Of course not. But this is the kind of garbage being passed around. It just flopped over my e-mail transom:
According to The Book of Revelations the anti-Christ is:The anti-Christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything. Is it OBAMA??
I STRONGLY URGE each one of you to repost this as many times as you can! Each opportunity that you have to send it to a friend or media outlet
Which the person who sent this to me did. I hesitate to dignify this garbage with exposure here, but people should understand what's being sent around. The moron who wrote this doesn't even understand that it's "Revelation," not "Revelations." And Revelation says absolutely nothing about the Antichrist being a Muslim. Nothing.
I usually just trash these e-mails and don't think about it. But I was surprised, and disheartened, to see that the person who sent it to me is someone I know well and respect. Rather than just let it pass, I wrote this back to him:
[Name], why would you send around that Antichrist stuff? It's not true. That has nothing to do with the Bible. The book of Revelation (not "Revelations") does not mention Muslims at all. Whoever wrote this is flat-out lying, either consciously or unconsciously. I'm not an Obama voter by any means, and I don't think he would be good for the country -- which is why I'm not voting for him. Nevertheless, I don't think it's right to just pass on these plainly false rumors slandering the guy based on absolutely no evidence.I was in South Carolina in 2000, covering the Republican primaries for the New York Post. Republican activists who opposed John McCain passed around rumors that he had fathered a black baby. In fact, John and Cindy McCain had adopted a Bangladeshi girl from one of Mother Teresa's orphanages. Mrs. McCain had brought the little girl, who has dark skin, to the US for medical treatment, and they decided to adopt her. People who hated McCain, though, passed around the rumor that she was his illegitimate black baby. There wasn't a lick of truth to it. It was pure ugliness, and it ended up hurting McCain.
I just hate to see good people like you get mixed up in this kind of stuff, even just by forwarding it. Please think about this next time you get something like this in e-mail from a stranger who asks you to pass it along. If conservatives have to resort to sleazy tactics like this to beat Obama, we don't deserve to win.
I think this is what we conservatives should do when we get this kind of thing in our e-mail boxes from people we know, and have a relationship with. (I would ask liberal readers too to respond in kind when scurrilous smears about McCain get passed around on e-mail by their friends). This dirty stuff is going to go on no matter what we say, but I think we have an obligation not to stand by and let it get said without objection.
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I hesistated to finish your article after the word moron.
Lets have a little decency man of God.
Your article was well taken given the dark place from which it must have originated. How can people that are Americans and Christians lower themselves to such a level? Several of your commenters should spend a bit more time reading the US Constitution and a bit less time literally interpreting their bibles. I am truly discgusted.
Is the Beast ascending to power on the world stage today?
In these days many are asking, what does the Bible say about the Antichrist, the Man of Lawlessness, and the Beast. Should we be concerned about any individual currently ascending to power on the world stage? Although my book Final Warning goes into much greater detail about the characteristics of the evil one, let it suffice that all Christians must be aware that one is coming who is beginning to fit this profile.
Beware of the one who comes as a type of messiah promising to save the world from its present crisis by speaking half truths and outrageous lies; one who promises world wide peace by sitting down with your enemies. Beware of the one, who promises universal health care for the whole person (both physical and psychological) with its hidden agenda of leading you to trust in psychology instead of trusting in God exclusively, which is idolatry. Furthermore, this allows the evil one and his established order to control your life. This control is precipitated by electronic record keeping and preventative health requirements that will mandate physical and psychological care if you wish to keep your benefits. Be wary of the one who voted for the bailout bill that gives government more involvement in the private sector and definitive control over millions of home loans. Tucked into this bill is a mental health provision that will ultimately give companies power over their employees by requiring that they get psychological counseling and drugs to improve their productivity. Be very careful of the one who promises to bring change to those living in the midst of fallen Babylon through his own strength and intellect.
Christian don't be deceived, because Obama easily fits this profile. He is espousing a political rebellion against the so called established order and leading God's children in open rebellion against Him. He does this by leading the world to put their trust in him or his new world religion to solve all their problems and meet their needs instead of trusting in God alone and His providential care. Obama openly nullifies the law of God by sanctioning same sex relationships and partial birth abortion – deserving the title “Man of Lawlessness.” Christian don’t be dismayed that the Republican party lost the election. Indeed it was easy to be fooled by the Republican Party and the audacity of talk radio claiming to be on the side of Christianity by rejecting homosexual unions and the freedom of choice. Clearly they only courted the Christian vote to further their own evil agenda of excessive greed and lust for power. Stop trusting in Obama or the Republican Party to bring about change. Real change is only possible through the transforming power of the Gospel which brings true healing to the whole man and his community.
If you have not done so already, let me encourage you to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Trust God to solve your problems and meet all of your needs. Then join me in spreading the word to flee Vanity Fair before it's too late. Reach out to your fellow Christian and tell them to stop trusting in Government and the one who has come to lead the world astray. Challenge them to repent of their wickedness and turn back to Jesus Christ as the true Author of change.
wow... some of you are reasonable decent people... some of you scare me greatly...
my advice... think for yourself and listen to your heart. love others, forgive and forget... it's more for your benefit than their's.
We live in desparate times. Our economy has collapsed, and the despotic New World Order folks / AKA Rockefeller / Rothschild sphere of influence must bilk the taxpayers of $800 billion every 4 months to prop-up the BROKEN SYSTEM of the Federal Reserve. Is Obama the Antichrist? I would say he is the figuirehead for the New World Order -- A wise man suggested that the NEW WORLD ORDER IS the Anti-Christ. They promise to help and fix things, but turn-around and DESTROY EVERYTHING.
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