I’ve not listened to the audio. As I’ve told a few RCs on FR, the Bible does reveal the identity of antiChrist - nor does it tell us if antiChrist is a person or an attribute of a particular heresy within the church. (I’m reading this book on the subject right now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801066069 to gain a better understanding of it)
To answer you: No, I do not consider the pope to be antiChrist. John tells us “every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” I disagree with the RCC - and her popes - on many issues but I don’t hear this heresy come forth from her or him.
I respect MacArthur to a degree but am not a big fan of his. I disagree with him on a few issues. I DO agree with him that it’s right to hate doctrinal errors - but only those that can reasonably be shown to depart from Biblical truth - such as the RCC doctrine that Mary was sinless or that she was assumed up in to heaven. These doctrines I hate because they are false.
I’ve see “pro-catholic” threads on FR that have been just as provocative - such is the condition of having the freedom of an “open” thread.
Ooops - typo: “the Bible does reveal the identity of antiChrist” should be “the Bible does NOT reveal the identity of antiChrist”