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* At one point in the story, it is noted that the American militia movement (whom the authors are, as expected, supportive of) is the ONLY force who are opposing the antichrist when he calls for the world to disarm. Not only does this imply that ACTUAL armed insurgency/anti government groups throughout the world who actively fight government forces (Lords Resistance Army, the Taliban, Somalian insurgents, IRA groups to name a few) are suddenly more than happy to disarm when politely asked, but that that these same militia whom the authors like so much are not "true christians" as not only were they not raptured, but enough remained for them to be a noted power.
* The entirety of the Russian ([[And Zoidberg|and Ethiopian]]) armed forces attack Israel for little to no reason, get knocked out of the sky, and nobody does anything about it for a year?
* Much of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008114125/http://www.patheos.com/community/slacktivist/ Slactivist's] [http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/ critique of the series] consists of [[Fridge Logic]], and a fair amount of [[Fridge Horror]].
** Speaking of [[Fridge Horror]], if you're a ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' fan, this series has a metric ton of [[Fridge Horror]], especially since it could have easily been written from [[Shin Megami Tensei I|a Messian]] [[The Fundamentalist|perspective as in-universe fiction.]] God as depicted in this series has a LOT in common with [[God Is Evil|YHVH]]. The followers of Lucifer are depicted as depraved degenerates who [[Designated Villain|have no one worth saving]] [[Defector From Decadence|unless they see the light]], otherwise [[Kill'Em All|they die as divine punishment]]. In fact, the ending plays out like the Law ending of ''[[Strange Journey]]''.