On Monday, we tried to tell you the President is not — repeat — not the Antichrist. We also tried to tell you the whole idea of the Antichrist is crazy. But not everybody is listening. Including the guy who called the president "the Antichrist" in Los Angeles, less than one hour after we discussed it on our show. Lawrence has more in the Rewrite.
Rewriting Obama as 'The Antichrist'
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:35 PM EDT
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I just heard about the presidents heckler about 30 minutes ago, the world is full of nuts and I thought I was used to stuff like this yet I am still shocked. I can only theorize as to what makes these people tick at least the rapturist. Life is hard and in the end you die, back to the nothingness you were before you were conceived. This is more than most people can stand, so we kid ourselves with the here after (it isn't like I never have). But the rapturist unlike most of us are driven completely nuts by this. Or as with doomsday cults like Jim Jones, Heavens Gate and the like they are so sick of life but just don't have the guts to do them selves in fearing damnation, or something. But if they do this within a group somehow it is different. These people worship death, the president tries to inspire hope for life, and this is what makes him the anti-Christ.
Please see my articles on this phenomena. It's real AND its real dangerous. Promoting the idea that Obama is the Antichrist also serves very practical political ends.
"Why Right-wing Christians Claim Obama As The 'Antichrist'" http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/02/25/why_right-wing_christians_claim_obama_as_the_antichrist
and "Crusader Christianity, Tea Party Cult, & The Left" http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/08/02/crusader_christianity_tea_party_cult_the_left_wip
Thumbs up ^ President Obama... smile :-)
For those christians awaiting the rapture, I hope for their sakes their christ comes soon and takes them away. For the rest of us, we'll learn to love one another and care for our neighbors as ourselves.
Why wait for the second coming? I say the idiots of the rabid and ridiculous religious right rapture themselves NOW ... a "pre-emptive" rapture, so to speak ...
Neat. You sound like one of us---Canadian
I agree.
I usually delete the span coming into my email account, but one of those darn things caught my eye today. It was from The 700 Club. You know..... Pat Robertson's little hate mongering, but disguised as a loving God, side show.
After watching Lawrence talk about the Anti-Christ last night and again tonight, I
was more than curious when I see The 700 Clubs spam trying to sell me a CD called "Sings of the Times". The ad lists some items on the CD which outlines how you can recognize the End of Days. Point 5 is, "The signs of the Anti-Christ" and if you click on the link for the 10 sec preview, it's very interesting - & sad - to listen to the fellow do his best to describe Obama without saying his name.
It's all quite repulsive and I would love it if Lawrence could get Pat or his son or anyone from this hate group to come on and explain themselves. For anyone who wants to see this ad you can find it at this link:
Love the show Lawrence. ;-)
I understand why Lawrence did this segment. He is right in showing that many people are opposed to the man, not the policy.
With that said, it appears that Lawrence misrepresented Christian beliefs about the end times. Lawrence and his guest described only one end times belief, known as dispensational premillenialism. It is a relatively new belief. It was developed in the l800's in England by John Nelson Darby, becoming popular in America in the early 20th century through the introduction of the Scofield Bible which was the only Bible that had notes right next to the scriptures at the time.
The early Christians had a different belief than what Lawrence described. It is known as historic premillenialism. In former times it was also known as chiliasm. It For the first three hundred years of Christian history this was the common eschatology of the church. It was not until Augustine and the introduction of amillenialism that there became any large divergence.
Historic premillenialism (what the early Church believed) believed that there would be a great, but evil leader that would precede the return of Christ who would oppose God(an Anti-Christ). They did not believe that they would be taken out of the world before the Great Tribulation (as dispensationalists would believe). The concept of the Tribulation is much different as well. I could go on about the differences between the two, but my point to all of this is that Lawrence and his guest could have been more accurate in reporting people's religious beliefs.
