Posted on 10/25/2008 8:00:09 PM PDT by Petronski
Doug is a fellow parishoner at Our Lady of Malibu. A very thoughtful, intelligent, accomplished man. His support of Obama is absolutely baffling to me.
He went from supporting Romney to Obama in very short order. This contributes to my cynicism.
Wondering if anybody has jotted down the names of the various Bus Transportation Companies participating in the Obama campaign.
Curious if we could find out through them the travels of groups of same people attending Obama rallies about the Nation, or about certain areas of the Nation.
It’s quite curious to my wife and myself that many thousands of people are attending these Obama functions when we don’t even see ANY Obama bumper stickers, or any other support for Obama anywhere from our area to over the hill in Corona, to Arlington District of Riverside, to Woodcrest. Everybody displaying political signage has McCain/Palin, and Vote Yes on Prop. 8.
C’mon...This is California we’re living in. Where’s all this Obama stuff?
Here in the Bay Area.
Thank God for Mark. He accurately describes the phenomenon of Obama and the way it seems to have affected some otherwise smart people.
So often we have examples of various people “drinking the koolaide” but in this case- whatever has happened to people in our country is alarming and inexplicable.
The free concert just before he speaks might have something to do with it.
Throw in some 'Million Man Math' and you, too, can have a huge crowd.
A turncoat can’t be trusted—by either side.
I know this sounds bizarre, but I suspect that the political left is so far gone in their contrarian pseudo-religion of socialism, that if Obama *announced* to them that he was “the Antichrist”, they would not be appalled, in fact, they would be thrilled, and embrace him even more.
Even his followers who are nominally Christian would not miss a beat in worshiping Obama instead of Jesus. They might even replace the cross with a statue of Obama, substituting selections from his speeches for prayer.
“Barack Obama’s nomination is so extraordinary
that another chapter could be added to the Bible
to chronicle its significance.”
— Jesse Jackson, Jr.
(Importantly, this is *not* to say that I think Obama actually is the Antichrist, just that in a fit of ego, he might actually declare himself to be the Antichrist, because that is what the left wants him to be.)
This Antichrist offers the left most everything they want, politically and spiritually. What Would The Antichrist Do?
1) The Antichrist will horribly punish Christians. He will express all the hatred the left feels for Christians, and hurt them anyway he can. Is there any doubt about their burning hatred for Christians right now?
2) The Antichrist offers himself as a substitute for God, to be worshiped through a cult of personality. He declares himself God, and his followers call him “God on Earth.” His followers love this idea, because it means that he has superhuman powers. He is Superman, who is God on Earth.
3) The Antichrist is actually against war, because he wants to rule over all the Earth. So he fully supports internationalism and a world government. War is contention among his servants, which distracts them from adoring him. Any war he permits would be solely for his entertainment, especially if it is cruel and vicious, and directed against the innocent and helpless.
4) The Antichrist appeals to the left because he has unchecked power. Anything and everything on the left’s agenda is passed without debate. There is no “gridlock”, just a legislative fantasy land where the left gets everything it wants, and those opposed to the Antichrist get nothing.
5) The Antichrist fully supports abortion, euthanasia, and government control over everything. Unless you obey the Antichrist, you are denied everything the government offers, such as property, water, food, and medical care. All must enlist in his civilian army. Or, as Michelle Obama said:
“Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going
to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put
down your divisions. That you come out of your
isolation, that you move out of your comfort zone.
Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives
as usual - uninvolved, uninformed.”
— Michelle Obama, reported by The Boston Globe
And again, though I truly doubt that Obama is “The” Antichrist, if he is to take the mantle of that evil being, in many ways he could do what it is promised that the real Antichrist would do.
That a man would declare himself God and get a multitude of followers is also not impossible. “Father Divine” did so in the 1920s, and was at one point estimated to have as many as 2 million followers. And this was in a time where the Christian faith was very strong in the US.
