Now this is getting freakin weird!

'Obama the Antichrist?' CNN actually asks
David Edwards and Nick Juliano
Published: Friday August 15, 2008


ust so we're clear: Barack Obama is in fact not the Anti-Christ, sent here to feed on the souls of the innocent, resume Satan's reign over earth and bring about the apocalypse as foretold in Revelation.

Not. The. Anti-Christ.

That such a subject is even speculated about in any but the most backwards, unreconstructed segments of American society -- let alone on a 24-hour cable network -- is a testament (no pun intended) to the depths to which political debate has fallen. But there was the caption on CNN Friday in big bold letters: "OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST?"

Apparently a not-insignificant number of Americans, after viewing John McCain's Web ad The One, with its Messianic overtones -- come away thinking that Barack Obama has been sent from Hell to Earth to turn its citizens against God. For inspiration, some of these people seem to be drawing from the fictional Left Behind series, which posits a dystopian future where the Anti-Christ comes to Earth as a charismatic politician.

The book's author's, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, have insisted they don't believe Obama is the Anti-Christ, although they can't resist taking a dig at the candidate in the process.

"I can see by the language he uses why people think he could be the antichrist," adds LaHaye, "but from my reading of scripture, he doesn't meet the criteria. There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will be an American."
McCain's campaign of course insists that convincing Evangelicals that Obama was the Anti-Christ was never their intention. CNN notes that regardless of its intent, though, the ad seems to have spurred increased interest in the baseless speculation. At least one entire blog is devoted to the question and a Google search for "Obama Antichrist" returns nearly 1 million returns.

There is a clip at the site - The Raw Story | 'Obama the Antichrist?' CNN <i>actually</i> asks

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How does he know Omama is not... Obama could be. If you believe in that stuff. How does anyone know who is and is not the anti-Christ. Maybe I am the antichrist...

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No, it's me.

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no, that would be your overblown ego trying to assert itself. again.
i always thought that george w. was the antichrist. something about those beady, hollow eyes.

That just goes to show that crap can pass for news in this country.The quality of news has really dropped and I suspect there is a strong correlation to the dumbing down and lowered standards of the schools .

I was interested to see this thread because I've posted before about how similar Barack is to Nicolae Carpathia, the anti-Christ in the Left Behind series. They are both dark-skinned, charismatic politicians whom people mindlessly flock to. Now that's not to say I believe Obama is the anti-Christ since I question most Christian concepts including that one, but I do find it interesting.

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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

I think you have to get shot in the head and rise from the dead - but then again, I'm not even Christian so I really don't know.

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Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
- Robertson Davies

I actually tried to read that series but the writing was so dull and presictable I gave it up - before the antichrist appeared. Sounds like he (Nicolae) was written to appeal to those who actually believe Jesus was a blond haired, blue eyed, nordic messiah - making it clear that the HG and God are both severely aryan.

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Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
- Robertson Davies