Nonsense! End times thinking was occurring with William Miller in the Millerite Movement that gave rise to Ellen White and the Seventh Day Adventists. This was concurrent with Darby's claims that probably arose from head trauma after he was thrown from a horse. Similarly, with the founding of the Latter-Day Saints movement (Mormons) in 1830 under Joseph Smith and later Brigham Young, the belief was epidemic that the Second Coming was nigh... And these two were not the only ones; Google up "The Burnt Over District" to learn a bit about millennialist movements; Joseph Smith used the King James Bible (and he or whoever authored "The Book of Mormon" plagiarized it extensively, even reproducing translation errors) and began producing his own "translation" of the Bible after producing other scripture he claimed to have translated from some Egyptian papyri that had come into his possession.
I am perfectly aware of the Millerite Movement and the "Great Disappointment". I was arguing why dispensationalism became popular in American society. The Millerite Movement was not a dispenstational view. Neither were the Mormons. Dispensationalism became wildly popular in American society because of the Scofield Bible. Since those annotations were right next to Scripture the people thought that it was the right interpretation of the Bible.
I don't like to cite Wikipedia, but even they got it right....
The Scofield Reference Bible is a widely circulated study Bible edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield, that popularized dispensationalism at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Scofield Bible had several innovative features. Most important, it printed what amounted to a commentary on the biblical text alongside the Bible instead of in a separate volume
Was on the DirectTV newsmix and happened upon your spew of vomit diatribe...within 30 seconds I have blocked your show as well as all other NBC programming....I'd rather go to my local library and look up history and current events than listen to your skewed diatribes. Good riddance.
By the way, no wonder your ratings are rock bottom. I don't have to listen to your so called news....I can better news from my local gas station....so who do you think you are speaking to?
MSNBC having you on their programming list has now made me want to not see any of their moves, everything of their and their paren co's media....I hope you are removed from the airwaves...your spew not only offends me...Weren't you the network that worried about the UFOs....goodness what the aliens do if I can't stand even 30 seconds of your spew.
What "journalism" school did you even go to....I am so creeped out by your show I dont' even want to give a hit on the web to your bio. yiiiichhhh
koolaid,
why are you so offended by lawrence telling the truth? maybe he struck a nerve. maybe this is how you feel also.
i have heard from my republican friends since President Obama started running for office that they believe he is the antichrist.
i know it makes your party sound like they are crazy, but THIS IS WHAT 25% OF THE REPUBLICAN BAGGER PARTY THINKS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT, and it needs to be brought to the forefront.
thanks lawrence.
Yeah- at least Ds didn't have the opinion that Bush II was the anti-Christ... or do we have the pot calling the kettle black?
Yea for Koolaid...You are right...O'Donnell is an idiot
no, rusty, we do not have the pot calling the kettle black.
if and when democrats called W. the antichrist, it is because they were disgusted with him, and didn't really like him that much, NOT BECAUSE THEY REALLY BELIEVED IT.
when the republicans call President Obama the antichrist, they really believe it.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
of course, you probably can't see the difference, or don't want to.
Ok Suzette- I think I understand you.
The Ds thought Bush II was terrible and called him the anti-Christ, but that was ok because they really didn't believe what they were saying. The Rs call Obama the anti-Christ and that is bad because they aren't lying about their feelings?
I am more amazed at the thought processes of liberals the longer I read these blogs.
Nobody is talking about natural gas, oh wait, this greedy f#@K
When did it become a crime to be a Christian in the U.S.A. Everyone that believes in the anti-christ is looney? Everyone who believes in the rapture of the Church is crazy? Wow I thought our country was founded on religious freedoms?!! Some of us just know what we believe and tell those who want to listen, without calling the rest of the world crazy. I don't think the President is the anti-christ but I do believe the anti-christ is here in the world. I do believe the church will be raptured away, but I don't call anyone crazy for not believing that. It amazing to me how when someone has a different view from others they are crazy or out cast. Some Christians believe that Love overcomes all wrongs so we continue to pray that in the end love will be the one thing that will unite our country befor its too late!!
terry,
of course we know that it isn't a crime to be a christian, or even to believe in the rapture and the antichrist.
but, like the birth certificate issue, and the muslim issue, calling President Obama the anti-christ is based on hatred from the right, and not on love.
i think you would agree.
