An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad? (Will You Be 'Left Behind' if You Vote for Obama?)

It's not easy to make the infamous Willie Horton ad from the 1988 presidential campaign seem benign. But suggesting that Barack Obama is the Antichrist might just do it.

That's just what some outraged Christian supporters of the Democratic nominee are claiming John McCain's campaign did in an ad called "The One" that was recently released online. The Republican nominee's advisers brush off the charges, arguing that the spot was meant to be a "creative" and "humorous" way of poking fun at Obama's popularity by painting him as a self-appointed messiah. But even this innocuous interpretation of the ad — which includes images of Charlton Heston as Moses and culled clips that make Obama sound truly egomaniacal — taps into a conversation that has been gaining urgency on Christian radio, political blogs, and in widely-circulated email messages that accuse Obama of being the Antichrist.

The ad was the creation of Fred Davis, one of McCain's top media gurus, as well as a close friend of former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed and the nephew of conservative Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe. It first caught the attention of Democrats familiar with the Left Behind series, a fictionalized account of the end time that debuted in the 1990s and has sold nearly 70 million books worldwide. "The language in there is so similar to the language in the Left Behind books," says Tony Campolo, a leading progressive evangelical speaker and author.

As the ad begins, the words "It should be known that in 2008 the world shall be blessed. They will call him The One" flash across the screen. The Antichrist of the Left Behind books is a charismatic young political leader named Nicolae Carpathia who founds The One World religion (slogan: "We are God") and promises to heal the world ...

"The language in there is so similar to the language in the Left Behind books," says Tony Campolo, a leading progressive evangelical speaker and author.

Tony Campolo
General Teachings/Activities

In the Fall of 1997, a book was published titled, Renegade Prophet? A Look at the Teachings of Tony Campolo. Here are some excerpts from that book:

(a) Reaching out in our communities for Tony Campolo includes participating with the American Muslim Council, the Unitarian Universalist Association, Planned Parenthood of America's Clergy Advisory Board, the quasi-Buddhist SEVA Foundation, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Revolutionary Communist Party, the Democratic Socialists of America, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Preaching a complete Gospel includes holding candlelight prayer vigils outside offending factories, and calling on the church to help stop what he claims is the world's grave over-population problem.

(b) The use of doublespeak includes the use of phrases and terms that rename otherwise objectionable concepts. In Dr. Campolo's usage, the left-wing animal rights movement becomes "creation care." Embracing the agenda of Worldwatch Institute and Greenpeace becomes Christian "Stewardship" of the earth. Brutal laws such as China's one-child-per-family mandate become "farsighted" population control strategies. Doublespeak also works the other way. Pejorative terminology quickly denigrates things most people would not find objectionable, such as disposable diapers and cans of deodorant. In Tony Campolo's lexicon, using disposable diapers or aerosol deodorant is "ecologically sinful." Watering your lawn or consuming fuel becomes "environmental terrorism." Preaching that homosexuals must repent becomes "homophobia" and "gay-bashing." In fact, Campolo says that new types of sin need to be introduced related to environmentalism. Speaking out against the wickedness of Clinton White House policies becomes "meanness."

(c) For the first 172 pages of How to Rescue the Earth, Campolo presents a political action program that is merely a baptized version of what Greenpeace and Worldwatch Institute have promoted for years. This program involves dramatic change in the economic infrastructure of the West and a total overhaul of our way of life, with government serving as the great enforcer of environmentally correct behavior. In addition, throughout the book, Campolo calls for a new spirituality that embraces the "sacramental" character of nature.

(d) To make his case that evangelical theology needs help, Campolo favorably cites the teachings of a man named Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. He writes that Teilhard represents more "modern Christian thinking," and that we can gain inspiration from Teilhard. He refers to Teilhard's "genius" on page 83 and on the same page insists that even "those who have sought to refute his theories could not help but admire his genius." He does not warn readers that anything is amiss in the teachings of Teilhard. [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, born in 1881, was a Jesuit priest and philosopher as well as a geologist and paleontologist. As philosopher, he fused Catholic doctrine and evolutionary theory and as a result, conflicted with church authority. He is credited for helping to lay the foundation for the modern New Age movement. The Christ of Teilhard de Chardin is not the Christ of Scripture. Teilhard's Christ is the cosmic christ of an emerging global New Age spirituality. What spiritual insight can be gained from someone who rejects the Christ of Scripture? God has made foolish the wisdom of this world (I Corinthians 1:20). Yet, Campolo writes: "And until we come up with some more solid alternatives, the perspectives of St. Francis and Teilhard ought to provide some of the inspiration for our preaching."]

(e) Concerning political activism, Campolo says, "May we be cautious about those who would use political power to advance the interest of religion. I'm afraid for America. I'm afraid for its future. And what is ironic is I am afraid for America because I fear what my fellow Christians might do." If you heard him address the Baptist Joint Committee you would think that he is opposed to involvement by Christians when it concerns economics and public policy. It would be more accurate to say that Campolo is clearly opposed to religious involvement in government if those involved are fundamentalist Christian conservatives. In his speech to an assembly of Marxists, homosexual activists, abortion rights defenders, feminist theologians, and New Age disciples, Campolo made it very clear: members of the "Religious Right" need not apply [to his new group, Call For Renewal]. He referred to the worldview of the "Religious Right" as "neither biblical nor Christian."

