Years ago, I was a "born again" Christian.
One of the most popular obsessions of the bible-believers back then was the book of Revelation and predictions about the return of Jesus.
Even though their own holy book told them "No one knows when that day or hour will come. Even the angels in heaven and the Son don't know. Only the Father knows..." (Matthew 24:36)...
They were determined to dig and delve and interpret and come up with the answer.
One of the concepts they "interpreted" out of Revelation (because, as it happens, it isn't even mentioned in Revelation) is the appearance of "anti-Christ." There were all manner of tales and warnings about "the anti-Christ..."--this liar and false prophet, ally of Satan, who would rise up and believers would follow him...ostensibly because he would be so Christ-like that Christians would be fooled into thinking he was Christ.
Or, at least, that's what I thought.
And I couldn't figure out how these pious, god-fearing, holy(-er than thou, as it turns out) folks who sat next to me at services could possibly be fooled into thinking some evil-doer was actually God...or God-like.
Well.
Now we know, don't we?
Because all this anti-Christ had to do was appeal to their basest natures...
Give his seal of approval to hatred, lies, greed, perversion, oppression, racism...name your sin...
And suddenly, he was God!
Who knew???!?
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