And then Jesus said "Shut the @!$%# up"
Not a scriptural reference I am aware of? I get your point.
TP, you have driven over the edge with Thelma & Louise. When does your public humiliation end? You are "killing" the rest of us with your disregard for self-respect.
Christian are not foolish belivers, they believe in Jesus Christ and Satan aka the Anti Christ. The anti christ is anyone that does not believe Jesus Christ is the Lord, Son of God, etc. But we all were anti Christ before we came to Christ and decided to be a member of His body. What most Christians dont know is that Satan has already filed suit in the US Supreme Court #11-5381 for mass religion fraud, breach of contract, promise and oaths sworn on the bible and discrimination caused by the 1st Amendment i.e. "no law respecting and establishment of religion". Satan asked for Her separate to Equal right as a citzen to have laws that respect the Relgion laws such as their Oaths or claim "In God We Trust. I said Her because Satan role or job was to deceive the whole world and She did cause most of you thought Satan was a He, Man or amale instead of a She. So people shoud know President Obama is not the anti Christ because I Am and I intend to collect His Rent aka the Final Judement by asking for at least 2/3rd credit for every since that has in God we trust on it.
Your riches are in heaven.
As in heaven, so in Earth but first someone has to come forth to the supreme court and with a bible in hand claiming to be Satan, in the flesh of a Christian Woman. Yeah, its me and I promise to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me GOD, this Time. Here is my proof, if your willing to look; GOD never said anything to Adam or Eve about Touching the Tree or they would Die. Whe eve saw the Serpent Touching the tree; she was beguilded, bewitched and bewildered because she didnt know; Serpents natually touch trees and they dont even like fruit cause they prefer, flesh blood and meat . Men have let woman like Eve take the blame for getting kicked out of the Garden every since to maitain the rule over them, when If the truth be told; It was His fault for adding to the words of GOD.
Believe it or not there is a differnce between what God Said; and what Men said GOD said, when SHe didnt. So dont believe the Hype about Satan or the Anti Christ because GOD figuerd out a way for Her only begotten Son and Daughter to live happily forever after the Fall. Funny How Christians want to make President Obama out to be the Anti Christ. When if the whole truth be told; the Anti Christ would be the Opposite of Jesus Christ or Son of GOD, makeing Satan like the Moon; and GOD's Angelic Lunatic Daughter whose actually more like the Father & Mother of Jesus a FeMale.
Proof. if Xy= all men and XX=all women, than by adding them (To Get Her) shows X(yX)X or twin brother and sister inside of GOD's Heavenly Body, Water snd Womb. It also shows the Father X, Son y, and Holy Ghost=XX, or a Mother X, or Daughter X . Read Gen. 25:22-25 regarding what GOD said to rebeccah about the twins in her womb. So this proves as in Heaven So In Earth our Father in Heaven is FeMale just like Jesus's Mother in Earth.
peace out
Luke 12:40 " you also be ready for the Son is coming at a time you do not expect!" Sadly no book in the cannon has created more expectations than Revelation.
The Rapture: I like Lawrence but his concurring with this Matthew Sutton is troubling to me.
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Edit: The Rapture: I like Lawrence but his concurring with this Matthew Sutton is troubling to me.
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There's a lot of controversy that surrounds The Last Sacrifice. One of the controversies is with regard to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and my view on the rapture. In fact, not long ago Gavin, a listener to the Bible Answer Man broadcast, wrote me a very nice letter in which he pointed out that he's concerned about my views regarding the rapture. This is what he says:
"I've been listening to you for several years and I have enjoyed your conservative teaching and your insights. Also, your warnings when you feel like other brothers in the faith are going down the wrong path. I think this is a correct biblical admonition. But I've been very concerned when I hear you say that you do not believe in the rapture of the church or that it has already happened."
