• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      There was a short period of my adolescence where I got into the church. The lore behind the antichrist myth always interested me. It says that they will rise to power as a widely popular politician who quotes scripture and uses it to manipulate his ends. This idea that they would be widely popular by using scripture means that nearly all Christians would need to fall for their manipulations. And yet, there is a wide spread belief among all Christians that they themselves would of course see through this ploy for what it is. And I gotta tell you, I’m not religious anymore, don’t believe in a literal antichrist, but… I really gotta side with the lore here. All of you religious nutjobs would be totally bought in on an antichrist that used scripture to manipulate you. You already are. Almost none of you seem to see through the manipulation that very unchrist-like people have used to gain your whole-hearted support. They’ve turned the majority of Christians very unchristian, indeed.

      Also: John 2:18 reads “Little children, it is the last time. And as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists, whereby we know that this is the last time.”. So there is not just one antichrist, but many. Show me people using scripture to motivate people in to believing the opposite of Christian doctrine and I will show you the entire GOP.