Betting on apocalypse: "11/25/04 'New York Times' -- NEW YORK If America's secular liberals think they have it rough now, just wait till the Second Coming.

The 'Left Behind' series, the best-selling novels for adults in the United States, enthusiastically depict Jesus returning to slaughter everyone who is not a born-again Christian. The world's Hindus, Muslims, Jews and agnostics, along with many Roman Catholics and Unitarians, are heaved into everlasting fire: 'Jesus merely raised one hand a few inches and ... they tumbled in, howling and screeching.'

Gosh, what an uplifting scene!"