An unintended result of this whole Left Behind apocalyptic trend has been to lay open the strange Biblical ambiguity that gives rise premillenialism versus dispensationalist.

Just so you know. Apparently the whole "Bible is True" thing is not as simple as they want you to think.

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I'm worried about what'll happen if Christ and Anti-Christ meet and fight. It'll probably look something like this:



/Not obscure in the slightest.

submitter: "The antichrist isn't going to be an American, so it can't possibly be Obama. The Bible makes it clear he will be from an obscure place, like Romania,"

Like Panama, perhaps?!

^{/Dramatic McCain courtesy of madmann.}

Yes, Romania's real obscure.

Wait, that's where the Antichrist was from in a book series that millions of Americans read.

Morons.

If true that ignorance is bliss
Then what's true is also this:
Fearful fundamentalists
Gotta be the mostsest blissed

Shinola on chenille. I misspelled a notaword. ....mostest....

SherKhan: Shinola on chenille. I misspelled a notaword. ....mostest....

Yesssss, keep failing. Some day your powers will wane and I will overtake you as Fark's brilliant bastard.

Well, there goes their 'Obama is the anti-Christ' talking point. That's one stupid talking point down, but they have 524 stupid talking points to go.

This nutbag is the guy responsible for all the Rapture poofing antichrist BS. It started in the early 1800's. Stupid Millerites.

William Miller (new window)

smooshie: Yes, Romania's real obscure.

Wait, that's where the Antichrist was from in a book series that millions of Americans read.

Morons. Morans

FTFY

/Pet Peeve

You know, I read the bible and I'm pretty sure there wasn't anything about a "rapture" mentioned. Do people just make shiat up and stick it in their religion for shiats and giggles or something?

Bloody William: I'm worried about what'll happen if Christ and Anti-Christ meet and fight. It'll probably look something like this:.

I'll see your bid and raise you:

Bull. The Bible clearly stats in Corinthian Leathers 6:9: "And behold. A secret Muslim from a windy city shall win an election because a hot chick who played a cyborg will get all pissy about her husband talking her to sex clubs. And he shall be the anti-christ"

Look it up people, it's right there.

My money's on Moldova

HansensDisease: submitter: "The antichrist isn't going to be an American, so it can't possibly be Obama. The Bible makes it clear he will be from an obscure place, like Romania,"

Like Panama, perhaps?!

/Dramatic McCain courtesy of madmann.

For some reason--I think the anti-christ will not wait until he's SEVENTY-TWO years old to implement his plan for world domination and subjugation...

As far as obscure places to come from--Kenya is pretty obscure, isn't it? The first coins they issued for themselves had a rooster holding a hatchet...

Fark administrators cut out: "Obvious trumps fundy dumbass"

/Subby dumbass

I thought Neo was the one. Where is he from?

Blue eyed devil or not,Obama's resemblance to a chimpanzee is uncanny

Gunther: You know, I read the bible and I'm pretty sure there wasn't anything about a "rapture" mentioned.

I think they are getting that from one of two places. Revelation 7 talks about the 144,000 who receive the mark from God and are protected. (On this one, the fundies always conveniently leave out the fact that the bible specifically mentions they are from the 12 tribes of Israel.)

Revelation 11 talks about 7000 people who testify in the streets before being killed by the beast and then being called into heaven.

Please note this post does not indicate that I am a bible literalist. I'm just someone who finds it interesting to study.

Didn't the Rev. Falwell already say the antichrist was a Jewish man living today in Palestine?

By the way, whatever happened to that Falwell guy?

Did he die, like everyone does, and his life had no cosmic importance whatsoever? That can't be right...

What could be more obscure to the writers of the bible than a continent they didn't even know about? At the time of writing the bible, America was just about the most obscure place around. So there is still a shot for Obama to be the anti-Christ.

Hawaii is kind of obscure. I mean, it's a state that's nowhere near the rest of the country on a small archipelago.

Bloody William: I'm worried about what'll happen if Christ and Anti-Christ meet and fight. It'll probably look something like this:
/Not obscure in the slightest.

This is actually what I should have used:

*cough*birth certificate*cough*

TMBGfreak: Hawaii is kind of obscure. I mean, it's a state that's nowhere near the rest of the country on a small archipelago.

It also rises out of the sea from the depths of HELL!



/man, being a fundie is fun!

If you live in Romania, Romania isn't all that obscure.

Didn't the Wall Street Journal used to have some relevance?

BravadoGT:

As far as obscure places to come from--Kenya is pretty obscure, isn't it? The first coins they issued for themselves had a rooster holding a hatchet...

That's scary? C'mon, maybe the cock just has some wood.

