Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 : Ramblings

Alright, now that we have a new president elect, and he’s not McCain – the Christian Fundamentalist Right is up in arms about the Antichrist prophecies being true. Some of you may or may not be aware of my deep rooted religious background (12 years Catholic-schooled, sympathize later, this post is fun); and my even deeper rooted Philosophical background. As a result, I feel its important to do three things:

1. Have a look to see what the Antichrist prophecies are
2. Compare them to Obama
3. Point out the problems, and break the argument – simply, I won’t be long winded as I could be about it.

Get your Bibles out, kiddies…

Thessalonians 2:4 – He opposes God

Daniel 11:36 – He will speak marvelous things against the God of gods

2 Thessalonians 2:4 – He will exalt himself above all that is called God

Daniel 11:37 – He will not regard the desire of women

Revelations 14:11 – The mark of the beast will be the amount of his name

Let’s start with these ones… and end with them.

1. Thes 2:4 – Obama needs to start doing this publically pretty soon. Of course, we also need to take into account that these conspirators that believe the Antichrist is Obama might not have the right God in mind. “Ours is the only one”, they say. The one arguement I pass to that is – Who are they to define God? Under their own doctrine it is a sin to place their beliefs before others, and their own egos that drive their beliefs. But, alas, those are beliefs in general, and getting into that too far can discredit pretty much everything.
2. Dan 11:36 – You Fundies can worrie if this ever starts, until then, your other arguments pointing at Obama ruling a powerful nation and being charming are null and void.
3. 2 Thes 2:4 – Obama’s not doing this one either… Then again, there’s still time for Change and Hope, right?
4. Dan 11:37 – No matter how you spin this, 1. Obama has two daughters, 2. Obama has a wife. So whether you look at this as possible homosexuality or fullfilling the needs of women, I’m gonna lean on his best personal interests. Let me know if he kills them all off though, okay?
5. Rev 14:11 – I’m just throwing this one out to see if I can get any numerologist crazies to mesh up his name to a number chart and magically come out with “666″ somehow. Math is fun!

Fact of the matter is this. In any arguement, you’re going to have things that simply “don’t match up”, especially when you’re leaning on prophecy, so if you’re into this whole Antichrist Obama thing, chances are you’re telling yourself one of three things:

1. It’s possible because it’s like “here” (point at a list), and “here” (point again)
2. Disbeliever! You’ll burn in hell!!
3. When all of this happens, I’ll sit back and smile and say “I told you so”.

Well:

1. There are flaws in your case, who are you to say which ones are right and wrong, inaccurate, or can be dismissed? Ever play tag with someone who always changed the rules? Sucks doesn’t it. Stop cheating at arguing, you look like an idiot.
2. Thanks, no. I believe in God, in fact, I have beliefs that extend the hypocricy of religious bigotry by being accepting of all beliefs within reason, sorry Flying Spaghetti Monster, you’re a doctrine against creationism being taught in schools, not a belief structure, in my book.
3. I won’t hold my breath. Oh, and on Christmas day in 2012, if we’re all still alive – I’ll sit back and do the same thing to you (Aztec Calendar prophecy tie in, ladies and gents! *bows*).

So, Fundies, quit your damn bitchin’ or move to the Holy Land if you don’t like it when logical people, and the masses, don’t vote your way. Wait ’til I get into Obama The Socialist for all you Gun-toting Right Freaks.