not yet. soon, buy not quite yet.
Trump can’t be the anti-Christ because the anti-Christ would supposedly also preach about peace and love and all that good jazz, just like Jesus did. The difference is, it would be a trap. The dude lies all the time, but is pretty open about being a hateful fascist.
Elon, and Neurolink, on the other hand…
Maybe Satan sent LaHaye and Jenkins down to trick us.
Their antichrist, Nicky Carpathia, is well spoken and beloved by the world. At one point he gives a speech where he just lists off all of the member nations of the UN while looking each dignitary deeply in the eye, and this is so moving that this brings everyone to tears.
The way he comes to power and prominence is denuclearization and solving the Israel/Palestine conflict (iirc, there’s magical ‘plant grow good’ stuff that he trades with all of those desert Muslim nations that would of course all collectively agree to resettle all Gazans in exchange for the ability to turn Cairo into cornfields)
He’s also so fuckable. One of the characters gets knocked up by him just so that the authors can basically have the character (and audience) subjected to anti-abortion propaganda. All abortion is bad, even if it’s the antichrist’s baby!
I don’t understand how the Neurolink shit isn’t screaming “Mark of the Beast” to everyone who read the series though. It’s going to be hilarious if all of the evangelicals do line up to get their microchips because Papa Trump told them too.
Imagine the evangelist being the ones going to hell, and the nihilists being spared in a plot-twist.
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
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Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
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Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
(Didn’t we do a good job telling all of them queers about their sexual immorality and stopping all of those abortions?)
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
He does do that, that’s part of why he got so many evangelicals to vote for him. Do you remember his response after his disaster of a meeting with Zelensky? He said to come back when you’re ready for peace (lmao). He also heaps tons of praise and “love” on his followers at all those rallies.
I don’t believe in the antichrist personally but I really couldn’t think of a better candidate for it than him. It’s honestly kind of hilarious they don’t see it.
Hilarious. Bible is fiction though and feeding into their irrationality is not going to change any minds.
The point isn’t that it’s fiction. It’s that their book is garbage and they pick and choose the parts that they follow.
i’m so happy you’re here. i also understand that my previous sentence may be interpreted as sarcasm, so i ensure you that it isn’t. you just made a point that i think is very beautiful.
isn’t it weird how the “fuck what my dad said” god isn’t vibing with the “fuck what my dad said” crowd?
How is the Bible fiction? If it were just made up by people then it would promote war and greed and other causes of suffering. I’m not an expert by any stretch but the Bible is a recipe for a good life and helping each other. I’d love to hear an argument that somehow trashes that message.
Killing babies is essential to living a good life.
-Kurious84
Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Psalms 137
You skipped a lot of the Bible didn’t you? It does promote war, genocide, infanticide, and family annihilation.
How is the bible non-fiction? Quite a statement. Care to explain beyond “it’s written up by god’s disciples”?
The Bible (the old testament at least) is a history of the Hebrew people told from the point of view of their priests. I put it to you that it’s no more fiction than Livy repeating the tradition that Romulus and Remus were raised and fed by a wolf. Now, were Romulus and Remus literally raised by a wolf? Probably not, more likely they were raised by a Lupa, a she-wolf (Prostitute.)
I’m not saying that every word of the Bible is historical fact, but I think it would be inaccurate to call it fiction.
The film Once upon a time in Hollywood is a history of the Tate murders told from the point of view of her neighbors. I put it to you that it’s no more fiction than Tarantino repeating the tradition that the Inglorious Basterds blew up all those Nazis in a theatre. Now, did the Manson family members really get their shit rocked up and down by Cliff Booth and Rick Dalton? Did Hitler meet his end in a storm of righteous fury? Probably not, but it’s fun to imagine a better world.
I’m not saying every frame of the movie is historical fact, but I think it would be inaccurate to call it fiction.
Spider Man takes place in New York City, a very real location.
Does that mean Spider Man is nonfiction?
I put it to you that it’s no more fiction than Livy repeating the tradition that Romulus and Remus were raised and fed by a wolf.
Right… which is fiction. It’s mythos, and that’s a subsection of fiction.
A lot of fiction made up by people is not about war and greed and other causes of suffering. With that in mind, what makes the Bible less fictional than the Dhammapada, or the Lotus Sutra, or Paddington Bear?
also, there’s several instances where god commands people to go do a genocide. so… like…
Non-Christian and non-Bible person here, but I think it’s probably best to be accurate about citing these things:
Revelation 13:16-17 King James Version
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Source: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+13%3A16-17&version=KJV which also lets you switch around between other versions of the passage.
but I think it’s probably best to be accurate about citing these things
The book neither deserves the respect, nor do practitioners bother to get it right either, so nah