Well, Gavin, I don't know precisely where this misunderstanding of my views originated. I do know, however, of a couple of instances where it has been widely disseminated. One was an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America where the host, Bill Weir, introduced the segment by saying that "We've all heard of the wildly popular Left Behind books. They've sold millions of copies, predicting the impending rapture. But now there's a new series by the same publisher that says the rapture has already happened and the Antichrist was the first century Emperor Nero." Well, I do believe that Nero was the beast, however, I've never said that the rapture has already happened. This is misinformation widely disseminated by Tim LaHaye -- in fact, in a newspaper article that opened with the question "What if the Rapture has Already Happened?" and ran in the Dallas Morning News in 2004 and then in a number of other newspapers around the country. And this newspaper reported that Tim LaHaye said I believe the "nonsense that Christ came back in AD 68." I tried to correct this information by writing a letter to the editor, and in that letter I pointed out that Tim LaHaye's assertion that I subscribe to the nonsense that Christ came back in AD 68 is surely one of his most creative works of fiction. Such a notion is not even hinted at in The Last Disciple series nor have I ever made that kind of a statement in any other forum. Dr. LaHaye simply manufactured this assertion out of whole cloth.
Not only that, but I have never suggested that the rapture has already taken place. In fact, unlike the Left Behind series which is based on the pretribulational rapture theory that was posited and popularized by John Nelson Darby in the 19th century, The Last Disciple series is centered on the great and glorious truth of resurrection. I should also note that Gavin, in his letter, provided a fairly substantial list of Scripture passages which allegedly support a secret coming of Christ prior to the Second Coming of Christ. A couple of those passages were passages such as 1 Thessalonians 4 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-52. In reality, however, these passages clearly, in my view, point to the resurrection of believers, not to the secret rapture of the church. So what I affirm, Gavin, is taught in Scripture and it's codified in the Christian creeds. Jesus is coming again, the dead will be resurrected, and the problem of sin will be fully and finally resolved.
When I say that Jesus is coming again, remember that every time you hear the word "coming" in Scripture you don't have to assume that that has to do specifically with the Second Coming of Christ. Sometimes it does because Hebrews says that Jesus is coming a second time. However, it doesn't always have to do with the Second Coming because "coming" is used as a judgment metaphor in Scripture as well. So when Jesus said to Caiaphas in the court that's condemning him to death "But I say to all of you, in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven," a biblically illiterate person might have missed the import of his words, but Caiaphas and the council did not. If ever there was a razor-sharp metaphor, this was it, and it cut Caiaphas and the court condemning Christ to the quick. They understood that in saying he was the Son of Man that would come on the clouds of heaven, Jesus was making an overt reference to his coronation as the Son of Man in Daniel's vision. You'll remember that vision in Daniel 7. And in doing so he was not only claiming to be the preexistent sovereign of the universe, but he was prophesying that he would vindicate his claim before the very court that was now condemning him to death. As Caiaphas well knew, clouds were -- as I mentioned a few moments ago -- a common, Old Testament symbol that pointed to God as the sovereign Judge of the nations. Like the Old Testament prophets Jesus employs that symbolism of clouds to warn his hearers that as judgment fell on Egypt, so too judgment would befall Jerusalem.
Now, there's one other point. The coming on clouds judgment metaphor is clearly not directed to a 21st century audience, as Tim LaHaye presumes. It was intended for Caiaphas and the 1st century crowd that was condemning Christ to death. Jesus himself said that. He said "I say to all of you, in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." The generation that crucified Christ would see the very day that he was exalted and enthroned at the right hand of the Mighty One.
So, Gavin, here is the problem. Tim LaHaye simply misunderstands the metaphors that are used in Scripture, and that has caused him to not only misconstrue the words of Jesus but to misrepresent me in the media. His words to the Dallas Morning News that I believe the nonsense that Christ came back in AD 68 would have been precluded if he would have had a simple understanding of biblical metaphors.
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I can understand why Lawrence produced the segment. There are many people that do not like the President because of their (crazy) belief in who he is.
With that said, it does not seem as if the guest or Lawrence reported accurately on the beliefs of others. While it may be a controversial subject, Lawrence (whether intentional or unintentional) painted a large portion of Christians that have any beliefs about the end times and the return of Christ as crazy.
