So what if he is?

Believers will be taken up in the Rapture and will not endure any of the terror that will be unleashed afterwards. If you are a believer and take the scriptures literally or metaphorically, then you have no control over that fate.

From another angle, let's say the scriptures are untrue and never come to pass. Will there be such a thing as an Anti-Christ then? A war nuclear and/or biological that wipes us all out? An asteroid or comet hitting the earth and bringing our demise? If those happen you'll most likely die anyway so again why worry with it? It is beyond our control.

The coming of the Anti-Christ is a good thing in my opinion. It means the rapture and Second Coming are near. Dwelling on who it is, when they will come, or the other scenarios is silliness and a waste of time.

As a side note: My MIL and my mother think Obama is the anti-christ. My mom has thought every president since Reagan was the anti-christ at some point or another. :rolleyes:

Jerry Falwell was a far right pinhead. Sorry if that offends anyone but I think he was a pinhead.

If you have to say "but" then you're not really sorry. :)

Haha! Okay then. I think Jerry Falwell was a far right pinhead. :) no buts :)

I don't think most Christians think logically about the whole rapture idea. I can remember in the 6th grade when someone predicted that a certain day in September would be the rapture. Half of my class didn't show up for school that day, like Jesus wouldn't be able to find them in our private Christian school connected to a church! Ha! They all skulked back the next day and acted like nothing happened...then again, nothing did!!:p

There have been dates and years predicted throughout history. I believe the bible says not to predict dates because no one will know the day and the hour? I dont believe anyone's date/year predictions on the end times. That's just as dumb as people thinking the world is ending in the next decade because the Mayan calendar stops. Everyone thought the end was coming with the advent of Y2K. Here we are 8 years later. Nothing happened :)

Did anyone make fun of your classmates when they came back? I recall being in the 6th grade when a major earthquake was predicted. Some people didnt come to school that day. No earthquake :) They got made fun of the next day.

Nah...we all went to a super conservative school so religious extremes were frequent visitors for us. I think they tried to get excused absences, but the school said "NO!"

Ditto. I don't know anything about Palin. She just somehow appeared, and in 9 weeks I just can't see knowing much more about her, other than the fact that she has no clue.

As far as Barack being the AntiChrist, I always thought the moron we have in office right now was the Anti Christ. He wants the "Haves and have nots", sounds "anti" to me.

Bush may be a moron, but trust me, he's NO Anti-Christ.

Good! :)

I know, but he's always been out for himself. I actually liked his father, but him? He's screwed this whole country up. BIG TIME!

Please tell me you didn't think I was actually citing Jerry Falwell as a reliable, reasonable source! :eek:

It's not always clear to judge sarcasm here because you see words and not facial expressions or hear tone of voices.

I do have a couple of friends and my mother who cite him and Pat Robertson both as reliable sources of information. I try not to bring up religion or politics with them.

Both parties have failed the people. Neither are without fault.

I'm disappointed than no one took the time to research his true age. :( Plus, if his Pastor was Jeremiah Wright, then he couldn't be Muslim. I don't recally officiants being called "Pastors" or "Bishops" or whatnot.

The mayor has proven not to be the sharpest knife in the drawer for getting involved in that chain mail. Shouldn't he be running the city or something anyway?