[Dave S]

We are talking about something here that can cause Bush to lose elections. The Republican party needs its Christian base to win.

And if you sat out the election causing Bush to lose how would that help the cause. It would lead to more abortions, legalizing gay marriage and perhaps Christians being legally defined as criminals for various hate crimes (claiming that a gay person is a morally corrupt) or for not being willing to hire a cross dresser as a sales clerk in your Christian Book store. Yeah, no problem, you can probably live with that. It would only force Christ to come back that much sooner.

[sasportas]

Dave S, I agree with you. I think you have misunderstood me. I am for Bush. I was sounding the alarm that the notion that Bush might possibly morph into the antichrist due to his position of power in the world is becoming widespread, and could damage his Christian base of support. I tried to point out that Bush may be a powerful political leader, but he does not fit other biblical descriptions of antichrist.

Bush has used the enormous power of our military, but to what end? In order to rule the world? Or to liberate the Iraqi people?

The protype of antichrist in the bible is Antiochus Ephiphanes. A political animal, a moral pervert, a Bill Clinton type individual. Antiochus used the military to exalt himself and his pagan, humanistic, one world religion. He despised anybody who had devout faith in God, and he persecuted them. None of which fits Bush.