"So what would you think if two billion people vanished?"

[farla]

It seems "Rapture! OHSHIT!" really is the most common response to people vanishing. I was hoping other belief systems had some sort of fallback explanation. Also, for a spirited defense of the Alien option. I may need to repost the question to the religious forum. They might be a better source for x religion's thoughts on mass vanishings.

Off to answer emails and suchlike now.

Comments

[ember-reignited.livejournal.com]

"Well fuck. We finally made contact and not only did we not even know it, not only are the extra-terrestrials malicious, but among their first impressions of humanity was an intercepted broadcast of the LB movie. How embarrassing."

[farla.livejournal.com]

Exactly, just because the event seems guided by an intelligence, there's no need to assume that narrows it down to just God.