Randy Inman
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Is Obama the Antichrist?
July 6th 2009 14:25
Is Barack Obama the Antichrist? That question is asked more and more these days and the answer usually depends on your religious and political beliefs. According to Christian Beliefs the Antichrist is a seemingly Christ Like person who will bring on the end of the world. He will be loved by many but spotted for what he is by true believers in Christ.
Now I want to get into my beliefs so they will be known to the readers. I am an Agnostic, meaning I have not made up my mind yet. The whole science of the thing and people thinking the Earth is only 6,000 years old or so, stops me from being a Christian. I also think about the fact that your religion is mostly based on where you were born.
The side of me that leans towards being a Christian is one I was raised around them. Two I don’t believe in the big bang theory. I don’t see how there is nothing then something blows up and creates us all. I also think the universe shows signs of intelligent design (though liberals very being discount that) but whether God exists isn’t the topic of this article.
To be honest I know more about the Antichrist from reading the Left Behind books than I do the Bible. So Is Barack Obama the Antichrist? In a short answer no I do not believe Barack Obama is the literal Antichrist.
There are three main reasons why I do not think Barack Obama is the literal Antichrist.
1 Being Agnostic I struggle to believe that Barack Obama will bring on the end of the world and battle God. He may well bring on the end of the world as we know it but I don’t think in the Biblical sense.
2 Too many people have been against Barack Obama from the start, he isn’t the universally loved person depicted as the Anti Christ, who will lose followers as he grows stronger. I can very well see the comparison because many people do love him despite his obvious evil intentions for the United States and the World in general. And in fact from all the dead voters who voted for him, he does have some unique powers! But far too many people have opposed him from the start.
3 Translations of the Bible tend to differ as to where the Antichrist will be born. And the fact that Obama’s birth place is so in question is a selling point for those who think he IS the Antichrist.
Some Christians look for signs of Armageddon and feel they are seeing them. Earthquakes, famine and all the rest. Well the problem is that we always have earthquakes and famine. They can ties these events in with Obama’s evil intentions (from my point of view anyway) and conclude that he is the Antichrist.
There is no doubt with his attacks on our economy with Cap and Trade, his attempt at population control with Obamacare and his dislike of Israel, Obama has the potential for evil. But I do not believe Barack Obama is the Antichrist.
Now I want to get into my beliefs so they will be known to the readers. I am an Agnostic, meaning I have not made up my mind yet. The whole science of the thing and people thinking the Earth is only 6,000 years old or so, stops me from being a Christian. I also think about the fact that your religion is mostly based on where you were born.
The side of me that leans towards being a Christian is one I was raised around them. Two I don’t believe in the big bang theory. I don’t see how there is nothing then something blows up and creates us all. I also think the universe shows signs of intelligent design (though liberals very being discount that) but whether God exists isn’t the topic of this article.
To be honest I know more about the Antichrist from reading the Left Behind books than I do the Bible. So Is Barack Obama the Antichrist? In a short answer no I do not believe Barack Obama is the literal Antichrist.
There are three main reasons why I do not think Barack Obama is the literal Antichrist.
1 Being Agnostic I struggle to believe that Barack Obama will bring on the end of the world and battle God. He may well bring on the end of the world as we know it but I don’t think in the Biblical sense.
2 Too many people have been against Barack Obama from the start, he isn’t the universally loved person depicted as the Anti Christ, who will lose followers as he grows stronger. I can very well see the comparison because many people do love him despite his obvious evil intentions for the United States and the World in general. And in fact from all the dead voters who voted for him, he does have some unique powers! But far too many people have opposed him from the start.
3 Translations of the Bible tend to differ as to where the Antichrist will be born. And the fact that Obama’s birth place is so in question is a selling point for those who think he IS the Antichrist.
Some Christians look for signs of Armageddon and feel they are seeing them. Earthquakes, famine and all the rest. Well the problem is that we always have earthquakes and famine. They can ties these events in with Obama’s evil intentions (from my point of view anyway) and conclude that he is the Antichrist.
There is no doubt with his attacks on our economy with Cap and Trade, his attempt at population control with Obamacare and his dislike of Israel, Obama has the potential for evil. But I do not believe Barack Obama is the Antichrist.
English: Picture of the Antichrist and his believers in a window of the St. Marien church of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
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Comment by S.L.
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Comment by Lester Caudill
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But we see the hand of the creator in everything present, there is no way things could have just by chance evolved to what we are today. each specie is unique and perfect in its design. The seasons come on time, and the sun and moon have a perfect movement it couldn't have happen by accident. Sorry to ramble on Randy.
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Comment by kywrite
I'd prefer to keep my battles on a more earthly plane, and trust God to take care of the rest.
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the potential for evil....wow!!!
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Short answer - no.
Also, I don't believe the world is 6000 years old. But I am a Christian.
