Returning to the Unitarian Church this weekend forced me to to bring up a memory of a very funny skit I had heard on A Prairie Home Companion last year.  It concerns the rapture that so many fundamentalists are sitting on the edge of their seats for.  Here is an excerpt:

SS (MIDWESTERN, RECORDING): Thank you for calling the Unitarian-Universalist Church in America. Nobody is here to take your call so please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. If you’re signing up for the committee on housing and urban ministry, press —– (TRUMPET, DISTANT, OVER PHONE) Oh my gosh. All my clothes just fell off and I’m going up into the air—— (DIAL TONE)

GK: The Unitarians. Gone?

SS (GIRL): Oh, I see my folks—- there they are! Hi mom!

GK: Let me turn on the radio—-

FN (RADIO ANNC): Meanwhile, in Boston, hundreds of men and women who were protesting the war in Iraq suddenly disappeared, according to eyewitnesses, leaving their clothing lying in the street, all of which was made from natural materials by native people and had political slogans written on it, as well as Native American jewelry —- (RADIO DIAL)

GK: Let’s see what Rush has to say……..

TR (RUSH): Speaks in FRENCH

GK: Rush is speaking in tongues and the Unitarians have been raptured. Why? They don’t want salvation, they want closure. If a Unitarian ascends to heaven and no one is around to see it, did it actually happen? Maybe we’ll find out next time on—–

What a hilarious idea.  If you can, click on the link to the skit and listen to it.  It’s even funnier hearing to it.

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