[Travis McGee]

There have never in history been worse written books that sold as many copies as the Left Behind series.

Absolutely atrociously bad writing.

You might like the message, but the writing is AWFUL.

[NH Liberty]

"http://books.guardian.co.uk/lrb/articles/0,6109,975892,00.html"

But, Travis, my point was not to comment on the book series, but on this secular socialist from The Guardian who became nearly irrational after switching the subject from the books to Christian Conservatives as people.

[P-Marlowe]

You might like the message, but the writing is AWFUL.

Yes, but wasn't it fun watching those books continue to make the best seller lists. The arts and croisant crowd must have been apoplectic.

[Victorious]

The message itself is bad. It's based on a false teaching of Christians being taken up in a secret "rapture" before the beginning of the tribulation.
This false teaching has only been around about 150 years.
Before the apostate teaching, there was no belief in it.

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There have never in history been worse written books that sold as many copies as the Left Behind series.

It's interesting that both points can be true at the same time. I think this tells us a great deal about the reading ability of many Americans.