Christians on TikTok were so convinced that the Rapture — an event anticipated by evangelical Christians in which the faithful will be beamed up to heaven by God while everybody else is doomed to ruin — was going to happen yesterday that some even ditched their jobs and cars in anticipation.

But the day came and went with nary a peep from the clouds above, forcing disappointed influencers to scramble and explain away why it didn’t happen — a quintessential fable of the modern age, in which a conspiracy theory goes haywire via social media.

“I am sorry to anyone who believed the Rapture was going to happen on the 23rd” said a Christian TikToker who goes by the handle tsunation in a video today. “My intention was not to deceive anyone. I truly believed with all my heart that today was goin

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