(f) Campolo believes that Christians should join together to support Clinton: "The ball is in our court now. We can reject Mr. Clinton's overtures and embrace the skepticism that will only lead to destructive tensions between him and the evangelical community. Or we can act in faith and believe that together there is much that we can do to rekindle the spiritual fires that once provided the dynamism of our nation. I think that we have no other option but to take hold of his outstretched hand and ask, 'Mr. President, what can we do together?'" There are millions of Christians who have refused to join hands with President Clinton. They will not because the President's hands are covered with the blood of innocent children.

(g) Concerning partial-birth abortions: President Clinton has always outspokenly defended the killing of pre-born children at every stage of development. Campolo states in his book 20 Hot Potatoes that he found pre-schoolers engaged in killing ants to be "demonic." Yet, Campolo thinks that a President who defends the law that allows abortionists to cut open a baby's head and suck out its brains can exude the "presence of God." The long overdue question we must ask is, which "god" is Tony Campolo talking about?

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/campolo/campolo.htm

Obama is truly a heretic spawned from a heretical sect of Christianity called black liberation theology which is subsect of heretical liberation theology.

"God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11"
--Rev Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor for twenty years

Wright: "In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the Western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring Black concerns."

"America’s chickens... are coming home... to ROOST!"

The Real Story Behind Rev. Wright's Controversial Black Liberation Theology Doctrine
Monday , May 5, 2008
FoxNews/Hannity's America
[special Friday night edition--original airdate May 2, 2008]

(some key excerpts)

["(Jose) Diaz-Balart is the son of Rafael Diaz-Balart y Guitierrez (a former Cuban politician). He has three bothers, Rafael Diaz-Balart (a banker), Mario Diaz-Balart (a US Congressman) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (also a US Congressman). His aunt, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was Fidel Castro's first wife."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Diaz-Balart]

JOSE DIAZ-BALART, TELEMUNDO NETWORK: "Liberation theology in Nicaragua in the mid-1980's was a pro-Sandinista, pro-Marxist, anti-U.S., anti-Catholic Church movement. That's it. No ifs, ands, or buts. His church apparently supported, in the mid-'80s in Nicaragua, groups that supported the Sandinista dictatorships and that were opposed to the Contras whose reason for being was calling for elections. That's all I know. I was there.

I saw the churches in Nicaragua that he spoke of, and the churches were churches that talked about the need for violent revolution and I remember clearly one of the major churches in Managua where the Jesus Christ on the altar was not Jesus Christ, he was a Sandinista soldier, and the priests talked about the corruption of the West, talked about the need for revolution everywhere, and talked about 'the evil empire' which was the United States of America."

REV. BOB SCHENCK, NATIONAL CLERGY COUNCIL: "it's based in Marxism. At the core of his [Wright's] theology is really an anti-Christian understanding of God, and as part of a long history of individuals who actually advocate using violence in overthrowing those they perceive to be oppressing them, even acts of murder have been defended by followers of liberation theology. That's very, very dangerous."

SCHENCK: "I was actually the only person escorted to Dr. Wright. He asked to see me, and I simply welcomed him to Washington, and then I said Dr. Wright, I want to bring you a warning: your embrace of Marxist liberation theology. It is contrary to the Gospel, and you need, sir, to abandon it. And at that he dropped the handshake and made it clear that he was not in the mood to dialogue on that point."

Source: The Real Story Behind Rev. Wright's Controversial Black Liberation Theology Doctrine:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354158,00.html

From the Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam website, FinalCall.com...
Malik Zulu Shabazz, chairman of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBPP):
"We are happy today to be standing side by side with the Nation of Islam. We believe, like the Nation of Islam and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad believe, in a nation of our own. We believe in a Black first philosophy and a Black Liberation Theology. We don’t worry about the criticism. We love all of those who labored in the Panther Party from the ’60s. Many are with us today."
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1858.shtml

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From the Maoist Internationist Movement:
[1960s] Black Panther Party [BPP] Archives
From the article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROES

excerpt...

"On May 1st, May Day [1969], the day of the gigantic Free Huey rally, two of Alioto's top executioners vamped on the brothers from the Brown Community who were attending to their own affairs. These brothers, who are endowed with the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panther Party defended themselves from the racist pig gestapo.

Pig Joseph Brodnik received his just reward with a big hole in the chest. Pig Paul McGoran got his in the mouth which was not quite enough to off him.

The revolutionary brothers escaped the huge swarm of pigs with dogs, mace, tanks and helicopters, proving once again that "the spirit of the people is greater than the man's technology."

To these brothers the revolutionary people of racist America want to say, by your revolutionary deed you are heroes, and that you are always welcome to our camp."

