Your post 13 brings up another question. If you don’t believe in the rapture then you must believe that faithful Christians must go through the time of the wrath of God. Would you show from scripture just one time that those who have been faithful to God had to endure His wrath?
Should any believe they'll not be "caught up with Christ" before these begin, then no doubt they would be heavily into the survialist mode by stocking up and preparing for that time. If they're not.. then they don't have a leg to stand on in their arguements.
Noah took care to do what God asked by stock piling the ark and preparing....so those who think they'll be going thru this time better get in gear if not doing so now.