Atheists offer to care for Christians' pets after the Rapture

It's a question that all animal-loving Christian evangelicals must address: who will look after their pets on Earth when the Rapture comes and they are taken up to heaven?
29.08.09, Matthew Moore, for TELEGRAPH (UK). Now a group of atheists in the US have come up with a tongue-in-cheek solution, offering to take in the cats and dogs of "saved" believers in return for a small fee. All the atheists signed up by Eternal Earth-Bound Pets are self-confessed sinners and blasphemers, guaranteeing they will be left behind when the chosen are selected. The business idea is an irreverent attempt to cash in on the belief – widespread among US Christians – that the pious will be carried up to heaven by God in a sudden swoop, leaving unbelievers to endure the seven-year reign of the anti-Christ on Earth. According to some polls, as many as 55 per cent of Americans believe in the notion of the Rapture. For $110, the firm promises lifetime care for almost all domestic pets if their owners are transported to heaven within the next ten years. The offer may sound far-fetched, and even a little provocative, but the group insists it is not joking.