/penis

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: An unintended result of this whole Left Behind apocalyptic trend has been to lay open the strange Biblical ambiguity that gives rise premillenialism versus dispensationalist.

Erm. That last bit makes no sense to me; dispensationalism is by definition a premillenialist doctrine. Maybe you meant dispensationalism vs. post- or mid-tribulation premillenialism, given that the former presupposes that the Rapture will occur pre-tribulation?

m0llusk: Didn't the Wall Street Journal used to have some relevance?

Its embarrassing really. If its any comfort subscription rates are falling like a lead balloon.

Not that I agree with the "Obama is the Anti-Chirst line" (a Deist here), but wouldn't the fact that the Bible claims the Anti-Christ is an obscure place point towards Obama? I mean when the Bible was written, who knew about small little islands in the Pacific Ocean? In fact, I am positive that no one knew of America itself. That's pretty obscure to me...

Gunther: You know, I read the bible and I'm pretty sure there wasn't anything about a "rapture" mentioned. Do people just make shiat up and stick it in their religion for shiats and giggles or something?

Scriptual basis for the Rapture. Granted, it's always seemed to me to be a bit of a stretch to get that out of the bits quoted.

/I still maintain that the Corinthians verses quoted actually refer to the coming zombie apocalypse.

Spanky_McFarksalot: Bull. The Bible clearly stats in Corinthian Leathers 6:9: "And behold. A secret Muslim from a windy city shall win an election because a hot chick who played a cyborg will get all pissy about her husband talking her to sex clubs. And he shall be the anti-christ"

Look it up people, it's right there.

somewhere in the back, right?

FTA:

"McCain campaign staffers have taken to calling Sen. Obama "The One" in reference to what they see as his self-aggrandizing speaking style."

McCain in '08 - Let's let children run our government.

Since our educational system produces students that aren't good at geography he's still in the running. Most wouldn't know anyway.

\What about a real birth certificate Obama camp?

He's not the gatekeeper:

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Makes about as much sense.

Hibno: What could be more obscure to the writers of the bible than a continent they didn't even know about? At the time of writing the bible, America was just about the most obscure place around. So there is still a shot for Obama to be the anti-Christ.

That's what I was thinking too ... but I don't think the people who believe this sort of stuff think that way.

Don't forget Poland!

Oh, Jesus Christ. Obama isn't the anti-Christ because he isn't the anti-Christ. It's just that simple, and the fact that we're even talking about this says a LOT about the state of American politics and intelligence.

Softens_hands_while_you_do_the_dishes: *cough*birth certificate*cough*

Trap-Door Spider: "The antichrist isn't going to be an American, so it can't possibly be Obama."


We don't have a real birth certificate yet...

Sock puppets never disagree.

The Obama=antichrist stuff has been going on for a while now. This is from From 2004.

For Christ's sake!

g026r: Scriptual basis for the Rapture. Granted, it's always seemed to me to be a bit of a stretch to get that out of the bits quoted.

I always thought it interesting that the whole Rapture house of cards depends on the letters of a man who never met Jesus.

Peter, James, John, Andrew, the other James, Bartholomew, Phillip, Matthew, Judas, Thomas, Thaddeus and Simon but no, we've got to base the religion on some random Roman that never talked to Jesus or heard him him speak.

Look at who wrote the verses that the Rapture myth is based on. Jesus? No, Saul.

If it were me, I'd follow the gospel of Judas before anything written by Saul. But then, what Jesus actually preached was hard so I can see why Christians follow Saul.

m0llusk: Didn't the Wall Street Journal used to have some relevance?

Pre- aaaarrrrgggggghhhhh! AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHH!

quickdraw: m0llusk: Didn't the Wall Street Journal used to have some relevance?

Its embarrassing really. If its any comfort subscription rates are falling like a lead balloon.

An ex- I am.

I didn't RTFT, but in biblical times, America was pretty doggoned obscure. It isn't even mentioned once.

Tsunami Ditka: Oh, Jesus Christ. Obama isn't the anti-Christ because he isn't the anti-Christ. It's just that simple, and the fact that we're even talking about this says a LOT about the state of American politics and intelligence.

Trap-Door Spider: "The antichrist isn't going to be an American, so it can't possibly be Obama."


We don't have a real birth certificate yet...

Softens_hands_while_you_do_the_dishes: *cough*birth certificate*cough*


I like juxtaposition.

I'm still firmly within the "The Rapture and all related fluff is nonsense" camp.

If Obama is an islamist terrorist that's going to take over the free world and enslave the white people and then be the anti-christ, don't you think he would have taken the time to get a really good fake birth certificate?