Ex-Fundie Diaries | Left Behind: The Kids | Rapture Horror Story for Christian Teens @ExFundieDiaries | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
This video is about the Left Behind: The Kids series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. I share my experience with rapture anxiety while reading these books growing up fundie. I also briefly discuss the christian nationalism woven into the series, showing clips of one of the authors. Finally, I introduce the four main characters and read a chapter from book 1- "The Vanishings."
CW: christian nationalism, racism, classism, child indoctrination, religious trauma, & detailed descriptions of the rapture
[Video Mentioned]
"Halloween is Evil, Demons are Real, and other 'Hocus Pocus' I was Taught to Believe" by Ex-Fundie Diaries: youtube.com/watch?v=oE9Ddpv7pJQ
[Book Mentioned]
"White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America" by Anthea Butler: bookshop.org/p/books/white-evangelical-racism-the-politics-of-morality-in-america-anthea-butler/15267034?ean=9781469661179
Resources to address the way Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye handled race in the series, and the way they wrote the character Lionel + his family (and all the other characters):
[White Authors Writing BIPOC Characters]
"Dismantling the White Default" by Renee Harleston: writingdiversely.com/post/dismantling-the-white-default
"7 CASUALLY RACIST THINGS THAT WHITE AUTHORS DO" by Mya Nunnally: bookriot.com/casually-racist-things-that-white-authors-do
"Stop moaning about sensitivity readers – if there was diversity in publishing we wouldn’t need them" by Juno Dawson: theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/08/stop-moaning-sensitivity-readers-diversity-publishing
"Should White Authors Write About BIPOC Experiences?" by Bookish Realm: youtube.com/watch?v=_gi9MxpOBvg&list=WL&index=4
"Should white authors write non-white characters? *A closer look at the Whiteness of Addie LaRue*" by withcindy: youtube.com/watch?v=6BmdcNOBSNo
[Timestamps]
00:00 - Left Behind is about "the rapture"
01:47 - Halloween & growing up fundie
03:04 - My experience reading Left Behind
06:26 - Racism & christian nationalism
08:20 - Clips of author Tim LaHaye
13:57 - Meet Judd, "The Runaway"
15:03 - Meet Vicki, "The Rebel"
17:08 - Meet Lionel, "The Liar"
18:42 - Meet Ryan, "The Skeptic"
20:15 - Reading Part 3: "The Morning After"
[Background Music]
Title: Secrets of the Moon
https://www.hooksounds.com
Title: Deep Stare
https://www.hooksounds.com
Title: Something is Coming
https://www.hooksounds.com
Title: Nightly Chimes
https://www.hooksounds.com
Image description: Elly, who is white with brown eyes, is sitting in front of a table as she talks to the camera. Their brown hair is down, and they are wearing an orange tank top sweater and an a crown made of autumn leaves. The room is softly lit, and there are small pumpkins and flickering candles on the table.
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousTrauma #RaptureAnxiety #Rapture #Exvangelical #Halloween #LeftBehind #BookReview
This video is about the Left Behind: The Kids series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. I share my experience with rapture anxiety while reading these books growing up fundie. I also briefly discuss the christian nationalism woven into the series, showing clips of one of the authors. Finally, I introduce the four main characters and read a chapter from book 1- "The Vanishings."
CW: christian nationalism, racism, classism, child indoctrination, religious trauma, & detailed descriptions of the rapture
[Video Mentioned]
"Halloween is Evil, Demons are Real, and other 'Hocus Pocus' I was Taught to Believe" by Ex-Fundie Diaries: youtube.com/watch?v=oE9Ddpv7pJQ
[Book Mentioned]
"White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America" by Anthea Butler: bookshop.org/p/books/white-evangelical-racism-the-politics-of-morality-in-america-anthea-butler/15267034?ean=9781469661179
Resources to address the way Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye handled race in the series, and the way they wrote the character Lionel + his family (and all the other characters):
[White Authors Writing BIPOC Characters]
"Dismantling the White Default" by Renee Harleston: writingdiversely.com/post/dismantling-the-white-default
"7 CASUALLY RACIST THINGS THAT WHITE AUTHORS DO" by Mya Nunnally: bookriot.com/casually-racist-things-that-white-authors-do
"Stop moaning about sensitivity readers – if there was diversity in publishing we wouldn’t need them" by Juno Dawson: theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/08/stop-moaning-sensitivity-readers-diversity-publishing
"Should White Authors Write About BIPOC Experiences?" by Bookish Realm: youtube.com/watch?v=_gi9MxpOBvg&list=WL&index=4
"Should white authors write non-white characters? *A closer look at the Whiteness of Addie LaRue*" by withcindy: youtube.com/watch?v=6BmdcNOBSNo
[Timestamps]
00:00 - Left Behind is about "the rapture"
01:47 - Halloween & growing up fundie
03:04 - My experience reading Left Behind
06:26 - Racism & christian nationalism
08:20 - Clips of author Tim LaHaye
13:57 - Meet Judd, "The Runaway"
15:03 - Meet Vicki, "The Rebel"
17:08 - Meet Lionel, "The Liar"
18:42 - Meet Ryan, "The Skeptic"
20:15 - Reading Part 3: "The Morning After"
[Background Music]
Title: Secrets of the Moon
https://www.hooksounds.com
Title: Deep Stare
https://www.hooksounds.com
Title: Something is Coming
https://www.hooksounds.com
Title: Nightly Chimes
https://www.hooksounds.com
Image description: Elly, who is white with brown eyes, is sitting in front of a table as she talks to the camera. Their brown hair is down, and they are wearing an orange tank top sweater and an a crown made of autumn leaves. The room is softly lit, and there are small pumpkins and flickering candles on the table.
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousTrauma #RaptureAnxiety #Rapture #Exvangelical #Halloween #LeftBehind #BookReview
