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Vance's Antichrist comments are a 'common belief', his friend tells BBC
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Posted on 09/03/2026 8:49:20 AM PDT by algore

Recent remarks by US Vice-President JD Vance about the Antichrist and "the end times" are a "very common belief", one of his friends says.

Vance recently mused on his religious views while responding to a question on a Christian podcast. He said he would "not [be] shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us" and speculated on whether the end of the world was nigh.

Rod Dreher, a conservative writer, rejected any suggestion that the comments would harm the vice-president. He told the BBC's Today programme: "Most Americans who are inclined to vote Republican already believe this stuff."

In his podcast comments, Vance also clarified that such thoughts did not preoccupy him.

In Christianity, the "end times" phrase refers to theories about what will happen at the end of the world. Many churches believe God has a divine plan for the end of everything.

Meanwhile, the Antichrist is seen as the enemy of God who appears during the final phase of the world's existence and takes it over.

Vance, who became a Catholic as an adult, reflected on these topics during a recent podcast discussion with Bryce Crawford, a US Christian podcaster.

"Do I think that we're in the end times? I don't know," he said in response to a Crawford question on the subject. "And I think that it's probably bad for me spiritually to focus too much on it, because there are, like, things you gotta do.

"I gotta be good to my wife. I gotta be good to my kids. I have to be as good of a leader as I can for the United States of America."

The vice-president continued by saying: "I think that there are, like, things about the world that make me feel, like, not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us."

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To: algore

I don’t think the antichrist is near, too many people remember what the Bible says.

If it will happen soon they first need to have a fake antichrist that would eventually be exposed as a fraud because too many people know the antichrist comes before Christ. Then they can bring in the real antichrist that will fool a lot of real Christians.

BTW the antichrist and satan are one and the same.


21 posted on 09/03/2026 9:32:52 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: All

Heck, I’m not particularly religious, and I believe it, or that there very soon will be an ‘anti-Christ.

You can be an atheist even, and see that the whole world is barreling towards ‘The Mark of the Beast” at maximum speed.

I used to think that it would have to be forced upon most of us, but millions are embracing the whole concept, if only for the sake of their convenience and to be trendy.


22 posted on 09/03/2026 9:42:46 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: House Atreides
VANCE!...And he’ll do it without Trump’s “eccentricities” which some people find off-putting.

How will Vance do it without Trump “eccentricities”, when Trump will be posting on Truth Social every day and reporters will then ask Vance every day to respond?

23 posted on 09/03/2026 9:46:43 AM PDT by tlozo (“Russia war-Either money today or blood tomorrow," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk)
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To: Mogger

The Moggertonuans?


24 posted on 09/03/2026 9:46:45 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Directive 10 -289 will be forthcoming.)
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To: algore

Comments have been very common since Obummer showed up.
Lets see how DSA does in midterm and ‘28.


25 posted on 09/03/2026 9:51:17 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: algore

Mohammed was the Anti-Christ.


26 posted on 09/03/2026 10:04:20 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: spintreebob
Agreed. And for more Bible-geekish info, the word "antichrist" in the Bible is used not just as the title of a person (i.e. the antichrist) but as an adjective regarding teachings or as a plural noun regarding people who do those evil teachings.

Example: 2 John 1:7 (AMP) -- For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ].

So maybe we shouldn't just look for THE antichrist, but also antichrist teachings already among us. Most notably the people who deny the divinity of Jesus the Christ.

27 posted on 09/03/2026 10:06:51 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Once the midterm elections are behind us and 2028 is in focus, the media is going to harp on comments like this as a way to make Vance out to be a religious zealot. I know its not fair and his comments are mischaracterized, but the media will not be able to resist playing up a leading presidential candidate talking about the “End Times” as a religious nut. Look for more and more of these stories.

Media portrayal of JD Vance after the midterms:


28 posted on 09/03/2026 10:21:55 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Forgiven_Sinner

Of course, the BBC has a lot of chutzpah writing an article like this about Vance’s Christian beliefs. Has the BBC dug into what Muslim MPs believe about Al-Sa’ah and the Final Judgment under Islam? I suspect a lot more of them have hardcore millenarianism-type beliefs than Vance. But do the (99.999% likely) Atheist BBC reporters write these “aren’t these people strange?” articles about the Islamic officeholders in their own backyard? Nah. They don’t want their throats slit.


29 posted on 09/03/2026 10:26:16 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

A Christian zealot loves.

A Muslim zealot kills.


30 posted on 09/03/2026 10:41:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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(The vice-president continued by saying: “I think that there are, like, things about the world that make me feel, like, not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us.”)

I agree Mr. Vice-President

Can’t be sure WHEN but the Globalism, pay-by-hand systems, etc. are interesting developments


31 posted on 09/03/2026 10:48:33 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: montag813

Yeppers


32 posted on 09/03/2026 10:48:53 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: montag813
I've already heard Jewish friends voice concern about Vance. They had nothing specific, but were afraid that he'd be a zealot of sorts.

I guess Mamdani, AOC, Bernie, El Sayeed, Omar, etc. aren't zealots..

33 posted on 09/03/2026 10:53:25 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: algore
BBC writer is James FitzGerald.....

Helps to see who's doing the talking, sometimes.


34 posted on 09/03/2026 10:55:04 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: neverevergiveup
I've already heard Jewish friends voice concern about Vance. They had nothing specific, but were afraid that he'd be a zealot of sorts. I guess Mamdani, AOC, Bernie, El Sayeed, Omar, etc. aren't zealots..

I have mixed feeling about Vance. He is outstanding taking on media liberals. But he says some really odd things sometimes. And there is just so much we don't know about him, a blank slate. Rubio and DeSantis aren't perfect - DeSantis comes across as a little testy instead of cool in such confrontations - but both are proven leaders with long track records.

35 posted on 09/03/2026 10:56:07 AM PDT by montag813
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To: algore

Figures that the BBC (the Anti-Christs mouthpiece) would freak over this.


36 posted on 09/03/2026 11:03:22 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: Tell It Right

For the thread:

1) there’s the spirit of antichrist

2) there are antichrist people (Madelyn Murray O’Hair, Barack Hussein Obama, etc.,

3) there is the first beast of Revelation chapter 13 who some of us call “The Antichrist”

The second beast of Revelation chapter 13 is the False Prophet

God bless


37 posted on 09/03/2026 11:06:26 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Things are indeed trending in an ominous direction,

Mr. Vice President Vance (Luke 21:34-36) ✝️✝️✝️



38 posted on 09/03/2026 11:16:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: algore

Antichrist was walking among us.

Democrats not answering the phone.


39 posted on 09/03/2026 11:54:21 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: BrexitBen

the current and former Pope?
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the current and former PopeS.

There I fixed it.


40 posted on 09/03/2026 12:53:27 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians )
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