After the Rapture: Orlando man will deliver messages to those left behind

[cali]

By Jeff Kunerth | Sentinel Staff Writer
5:53 PM EDT, May 15, 2009

Atheist Joshua Witter sells cards to Christians that he will deliver to those left behind after the rapture. (Roberto Gonzalez, Orlando Sentinel / May 15, 2009)


There are those who believe in the Rapture prophesied in the Bible. And there is Joshua Witter, avowed atheist.

They need each other.

At least some people think so -- those willing to pay Witter to be their post-apocalyptic postman, delivering cards and letters to their non-believing friends, relatives and neighbors who will be left behind when the Day of Reckoning arrives.

About 70 people have paid the Orlando man about $5 apiece to get their messages to those doomed to face the plagues, pestilence and darkness of Armageddon.

As sure as the True Believers are they will escape this earth when the Rapture arrives, Witter is just as certain he will be left behind to deliver their mail. He has committed blasphemy to make sure.

"Anyway you look at it, I'm screwed. It's too late for me," said Witter, a 24-year-old computer software engineer who wears long sideburns and hip black-framed glasses.

Witter started his website -- postrapturepost.com -- as a joke, a satiric jab at those who see things like the swine flu, economic collapse and the election of a liberal president as sure signs the end is near.

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-rapture-postman-joshua-witter-05142009,0,1981214.story

I admire his entrepreneurial spirit and his sense of humor.

[ck4829]

1. It'll be funny because almost everyone BUT the Christian Rightists would get raptured

In the event of a rapture.

[cali]

2. there won't be a rapture, but the article is a hoot

I encourage everyone to click on the link.

[MineralMan]

3. When the Rupture comes, the fundamentalcases

will be really, really surprised when they aren't among the Ruptured.