Is Obama the Antichrist?

The winning lottery number in Illinois was 666, which, as everyone knows, is the sign of the Beast.

By Lisa Miller | NEWSWEEK
Published Nov 15, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Nov 24, 2008

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  • Posted By: ShilohNear @ 10/10/2009 2:57:26 PM

    There is no doubt that Obama is an Anti-Christ. Whether he is the final one, I don't think we could speculate yet. As for the comments by lolforu, his comments were predicted over 1900 years ago - 2 Peter 3:-9.

  • Posted By: lolzforu @ 10/09/2009 7:51:36 PM

    You guys are not very smart are you? hay Marsh, what difference does it make? muslim? christain? get a grip u weakminded fool (unless u made that comment for laugh out loudz)
    religion has started nothing but war

    , it is also because maybe they are following the religion wrong but I believe christains who talk about the world ending are dumb asses. any1 really, funny part of chritianity is that ever since it was made (long ass time ago) people always said the world was going to in thier time it got people fearing and going for the religion. I don't believe u need a holybook to believe in your self, to believ in positive change, to solve stuff.

    We need to start trying to solve stuff on our own instead of staring at a bible saying "omgz bible helpz us" we need to help ourselvs, you kno? heck I even remember a religious statement saying "god helps people that (at least) try to help them selfs)

    you can be very spiritual and not be religious. I got to admit though, the bible has some interesting philosopy!. but people forget that the stories in the bible are heavily exagerated.

    Please people, Stop worrying about the world ending and live your lifes! if the world ever ends it will be due to meteor, nuclear war, something in the universe,

    of course things are wrong but not just because it's says so in the bible. There are actuall reason to why things are wrong, not just because it says so in a bible.

    We need to unite, regardless of religious beliefs, regardless of cultural background, regardless of beliefs in particular, regardless of gender, regardless of how you talk, regardless of what music you listen to!

    a friend is better then a enemy! all I see is killing and death over stupid ass ***, why the heck can't we get along? if there is a devil some would say it's the devil, but maybe its us that is curropt. then be super serious about curoptness though, for example: I love pranking and prank calling stores, that is a random statement but fun, but I say that because people can take the whole good v.s evil to far

  • Posted By: lolzforu @ 10/09/2009 7:50:43 PM

    You guys are not very smart are you? hay Marsh, what difference does it make? muslim? christain? get a grip u weakminded fool (unless u made that comment for laugh out loudz)
    religion has started nothing but war

    , it is also because maybe they are following the religion wrong but I believe christains who talk about the world ending are dumb asses. any1 really, funny part of chritianity is that ever since it was made (long ass time ago) people always said the world was going to in thier time it got people fearing and going for the religion. I don't believe u need a holybook to believe in your self, to believ in positive change, to solve stuff.

    We need to start trying to solve stuff on our own instead of staring at a bible saying "omgz bible helpz us" we need to help ourselvs, you kno? heck I even remember a religious statement saying "god helps people that (at least) try to help them selfs)

    you can be very spiritual and not be religious. I got to admit though, the bible has some interesting philosopy!. but people forget that the stories in the bible are heavily exagerated.

    Please people, Stop worrying about the world ending and live your lifes! if the world ever ends it will be due to meteor, nuclear war, something in the universe,

    of course things are wrong but not just because it's says so in the bible. There are actuall reason to why things are wrong, not just because it says so in a bible.

    We need to unite, regardless of religious beliefs, regardless of cultural background, regardless of beliefs in particular, regardless of gender, regardless of how you talk, regardless of what music you listen to!

    a friend is better then a enemy! all I see is killing and death over stupid ass ***, why the heck can't we get along? if there is a devil some would say it's the devil, but maybe its us that is curropt. then be super serious about curoptness though, for example: I love pranking and prank calling stores, that is a random statement but fun, but I say that because people can take the whole good v.s evil to far

    My bad for my grammar

  • Posted By: marishkag @ 09/30/2009 2:17:51 PM

    how is this obama making this country better? By making it a muslin country? this can not happen we christians need to wake up and take action!!!

  • Posted By: jestergurl @ 07/01/2009 1:53:40 PM

    even if he is not the antichrist he has already messed up our country and everyone still loves him
    hes not doing us any good but people are still worshiping him
    why
    if anyone else was up there doing wat he is doing america would force them out of office so why are we putting up with Obama (which rymes so perfectly with Osama?!?!)
    is it the cloak he is wearing for all of us to see
    is it mind control
    or is it because he is black and america doesnt want to face the fact that they messed up and should have elected the female
    us women need more respect any ways

    • Posted By: musiclover93 @ 09/18/2009 11:44:04 AM

      What has Obama done to mess up our already messed up Country? If anything he is trying to fix it, he has a lot to clean up since Bush was being the douche that he was. And it's not that we don't want a female president, it's just Obama was the better choice in the matter.