If a person does not believe in the Bible (or God) then it may be a fair statement. Some people would argue that anyone who believes in the Bible is crazy. But Lawrence did not seem to imply that a belief in God (or the Bible) is crazy, rather that a belief in the anti-Christ and the end times is crazy.
The thing that I had the most problem with, however, was that he did not accurately represent the beliefs of Christians. He only reported on one eschatological system.
Both Lawrence and his guest were describing a system known as dispensational premillenialism. It is true that it is the most common eschatology among American evangelicals in modern society, but it is not the only belief and it is a very new belief.
Dispenational premillenialism was eschatological system invented in the 1800's in England by John Nelson Darby. It became popular in American society in the early 20th Century do to the production of the Scofield Bible and its dispensational notes. At the time, the Scofield Bible was the only Bible to have notes right next to scripture, so many people thought that these dispensational notes were very accurate...just like people used to read the newspaper and believe the stories to be true. Cannabis propaganda through William Randolph Hearst is a prime example of this.
The early Christian church were historic premillenialists, also known in former times as chiliasm. For the first 300 years (until the time of Augustine and the introduction of amillenialism) was there any large divergence in eschatology. Chiliasm is a quite different system of eschatology from dispensationalism but are some similarities. Both believe in an Anti-Christ and a Great Tribulation, but there interpretations of them are radically different. Most dispensationalists argue that the Great Tribulation is only for Israel, for example. Dispensationalists also argue that they will be "raptured" before this Great Tribulation. The early church had no notions in a pre-tribulation rapture. In fact Jesus had strict warnings against people who tried to say that he was coming back in mystery, as dispensationalism teaches. (See Mattew 24:26-27)
I guess I'm trying to say that I would have liked to seen Lawrence and his guest a little more accurate in their reporting of the eschatology of Christianity.
What a dishonest guy. Firstly, the heckler was possibly a planted stunt. I don't know any Christians who would do what he did. Secondly, it is quite a leap to assume that everyone who takes the Bible seriously and believes in the anti-christ, thinks Obama is the anti-christ. Did you all catch what Lawrence did? He made a direct link between those who believe in the coming of an anti-christ and belief that Obama is it.
There are actually people who believe in a coming anti-christ and love Obama. What would you say to the fact that I personally know Christians who voted for Obama and also believe in a coming anti-christ?? But since Lawrence is a philosopher and theologian, he surely knows that the belief that the Bible accurately predicts the future is nonsense. I mean, just look at the Bible's record of fulfilled prophecy.........well....never mind.
He then linked all who believe in the Bible with those who, not only assume Obama is anti christ, but with those who are white southern racists (indirectly). Lawrence proves that iberals are even more looney than the heckler who yelled his insults at Obama. In fact, I'm sure they wish they could do worse to believers in the Bible than yell insults.
Hey Lawrence, the muslims also believe in a coming anti-christ. Why not do a piece exposing the "history of Islam in America" and talk about how absurd their theology is!?!? Oh, wait....you'd never do that. Your lips are pursed too closely to their hairy Arab butts to speak ill of Islam...plus you fear and respect them. Maybe Christians need to teach you to respect our prophets and holy book as well.
Just because you don't know any crazies doesn't mean they don't exist in large numbers. Didn't you see the stats on the number of people in this country who still thinks he is a Muslim?
Hey, if it was a plant, it was marvelously done. Way better than anything Karl Rove ever thought of...
Like Tammy and Stephanie I am also a Christian and Democrat that believes in the rapture and that there will be an antichrist sometime in the future. But I don't believe for a minute that President Obama is the antichrist. President Obama is a good and decent human being who is doing his best in the hardest job anyone could have. Presidents used to get criticized years ago in editorials and letters to the editor, but now it's 24/7 365 days a year on television and radio.
Lawrence, Great commentary on the Antichrist.
I believe that you and your producers should also look up and consider a program on Iran's "12th Imam" phenomenon , the Islamic equivalent of our antichrist. To give you some some idea of the importance of this belief, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is obsessed with this Imam, and has even built a Mosque in Tehran to this "individual". It is also part of his obsession with nuclear weapons, as I understand it. Please consider a compare and contrast piece on this issue. Thanks.
