is it possible that rapture-belief is uncommon among freepers? Since there’s a libertarian bent to the audience, perhaps the rapturites aren’t attracted to the site. The article has not met with much hostility, thus far.
Yes, this is a common complaint among some here on FR. This occurs because after the last upgrade to the Forum software, there is no way to keep one's focus on only one Forum. So, when one logs off (closes the browser), if one wishes to only see News/Activism posts, then one must choose "News/Activism" each time one logs back on to FR (opens the browser again).
If one doesn't choose "News/Activism" when one logs back on, then FR will display All Articles (or "Everything") from every forum (News/Activism, Religion, General/Chat, etc) until one does choose a particular forum. There is no way to set viewing of one particular forum only in one's personal preferences at this time.