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Look very carefully at the graph in the link below. It is pretty self-explanatory if you learned anything at all in school.
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Comment by kywrite
But you know, time will tell. I shop for the family, and I'm already seeing 30-60% price rises on certain staples I get all the time. We're going to hit hyperinflation within a year or two, bank on it. I plan to buy a house before that happens. (that is me looking at the big picture -- I'm going to benefit, damn it. Owing the same, but with dollars worth less -- yep, that works out for buying a home.)
And what do I think would have happened without a stimulus package at all? Not much. The business world is terrified of the inflation they foresee, so no one's hiring, but people are still cutting jobs and going out of business. The only good thing happening is some offshored manufacturing is coming back because the dollar is weak overseas and it's getting cheaper, due to transportation and labor costs, to just make a lot of things at home.
Had the "stimulus" been a package of tax cuts and removal of the nutty equal-opportunity-no-matter-y our-credit-rating stuff they did in the 90s, would we be better off today? You betcha.
Comment by kywrite
But you know, time will tell. I shop for the family, and I'm already seeing 30-60% price rises on certain staples I get all the time. We're going to hit hyperinflation within a year or two, bank on it. I plan to buy a house before that happens. (that is me looking at the big picture -- I'm going to benefit, damn it. Owing the same, but with dollars worth less -- yep, that works out for buying a home.)
And what do I think would have happened without a stimulus package at all? Not much. The business world is terrified of the inflation they foresee, so no one's hiring, but people are still cutting jobs and going out of business. Uncertainty, you see, is very bad for business. The only good thing happening is some previously-offshored manufacturing is coming back because the dollar is weak overseas and it's getting cheaper, due to transportation and labor costs, to just make a lot of things at home.
Had the "stimulus" been a package of tax cuts and removal of the nutty equal-opportunity-no-matter-y our-credit-rating stuff they did in the 90s, would we be better off today? You betcha. Had we let the weak car companies and banks that made bad decisions die would we be better off today? Again, you betcha -- the individual workers would be hard to absorb into the economy again, but they'd find jobs again, often better ones, and mostly within a year or less.
Comment by Jeff Musall
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As for the idiocy KY writes about, more tax cuts? Are you really that stupid? Look at history, every major downturn was preceded by tax cuts, especially to the rich..as for the mortgage crisis that some think caused this, all the failed mortages add up to only a little over 300 billion...the problem was that they were marketed in so many different ways as to make the losses in the trillions...the financial industry brought this, coupled with tax cuts. Tax cuts to the wealthy spur bubble investment cycles, not the opposite.
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Comment by kywrite
But you know what? No matter what I say, you're going to say I'm wrong with vague support, then call me stupid.That's the exact thing you've done for years, and I don't see you changing any time soon. Name me a couple situations where an economic downturn has been preceded with tax cuts -- and I mean immediately preceded by significant tax cuts that weren't offset by tax increases. You certainly aren't talking about the 1980s, when crippling inflation, horrific unemployment numbers, and a top-end tax rate of over 70% were completely turned around when Reagan cut taxes 25% across the board.
Or how about the early 1960s, when JFK showed wisdom beyond his years by slashing the highest tax rate from 91% to 70%, spurring a sustained period of economic growth only slowed by the Vietnam War and LBJ's progressive initiatives. Great leaders in both political parties have seen the wisdom of tax cuts to spur growth.
Common sense tells us all that if we have more money in our pockets, we spend it on stuff. The merchants that benefit from our cash spend it on other things, and cash flow keeps the economy strong. When the government takes so much of it that IT has the ability to control consumption, those individual merchants no longer benefit, but rather the friends of people directly running the government do. Result: a few get wealthy, most get poorer -- the exact thing you claim to abhor.
Also, the economy is not based on how many dollars are in it, but rather on how frequently those dollars are spent, as well as how and where. When the government controls those three variables - generally via taxation - you see an economic downturn. When individuals control them, you see free market capitalism and mostly healthy economies.
Bah, why am I explaining this to you? Closed minds don't respond to reason. Put up or shut up.
(And -- I'm not Christian either. Best look elsewhere for your bash-fundamentalists fix.)
Comment by Jeff Musall
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As for Reagan being the tax cut god, you are probably going to deny he presided over the largest tax hike in American history, doubling FICA (I'll bet you're against lifting the cap, though, eh?)
The same thing happens with tax cuts to the wealthy each and every single time....they begin to run out of standard investments they like, and look for ways to make a quick buck..they use their influence to get regulations lowered..then the foxes run to the henhouse. It's a fact every single defaulted mortage could have been paid for in full for half of the cost of the bank bailout....they leveraged, bet, resold, repackaged, and made wealth out of nothing....and now that wealth isn't there...
I would contend the economy has been in real recession for 8 years, with real wage and manufacturing going down...the numbers were propped up by a house of cards built around easy credit - not just home mortgages, but cards, bank loans, etc, etc,