To paraphrase the gun rights folks; It isn't religion that kills people it's the people who use religion to kill. All religions, any religion. (Well, maybe not Buddhism)
Agree - to a point. People created religion. It didn't just show up out of a vacuum.
If these churches would be taxed like they should be, the debt problem would be solved in a heartbeat. I'm sure their are some churches/religions that respect the "separation of church and state" but most don't. Tax them all - talk about a loophole that has been severely misused!
It is all hoax, from a man who was an habitual criminal, multi-wife and children deserter, a forger and the anti-christ in the true meaning of the word. Don't believe me, here are the facts about the scoundrel and the hoax, he and a group of unseemly Jews have perpetrated on the world of Christendom.
www.sweetliberty.org/issues/hoax/scofield.htm
Well, your history of Scofield has some "theatrical and conspiracy" elements that would lead me to want to read some genuine scholarship, but I've already had my fill of those types after reading up on the likes of Joseph Smith (and his short-lived relationship with one co-conspirator, John C. Bennett). Aimee Semple MacPherson, L. Ron Hubbard, the Reverend Moon, Jim Jones, and David Koresh, among others.
They're all among the "NutwadsRUs" crowd, and a lot of the arguing amounts to some loony tune stuff that's entertaining for the children but should leave grown-ups shaking their heads.
I think Lawrence should write the names of these Pastors who are writing and saying these things . There are many on TBN like Jack Van Impe,and many others. One commentor just said pat robertson sent him a cd with this on it.
Lawrence, I see that your coverage of the antichrist and the rapture has stirred up a storm. Your listeners and viewers should know these facts: The word "rapture" appears nowhere in the Bible. The word "antichrist" appears in only two books of the New Testament--I John 2:18, 2:22, and 4:3 and II John v. 7. It appears in the singular and plural and makes clear that the antichrist or antichrists are many, that they were present when John was writing, and that he or they are no more than people who challenge the the teaching of the gospel--false teachers, in other words. Neither word appears in the book of Revelation. My book THE NEW BROTHERS GRIMM AND THEIR LEFT BEHIND FAIRY TALES explains all of this and more regarding the highly imaginative teachings of John Nelson Darby and other premillenialists. The book is a refutation of the Left Behind Series.
David T. Morgan, Professor of History, Emeritus
I would also question the objectivity of the Scofield link. It flat out lies in the third sentence. There was belief in a thousand year reign of Christ way before Darby. The early Christian church were historic premillenials (Premillenial is the belief in a 1000 year reign of Christ. He comes back before the millennium to reign) There is no evidence to support any form of intentional conspiracy to mislead Christians. Scofield believed the dispensational views that Darby promoted, therefore included these views with the Scofield Reference Bible.
It seems as if dispensationalism became a naturally attractive eschatology at the time. The reason for this is because John Darby came into his dispensational views towards the end of the Second Great Awakening. During the Second Great Awakening many eschatological views became prevalent as America. It is the time when many differing denominations were formed and can be seen as the rise of the free market in religious doctrine. (Before then most Christians in America were largely Calvinistic in doctrine and adhered to either post-millenialism or historic premillenialism) Because of the rise in differing doctrines, differing eschatology became prevalent. A good example of this is Millerite Movement and the "Great Disappointment", or Joseph Smith and the believe in a new Jerusalem in the state of Missouri.
One of the critical differences between dispensational premillenialism and the other eschatological views that arose during this time period is that it did not set a date for the return of Christ. Many people felt as if they were in the end times, and Darby argued that Jesus Christ could come back at any moment but that no one could really know when. When Scofield converted to these views and put them in his Bible, dispensationalism caught on like wildfire in America. The population bought it hook line and sinker.
Simply put, Americans were looking for new doctrines instead of remaining faithful to historic eschatological views Christianity. Dispensationalism may be a flawed doctrine, but it does not seem as if there was any conspiracy to intentionally mislead the American people.