Today, you have to wonder, would such a man have a chance to be elected President of the United States?
Yup. Liberal haven up there.
Indeed this is not the election for protest votes for third party candidates and childish “I didn’t get my way in the primaries so I am going to get back at the party by rooting for Obama to win” propositions.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and I dare say that this is by and far the most important vote in our nation since the vote on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress.
It is ironic that a vote for John McCain would be the most important vote cast in this conservative’s lifetime, given my exasperation with McCain in the past, but I take this responsibility with the same due diligence and commitment that I did raising my hand to be sworn in as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army back in 1983.
Eagles Up!! Patriots forward!!
Revelation 13:3
3And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
To be fulfilled before I chip in.
Today, you have to wonder, would such a man have a chance to be elected President of the United States?
A chance? More like a certainty.
Haven, or coven? I know several witches personally.
I am concerned about Obama's reaction to Biden's interview with the TV reporter. He is exercising this power as a candidate. Can you imagine what He will do if elected!
I don't understand why the media cannot connect the dots. I think Greta understands this and a few others at FNC, but Hume and his all stars are mesmerized by Him, as well as MSM. I am so disappointed in Hume and am glad he is retiring. Maybe the new person will replace the panel with people who are not caught up in DC fun.
Either works. ;)
Levin has been taking it to "Osama" Obama on his nationally syndicated radio show every weekday for the past few weeks and will continue to do so until Election Day.
There is much concern that an Obama Administration would use the reintroduction of the "fairness doctrine" to effectively kick national "conservative" radio talk show hosts off the air!
Levin has been taking it to "Osama" Obama on his nationally syndicated radio show every weekday for the past few weeks and will continue to do so until Election Day.
There is much concern that an Obama Administration would use the reintroduction of the "fairness doctrine" to effectively kick national "conservative" radio talk show hosts off the air!
bttt
But that is my point, that he is not the real Antichrist. My point is that he is a parody, *an* Antichrist, and not because he is the Antichrist, but because he wants to be, a pretender to that throne.
Socialism evolved in a Judeo-Christian milieu. As such, many of its goals, and means to those goals, are parodies of the mythology of these religions.
For example, one of the goals of socialism-communism amounts to surrendering “the knowledge of good and evil” and returning to the Garden of Eden. But their parody uses different words, to give up “morality” and become amoral, and return to “the state of nature”.
But nowhere in Judeo-Christianity is it proposed that man would, or even could, do this, return to Eden. The idea is only found in socialism-communism, as a perverse interpretation of scripture.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in the 19th Century, was a big advocate of this, and had as a central theme the parody of Biblical tales, that he felt should be perverted in the retelling to different purposes. For example, he rewrote the story of Nebuchadrezzar II, so that God was *rewarding* the king by making him like an animal, so that he could more fully enjoy nature, stripped of the corruption of civilization, a “child of nature.”
Al Gore would probably be thrilled with the idea of building a Tower of Babel, believing that it would indeed reach unto heaven, and that when he ascended it, he would be like God. Except in his version, the tower is actually built and accomplishes that purpose.
So how would a socialist-communist reinterpret Revelations? To start with, the Antichrist would be the “good guy”, and the signs of his arrival would be joyous events. He would bring about the “New Jerusalem”, though called something else, no doubt. And he would also dispel the old culture and civilization, like Jesus did to the old laws, statutes and judgments.
His new religion, of course, would have to be socialism-communism, as it would transcend all the “old” religions. And those who still followed those “old” religions would be heretics and unbelievers. And there would be open season on them, because the Antichrist followers would be permitted to do anything against them.
So coming back to my main point, I would not expect any variety of conformity with Biblical Revelations, because they would not be following that text, but their own “black bible”, with different means and goals. Again, not *the* Antichrist, but a pretender to that throne.
Not saying he is, just saying I can't rule him out just yet.
The kicker? I'm not even a Christian, and I think he's the Antichrist!
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