I once expressed reservations about Rapture theology to a pair of fundamentalist female co-workers over dinner. The one to my right was polite and directed me to a couple verses in scripture which she felt supported the Dispensationalist view. The one to my left simply stated that I was “so full of s@#$!”. Couldn’t argue with her on that point but still don’t believe in it.
Given that you referred to your co-workers as "fundamentalists", she just might be right.
Fundamentalist: A term created during the turn-of-the-20th-century Protestant church splits to define those who held to the “fundamentals” of Christianity—the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth of Jesus and his literal resurrection from the dead. The term is now considered pejorative. (Wheaton College philosophy professor Alvin Plantinga famously observed, “The full meaning of the term…can be given by something like ‘stupid sumbitch whose theological opinions are considerably to the right of mine.’”)
-- from the thread New Kids In The Flock
Personally do not know anyone who has done a serious word study on the subject and still believes in it. Reading what others say it means as opposed to writing every relevant passage out and dissecting it yourself because you want to know how wonderful God is makes a big difference. I did and I don’t believe in the rapture as defined by the salesmen.