Frank Schaeffer, son of late evangelist Francis Schaeffer, and author of several books including "Crazy for God", has a new book to be released in October 2009 entitled: "Why Republicans Are in the Grip of an Apocalyptic Rapture Cult Centered on Revenge and Vindication". Alternet has provided a long excerpt of which I'll highlight a couple of lines.
"...convincing folks that Armageddon is on the way, and all we can do is wait, pray, and protect our families from the chaos that will be the "prelude" to the "Return of Christ," is perhaps not the best recipe for political, economic, or personal stability, let alone social cohesion". Schaeffer goes on to say, "The momentum toward what amounts to a whole subculture seceding from the union (in order to await "The End") is irrevocably prying loose a chunk of the American population from both sanity and their fellow citizens".