Going to Heaven May 21? Atheists offer to take care of your pets

As you are doubtless aware, the Second Coming is scheduled for May 21.

Needless to say, it’s time to get your worldly affairs in order, and this includes finding a longterm pet sitter.

Heaven will look nothing like Piedmont Park, atheists say.

Heaven will look nothing like Piedmont Park, atheists say.

The neighbor or brother-in-law won’t be able to help this time. They may be going to heaven too.

Fortunately, there’s a company to turn to in these End Times of need.

Eternal Earth-Bound Pets USA will provide a loving home to pets whose masters have gone to their great reward. Rescue services are available in 26 states, and, since the company is staffed by atheists, chances are they won’t be going to that heavenly place they don’t believe exists.

The company was founded in 2009 by Bart Centre, which sounds like a San Francisco sports venue but is actually the name of a Godless person.

Since cash may soon be worthless, the $135 fee for 10 years of Rapture pet insurance seems reasonable. Additional pets cost $20, so if you’re hoarding critters like an animal shelter you may want to tap into the 401(k) early.

Centre, a retired executive for a national retailer who lives in New Hampshire, said the idea is to make money, not poke fun at Christians.

So far, he’s got 250 clients and 44 contract employees, which doesn’t sound that profitable.

Most clients hail from the Bible Belt, which holds up the moral fabric in the Southern United States. Georgia, the glistening buckle of the aforementioned region, has 16 clients and two post-Rapture pet wranglers.

Southern saints can only purchase coverage for traditional pets.Those with horses, camels, llamas and donkeys will want to quickly move to New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho or Montana to take advantage of Eternal’s expanded services.

Payment for an iguana had to be rejected because “I couldn’t get anyone to adopt it,” said Centre.

The folks that will tend to Christians’ four-legged friends are Centre’s chosen ones. They love animals and don’t love Jesus.

“These are people not likely to be Raptured under any circumstances,” Bart said in The Washington Post. “Not that we think anybody is going anywhere anyway, which we make perfectly clear on our website.”

Business isn’t exactly booming, but he does get a lot of phone calls from atheists looking for work and angry Christians who say Jesus would never make the devout leave their pets behind.

“God didn’t take care of the animals during the flood,” says Centre, who does not believe in God or Biblical floods.

The author of the heathen classic “The Atheist Camel Chronicles,” said his first tome sold well enough to warrant a sequel. “The Atheist Camel Rants Again!” will hit virtual book shelves in June, if the world lasts that long.

152 comments Add your comment

Curious

May 10th, 2011
8:59 pm

Um… Why would pets be raptured with you? Last I checked animals don’t have souls so they won’t be allowed into heaven…… Sit and think about that for a minute.

vince

May 10th, 2011
9:04 pm

M

I do not try to legislate my beliefs on anyone. Our Constitution provides for a separation of church (or even non-church) and state. I honor and respect that.

It is just the disrespectful billboards (they don’t address any legislation), the comments from readers above and the push to portray Christians as idiots. I don’t get it.

Why not show similar disrespect toward Hindus, Jews, Muslims…etc. In a way, I guess atheists do since Jews, Muslims and Christians worship one God.

Ever heard of the anti-defamation league?

vince

May 10th, 2011
9:06 pm

The disrespectful attack on people because of their beliefs is really odd when you think about it. The fact that it is treated as sport or a joke is even more unsettling.

shrimp po' boy

May 10th, 2011
9:18 pm

Vince, please stop pretending. You may not push your belief system on others, and that is highly commendable; but you know that a lot of Christians do (especially in the South). They are the ones who elicit a reaction from us from time to time. As for billboards, I can think of quite a few in the metro area over the years that taunt and attempt to marginalise non-believers. My friends and I have even dubbed GA 316 “Proselytization Parkway”.

And for the record, I find Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Wiccans, Zoroastrians, and any other believers in gods or goddesses equally amusing.

M

May 10th, 2011
9:19 pm

For every one “disrespectful” thing you could find towards Christians, I bet I could find 10 that came FROM Christians.

Frankly, I’m all for education. Education is what will ultimately trump superstitious belief. I don’t doubt that you would find the beliefs of other cultures and religions to be idiotic because they’re not the beliefs you grew up with. I mean, look at Scientology. That stuff is just INSANE.

It all looks crazy when you look at it from the outside.

vince

May 10th, 2011
9:27 pm

@shrimp

But do you but up billboards making fun of the beliefs of those other groups?

It is simply a question of respect and one in which atheists seem to delight at making fun of the beliefs of others. It’s odd….at best.

Billboards? I can think of a few on 316 that state things like “Jesus…Coming Soon” or “Pray….God Listens” These billboards do put forth the beliefs of their owners, but they do not make fun of non-believers. That is the difference.

You do not know my beliefs, but you better believe I won’t make fun of yours. I do, however, take exception to your lack of respect for others.

I could say WWJD (What would Jesus Do?) but instead will ask, What would Gandhi do? What would MLK do? What would anyone with tolerance for others do? Would they make fun of others because of their beliefs?

vince

May 10th, 2011
9:33 pm

M

I went back and counted on this blog. Of the 36 comments. about half were just comments…either unintelligible or were offered with no disrespect toward anyone. I counted 14 that were disrespectful toward Christians and three that might be considered somewhat disrespectful toward atheists.

Gee.

M

May 10th, 2011
9:37 pm

Well, this blog IS the definitive source for religious discourse.

I’ll call my gay brother and ask him whether Christians are generally disrespectful or respectful towards him.

vince

May 10th, 2011
9:38 pm

@ Shrimp

And for the record… I would find attacks on Jews, Christians, Atheists, African Americans, homosexuals, Latinos, etc, etc…..equally disrespectful and disturbing.

M

May 10th, 2011
9:42 pm

I’m sorry, Vince…but Christians have been the oppressors for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. This is no time for them to develop a thin skin.