The believers are convinced that they will soon be rewarded for their efforts. The Antichrist is apparentlywalking among us, in the guise of Kofi Annan, Javier Solana, Yasser Arafat or, more plausibly, SilvioBerlusconi.[5] The Walmart corporation is also a candidate (in my view a very good one), because it wants toradio-tag its stock, thereby exposing humankind to the Mark of the Beast. [6] By clicking on www.raptureready.com,you can discover how close you might be to flying out of your pyjamas. The infidels among us should take notethat the Rapture Index currently stands at 144, just one point below the critical threshold, beyond which thesky will be filled with floating nudists. Beast Government, Wild Weather and Israel are all trading at themaximum five points (the EU is debating its constitution, there was a freak hurricane in the South Atlantic,Hamas has sworn to avenge the killing of its leaders), but the second coming is currently being delayed by anunfortunate decline in drug abuse among teenagers and a weak showing by the Antichrist (both of which scoreonly two).