by
Chris Peterson (aka Elroy Willis)
Thirteen
other people were injured after a twenty-car pile-up resulted from people
trying to avoid hitting the woman, who was apparently convinced that the
rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and
then passed a man on the side of the road who she believed was Jesus.
"She
started screaming `He's back! He's back!' and climbed out through the sunroof
and jumped off the roof of the car," said Everet Williams, husband of
28-year-old Georgann Williams who was pronounced dead at the scene.
"I
was slowing down but she wouldn't wait till I stopped," Williams said. She
thought the rapture was happening and was convinced that Jesus was gonna lift
her up into the sky," he went on to say.
"This
is the strangest thing I've seen since I've been on the force," said Paul
Madison, first officer on the scene.
Ernie
Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who's been told by several of his friends that he
looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration
and said "Come back," just as the Williams' car passed him, and Mrs.
Williams was sure that it was Jesus lifting people up into heaven as they drove
by him.
"I
think my wife loved Jesus more than she loved me," the widower said when
asked why his wife would do such a thing.
When
asked for comments about the twelve sex dolls, Jenkins replied "This is
all just too weird for me. I never expected anything like this to happen."
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This is a work of
fiction, created by Elroy Willis of Religion in the News. On his site, Mr.
Willis explains that the story was "intended to make a mockery of the
ridiculous idea of some rapture where people will supposedly float up into the
sky to meet Jesus. How can anybody really believe such an absurd idea?"
Still, it's written
convincingly enough that many have wondered it it was true. Is it an example of
religious extremism gone awry? Could it be a candidate for a
SOURCE:
http://web2.iadfw.net/~elo/news/rapture.html