@David T Morgan
I would assume (since you are have knowledge of history) that you are a chiliast? I'm sure you are aware that it is the belief of the early church, until the time of Augustine. It was the views of the early church leaders including Polycarp, Iraneus, Justin Martyr, and Teretullian (did I spell those right?)
If not, what eschatology do you believe in? Just curious. I myself am a chiliast
Two thirds of the world is not Christian. According to some posters here, that's several billion anti-Christs walking around. What a nice, constructive worldview ... most of the world is evil. Is that what Christianity teaches? Really?
everyone is the anti christ because none of us is Jesus Christ. When you find Jesus Christ then a person makes a choice to be with him aka a Christian or against him not. Its just that simple
Simple? Nothing about "religion" is simple. Just like any myth.
Marsha, if "everyone is the antichrist," then how is anyone a Christian? If you choose Jesus Christ, then you are no longer an antichrist, right? So, not everyone is an antichrist if some are Christians.
Because they eventually make the choice. regardless whether or not you choose Christ; you will never be HIM which is why all Christians say; they began as Born Sinners, were crucified with him and washed clean by His blood. With thats said; when the Real Anti Christ; aka Satan shows up s/he will drop the Anti part and still be able to Come in His name; such as Mrs. Jesus Christ. People get confused because they think people are either Good or Evil; not realizing We All are Both and just like the Tree of Knowlegde of Good and Evil that Adam and Eve ate from.
I contend GOD had two kids; One was the Christ and the other Was Not and this is why the Bible says; even Satan was Transformed into an angel of Light
@Thymezone
Your statement seems to imply that it is the role of Christians to condemn those who have differing beliefs? It is God (the Father) that will judge, and condemn. Jesus talked about this sort of thing when he said
Joh 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Joh 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
BO stinks and Must Go!!!! The Nation will rise up and be Great again in 2012 when Obummer is long gone. Hopefully he will return to Africa and save the last continent still in the dark ages.... he has crippled our nation for 3 years.
You must be only 3 yrs old or have amnesia.
or living in a state of "bliss"
Wow, where do these people come from? Oh well, I guess on 12/12/12 we won't have to worry anymore. Sheesh, nothing worse than religious fanaticism. From the Crusades (and before) to modern day loons.
It's all based on fear which is why religion exists. The fear of the unknown aka death. What a person spiritually believes is their right, of course, however when they start talking trying to intercede in politics or come knocking on my door, that's a whole different story.
Hey nick, we can ALL return to Africa. Oops, that's right, no evolution in the GOTP.
The only people crippling this nation are the NO GO Republicans aka GOP who have refused to do the jobs People elected them for; because their top priority so they say is to make him "A One Term President". Just look at what they have done so far...WHERE ARE THE JOBS; CAUSE they sure aint between my legs; yet all they seem concerned abortion. This is pure gender discrimination in my book and eill force Women into involuntary servitude if they get raped, impregnated by a father, brother, uncle, etc.
JP Sartre of all the philosopher's had the best answer THERE ARE NO ANSWERS!! Muslim / Christian = Jihad / Crusades, Atheist = Communist. All know it all's with my way or the highway. All the above comments reflect that (mine too), if one doesn't believe the others way they are going to hell or just idiot's. Jesus a reformist Jew who preached love, respect, understanding, great yet all it got him was crucified and his followers fed to lions, only to be resurrected by Saul a Christian hunter who had a change of hart after temporary blindness and became Paul. And the Emperor Constantine who was the true Aurthur of the Bible for political gain. Poor Jesus all he wanted to do is make the world a better place but in most part created war and hate. Allah, I do not know much about except turmoil in the middle East and 911 cannot understand them and I do fear them. Atheist communist well we all know how that all worked out. Sorry people my belief is the 7 ton elephant in the room that we keep trying to ignore. 7 billion in the world over 2 billion in China and India almost 8 times that of the US who not only need the necessities of life but want actual jobs and a standard of living we in the USA have. Not to mention global climatic change. WE ARE FIGHTING IN A BURNING BUILDING, there will be no rapture, no heaven for us and loved ones, no hell for our enemies, just screwed.