma ka mauna Temple hiki ke alakaʻi i ke Kaua Honua III - ʻo ia paha ke kumu.
Ke hui nei kekahi mau Kalikiano euanelio me nā Iudaio extremist e paipai i kēia kumuhana.
Ua lohe mai makou, he Kristiano hanau hou ia o Peresidena Bush.
No laila, hele mākou i ka Hale Paʻi ma mua o kēia pule a nīnau iā Scott McLellan, ke kākau ʻōlelo paʻi a ka Pelekikena:
"Scott, ma ka Hikina Waena - he nui nā Kristiano euanelio ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻēheu ʻākau ʻākau i ʻIseraʻela e makemake ana e kūkulu hou i ka luakini ma ka mauna o ka luakini ma Ierusalema. Manaʻo lākou (Evangelical Christians) he mea pono kēia no ka hoʻi ʻana mai o Kristo i ka honua.
Manaʻo lākou i ka wā e hoʻi mai ai ʻo Kristo i ka honua - kapa lākou i kēia ʻo The Rapture - e lawe pū ʻo ia me ia i ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo maoli. A o ke koena
— ka poe hoomaloka — ka poe Iudaio, ka poe Mahometa — e waiho ia mahope e alo i ka make ino ma ka honua nei.
Ma ke ʻano he Kristiano hānau hou, kākoʻo anei ka Pelekikena i nā hana e kūkulu hou i ka luakini ma ka mauna o ka luakini?
I ka lohe ʻana i kēia nīnau, ua wikiwiki ʻo Scott.
Ua ʻōhumu ʻo ia i kekahi mea penei, "E hauʻoli wau e lawe i kāu nīnau, a inā he mea hou aku, e hoʻi hou wau iā ʻoe ma ia mea," i pau ai ka ʻaha kūkā, a haʻalele i ka lumi.
He mea pōʻino kēia, no ka mea, makemake mākou e ʻike - manaʻoʻiʻo ka Pelekikena i ka The Rapture a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo ia i ka wā ʻo The Rapture e kāʻili ʻia ʻo ia a lawe ʻia e Kristo i ka lani, a i ʻole e waiho ʻia ʻo ia e kū i kahi make ʻino ma ʻaneʻi. ma ka honua?
E kali ana kēlā nīnau no kekahi lā aʻe.
I kēlā me kēia hanana, ʻaʻole ia ke kumu o kēia kolamu.
Ua kākau mākou i kēia kolamu no ʻeono makahiki i kēia manawa.
Ma 1999, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hōʻuluʻulu i nā makahiki ʻelua o nā kolamu i loko o kahi puke a kapa mākou iā ia: Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy (Common Courage Press, 1999).
Ua kūʻai ʻia kēlā puke ma kahi o 10,000 kope.
I kēia manawa ua ʻohi mākou i kā mākou kolamu mai nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei a waiho i kēia i loko o kahi puke ʻelua, i kapa ʻia ʻo On the Rampage: Corporate Predators and the Destruction of Democracy (Common Courage Press).
ʻO kēia puke hou he hōʻuluʻulu o kā mākou kākau maikaʻi loa i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, me nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi a ka mea kālai kiʻi kālaiʻāina lanakila ʻo Oliphant.
Kapa mākou i kā mākou mau puke ʻelua ʻo ka "On the Rampage" series of books.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o nā puke On the Rampage, ma kahi pōkole, penei:
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hui alo ʻole e hoʻokumu i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ke kālā ma luna o nā kānaka.
Loaʻa i nā hui ka mana nui a hoʻomaka e hoʻohana i nā mea nāwaliwali.
Akā ma kahi o ka haʻalele ʻana iā lākou iho i Gehena hui mau loa ma ka honua, ua hoʻopau nā kānaka i kā lākou kīwī, ʻānai i ko lākou mau maka, nānā hou, hoʻomaka e heluhelu i ka Rampage, a nīnau - he aha kā mākou e hana nei i kēia mau makahiki?
A hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻonohonoho.
A pela ka manaolana.
I kēia wā pōʻeleʻele, noi mākou iā ʻoe e hoʻā i ke kukui ma ke kaomi ʻana ma aneʻi:
http://www.commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=214
a me ke kūʻai ʻana i kā mākou puke - heluhelu iā ia, a i ʻole e hāʻawi i makana hoʻomaha i nā hoaaloha, ʻohana a me nā hoa pili.
E hoʻolaha i ka ʻōlelo a mai haʻalele ʻoe.
ʻO Russell Mokhiber ka mea hoʻoponopono o ka Washington, DC-based Corporate Crime Reporter, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com. ʻO Robert Weissman ka mea hoʻoponopono o Washington, DC-based Multinational Monitor, http://www.multinationalmonitor.org. He mau hoa kākau lākou o On the
ʻO Rampage: ʻO nā mea ʻaihue hui a me ka luku ʻana o ka Demokala (Monroe,
Maine: Common Courage Press; http://www.commoncouragepress.com).
ʻO Focus on the Corporation kahi kolamu pule i kākau ʻia e Russell Mokhiber lāua ʻo Robert Weissman. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻouna i ke kolamu i nā hoaaloha a i ʻole e kau hou i ke kolamu ma nā papa inoa ʻē aʻe. Inā makemake ʻoe e kau i ke kolamu ma kahi pūnaewele puni honua a i ʻole e paʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano paʻi, noi mākou e hoʻokaʻaʻike mua iā mākou ([pale ʻia ka leka uila] or [pale ʻia ka leka uila]).
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