Source: Maoist Internationist Movement
Article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROS (May 11, 1969):
http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/bpp/index.html

Louis Farrakhan, at the Millions More Movement rally in DC, Oct 15, 2005: "...what Mao Tse Tung did was, he went to the cultural community, and they [Farrakhan spreads his arms beneficently] accepted his idea."..."Mao Tse Tung ... had a billion people whose lives he had to transform."..."the idea of Mao Tse Tung became the idea of a billion people, and China became a world power on the base of the culture and the arts community. If we had a ministry of art and culture in every city we'd create this movement [in the U.S.]."
Source: http://thedrunkablog.blogspot.com/2005/10/communist-plot-noted.html

Louis Farrakhan, Santiago de Cuba, February, 1998: "There is not a member of the black masses in the United States who is not proud of the example set by Cuba and its revolution, with Comandante Fidel at its head"
Source: http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/farakhan21898.html#says

"Minister Farrakhan and his delegation met privately with President Fidel Castro of Cuba."
http://www.finalcall.com/media/cuba/

[that's Michelle Obama with Mrs. Farrakhan]
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/03/michelle-obama-and-louis-farrakhans-wife-together-in-photo/

Louis Farrakhan, at the annual Saviours' Day celebration in Chicago, Feb. 25, 2008: "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better"..."If you look at Barack Obama's audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed."
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4337417

Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Obama's pastor and ~~spirtual advisor~~ "crazy uncle" of more than 20 years, honors "Honorable" Minister Louis Farrakhan with the "Jeremiah A. Wright Lifetime Achievement Trumpeteer Award" at the 2007 Trumpet Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
[it appears the original video was removed, but this one is identical to it]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW2OhkZ0RSg

Obama's Church: Gospel of Hate
Kathy Shaidle, FrontPageMag.com
Monday, April 07, 2008

In March of 2007, FOX News host Sean Hannity had engaged Obama’s pastor in a heated interview about his Church’s teachings. For many viewers, the ensuing shouting match was their first exposure to "Black Liberation Theology"...

Like the pro-communist Liberation Theology that swept Central America in the 1980s and was repeatedly condemned by Pope John Paul II, Black Liberation Theology combines warmed-over 1960s vintage Marxism with carefully distorted biblical passages. However, in contrast to traditional Marxism, it emphasizes race rather than class. The Christian notion of "salvation" in the afterlife is superseded by "liberation" on earth, courtesy of the establishment of a socialist utopia.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=30CD9E14-B0C9-4F8C-A0A6-A896F0F44F02

From "45 Communist Goals":
#27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion.
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

Catholics for Marx
By Fr. Robert Sirico
FrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, June 03, 2004

In the days when the Superpowers were locked in a Cold War, Latin America seethed with revolution, and millions lived behind an iron curtain, a group of theologians concocted a novel idea within the history of Christianity. They proposed to combine the teachings of Jesus with the teachings of Marx as a way of justifying violent revolution to overthrow the economics of capitalism.

The Gospels were re-rendered not as doctrine impacting on the human soul but rather as windows into the historical dialectic of class struggle. These "liberation theologians" saw every biblical criticism of the rich as a mandate to expropriate the expropriating owners of capital, and every expression of compassion for the poor as a call for an uprising by the proletarian class of peasants and workers.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=460782B7-35CC-4C9E-A2C5-93832067C7CD

From the New York Times, April 28, 2008
Reverend Wright at the National Press Club
"In the late 1960s, when Dr. James Cone's powerful books burst onto the scene, the term 'black liberation theology' began to be used. I do not in any way disagree with Dr. Cone, nor do I in any way diminish the inimitable and incomparable contributions that he has made and that he continues to make to the field of theology. Jim, incidentally, is a personal friend of mine."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/us/politics/28text-wright.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=sloginL

From Jeff Head's website...
One notable quote from [James] Cone describing his Black Liberation Theology is as follows:

"Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love." - "Divine Racism: The Unacknowledged Threshold Issue for Black Theology", in African-American Religious Thought: An Anthology, by William R Jones, ed Cornel West and Eddie Glaube (Westminster John Knox Press).
http://www.jeffhead.com/blacklibtheology.htm

HANNITY: But Reverend Jeremiah Wright is not backing down and has not for years and in his strong stance on the teaching of black liberation theology is nothing new. He had the same things to say last spring when he appeared on "Hannity & Colmes:"

WRIGHT: If you're not going to talk about theology in context, if you're not going to talk about liberation theology that came out of the '60s, systematized black liberation theology that started with Jim Cone in 1968 and the writings of Cone and the writings of Dwight Hopkins and the writings of womynist theologians and Asian theologians and Hispanic theologians, then you can't talk about the black value system.

HANNITY: But I'm a — reverend

WRIGHT: Do you know liberation theology, sir?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354158,00.html

YouTube: Glenn Beck on Obama and Black Liberation Theology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cA0GEV1ibY&eurl=http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-speechless.html

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