Who do you think the antichrist is?

Question

Serious question, who do you think the antichrist is, and-

Do you think the antichrist is literal, as in a real person.

or, do you think the antichrist is merely symbolic, and is a group or an organization?

Please give a reasonable answer and some valid proof, like verses followed by comparison.

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist

One of the more interesting Internet conspiracy theories about the Antichrist that has spawned as a result of renewed interest in the Magdalene-Christ debate, seemingly ties in both Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Da Vinci Code while actually going a step further to put forth that the entire "Bloodline of Christ" theory is a well orchestrated and intentional hoax directed at the world yet having a single sinister goal to bring Bloodline believers into acceptance that one of these living "Bloodline descendants" will rise up to become a future Arthurian-like "Messianic figure" (not Christ, but the literal Antichrist), and that this Bloodline heresy is the very deception Secret Societies are using to promote this future Merovingian King onto the world stage.

Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and son of a Lutheran pastor, called himself the Antichrist. He even went as far as to write a book called The Antichrist. His later philosophy was based on the Dionysian aspects of individuals. In his famous first book, The Birth of Tragedy, he wrote this passage: "As a philologist and man of words, I baptized it, taking some liberties (for who knew the correct name for the Antichrist?), after the name of a Greek god: I called it the Dionysian."

Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, a minister with a large Latin American following, claims not only to be God, but at the same time, the Antichrist. He claims that the Bible is mistranslated and that it really states that the Antichrist is Jesus Christ's replacement on Earth. De Jesus also preaches that sin and the devil do not exist and heaven can be found on Earth. He also has 666 tattood on multiple places on his body.

Joshua Kane (uk) has written many thesis about the antichrist - some even believe that he may be the antichrist.

In addition, certain occultists and Satanists have proclaimed themselves to be the Antichrist, including John Whiteside Parsons, and Marilyn Manson. The Antichrist is a popular archetype for villainous behavior.

Answer 2

From a purely Biblical point of view, I think "antikhristos" defines those who oppose Christianity, not some single future devil-inspired Ruler who will deceive the world into Armageddon.

But eschatology has taken every "villain" in the Bible and rolled it up into a single character, the serpent of Genesis, the King of Tyre of Ezekiel, the Morning Star of Isaiah, the Adversary of Job, the Dragon of Matthew, the Anti-Christs of John, the False Prophet and the Beast of Revelation....

If I were a modern eschatologist, I would say that all the best evidence seems to point toward George W. Bush as being the Antichrist. His power was given to him by his Father, who could be interpreted as the dragon of Revelation 13:2. His low IQ could be taken as the fatal head wound and his re-election certainly caused amazement around the world. His followers, 51% of the United States, follow him blindly and many adore him as some sort of earthly savior. He claims to talk to God on a regular basis even going so far as to say that he is doing the will of God and that God makes his decisions for him, yet he is leading the World into a War from which it might not survive.

However, as an atheist, I must conclude that the villains of the Bible are completely symbolic, representing characters and events that were relevant during or near the time of the writer.

Answer 3

This is an oldy; There is no antichrist. The whole thing is a publicity stunt. There has been this urban legend going around for centuries now; that there was this disagreement in heaven which resulted in fallen angels etc. I can not believe for one moment that God the all mighty eternal omnipotent etc can not handle a single fallen angel. The alternative is that God has an evil counter part equally eternal omnipotent etc. But there is no evidence of that (half the people in your city/town/village etc are not evil. So what remains is that God does it all. He decides who goes where. Hell is like a garbage can run by the devil a simple employ who gets the bad rap for God. I will refrain from going in to the obvious symbolism involved here as that's exactly what they are symbols for ideas not reality.

Answer 4

The ANTI-CHRIST IS NONE OTHER THAN MUHAMMAD(PIBUH) OF ISLAM.

WHY? Because the ONLY person who can tell you who is the Anti-Christ is Christ Himself. And that's LOGIC unless you don't have a brain.

The bible says that anyone who denies the deity of Christ, denies the Father(God)-Son relationship of Jesus IS THE ANTI-CHRIST.

This basically means that if you're a muslim following muhammad, you're one of the followers of the Anti-Christ. Hard to accept? Well, I don't expect you to be able to accept this truth either. That's why you're a muslim.

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The Islamic Q’uran is NON-Contextual and relies on the Bukhari to paint its backdrops. (Top 2 most ‘holy’ Islamic books). These teachings are prevalent throughout the book.

Judge the following for yourself.

Qur’an 8:60 “Infidels should not think that they can get away from us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them.”
Bukhari:V4B52N260 “The Prophet said, ‘If a Muslim discards his religion, kill him!’”
Qur’an 5:51 “Believers, take not Jews and Christians for your friends.”
Bukhari [4:52:177]: Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him!"

THOUGH THE ISLAMIC ALLAH WANTS MUSLIMS TO KILL ALL NON-MUSLIMS, MANY MUSLIMS ARE NOT DOING SO AT THIS MOMENT (WITH DISAPPOINTMENT FROM THE FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAMISTS) BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW ENJOYING THEMSELVES, SOME AFRAID OF REPRISALS. DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT MUSLIMS ARE PEACEFUL. IF THEY SEEM TO BE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY NON-PRACTICING MUSLIMS.

Perhaps you think this is bullshit. But wait. Take a quick glance below of islam’s founder’s behaviour recorded in one of the most authentic Islamic texts ever recorded below and you will not think so again. Remember this, Muhammad personified the teachings of the Q’uran.

MUHAMMED HAS NO MERCY; Sahih Bukhary; and Hanbel.
Bukhary, Volume 1, Book 4, Number 234:

Bukhari, V1B4N234: "A group of people from the Oreyneh and Oqayelh tribes came to the prophet to embrace Islam, the prophet advised them to drink the urine of the camels. Later on when they killed the prophet's shepherd, the prophet seized them, gouged out their eyes, cut their hands and legs, and left them thirsty in the desert to die."

IF MUHAMMAD WAS A MURDERER, A RAPIST, A PEODPHILE, A LIAR, WHAT LESS CAN YOU EXPECT OF HIS FOLLOWERS? MUSLIMS BECOME TERRORISTS BECAUSE THATS WHAT THEY ARE MEANT TO BECOME. BECAUSE THAT IS TRUE ISLAM. WHAT IS TRUE, IS WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN, NOT WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU AND WANT YOU TO BELIEVE.

http://www.bibleprobe.com/muhammad.htm
http://www.prophetofdoom.net

Answer 5

I don't believe the Antichrist is here yet.

2Jo 1:7 Because many deceivers went out into the world, those not confessing Jesus Christ to have come in the flesh, this is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Answer 6

George Bush!

Answer 7

The antichrist exists to show how good the christ can be.

Religion had to invent it, you can't tell about the importance of things when you don't see the contrary.

Answer 8

Hillary

Answer 9

People who are not taken up by Jesus during the rapture will definetly know. At this time, no one knows. This may not happen in our lifetime.

Answer 10

as the bible puts it, it's a literal person... male again i assume