      And what is this about women needing more respect? I am female, and I think we have more and take for granted what we already have. It's enough that we can actually do whatever we want, we can take any male job we want. Years ago we weren't even able to get an education and now us females are able to be one of the top most educated in the world. And yet, when a male wants a female job, they are the ones that get scolded at. It's silly, your way of thinking.

      And what is this? So what if Obama's name happens to be one freaking letter away from Osama. What right do you have to judge someone just by their name hm? You need to grow up, this is childish the way you are thinking. And learn how to type, your ill-literacy makes me want to gag. We use capitals when we start a new paragraph, after a period, and when your talking about a subject like; America.

  • Posted By: SexDrugsAndBarrackAndRoll @ 09/11/2009 9:49:38 AM

    But, but, but I thought he was the Obamassiah???

  • Posted By: nawawimohamad @ 09/11/2009 4:15:13 AM

    This is just paranoia.

  • Posted By: cyndi0429 @ 09/10/2009 7:15:48 PM

    I'm sorry but anyone believing this nonsense is a nut. If you believe in an anitchrist, wouldn't it be the one who sent thousands of young Americans to die? And how is the constitution being destroyed? For those of you who actually practice Christianity, why don't you ask yourselves what would Jesus think about the hate and lies spread by the other political party, not the one the president belongs to. Would Jesus say that Americans who lose their jobs and insurance don't deserve medical care? If Joseph and Mary had gone to the home of a republican before Jesus was born, they would have been shot for having the nerve to be homeless and needing help.

    • Posted By: archmsu @ 09/10/2009 8:45:27 PM

      Gimme a break....What's the difference between you and the people your talking about? Nothing! Go sit in the corner and take a time-out,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • Posted By: tybris @ 09/10/2009 8:20:08 PM

    Like any of these right wing nut jobs are getting into heaven. They are all going to hell where they belong

    • Posted By: archmsu @ 09/10/2009 8:40:44 PM

      Wow.... With the hate you have built up inside, you might be heading there too?

  • Posted By: C.L.C @ 08/30/2009 4:16:40 AM

    Obama may may not be the antichrist. But I believe that him and alot of congress a part of satans army. If they continue to destrot the most important part of this contry ( The Constitution ) and the rights of the people. They will have a Large fight on their hands. The right of the people to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed.

  • Posted By: C.L.C @ 08/30/2009 4:05:13 AM

    If you are scared to post my comment I understand.C.L.C.

  • Posted By: HarryTruman @ 08/17/2009 3:24:00 PM

    Barack Obama is NOT the anti-Christ. At most he is one of the lesser demons spawned from Hell. However, he is so arrogant that he may actually BELIEVE he is the anti-Christ

  • Posted By: unBlog-yourmind @ 07/30/2009 5:03:18 AM

    To correct/ elaborate on my previous post. I want to clarify a few things. When I say I believe the scriptures may be based on truth, I was talking about the Old Testament. Meaning, that what Moses saw, and other prophets alike was based on accounts of actual events, to which they interpreted as best they could at the time, and could be taken as accounts or storys of gods or angels visiting earth from the heavens. I'm only challenging what the word "heavens" and the word "gods" means.
    In the 1950's when the US air-force visited a secluded section of Islands in the Philippines, the native Islanders had never seen airplanes before, and were for all intents and purposes very primitive as far as their knowledge of technology. When the Air-force left after giving these islanders crates and crates of goods and foods, they Islanders were so inspired by what they had experienced, that entire new religions were created on their island. More than one trip was made, by the Air-force. The islanders thought they had been visited by gods from the sky, and built structures and large scale-model airplanes as mementos, out of praise, and perhaps as a signal to try and get these "gods" to return..They did...on their 1950's style aircraft's.
    I'm sure if anyone of these islanders challenges what they saw and claims they were not in fact gods, but merely more advanced beings visiting from another land...they would be considered the village crackpot. But you know what they say about assuming. It is human nature to label things we can't understand: or too attach marvel to things that fascinate or inspire us as grand or extraordinary. But sometimes, your daughters favorite pop singer(Britney Spears) or actress(Lindsey Lohan) is just another drug abuser who happens to sing and own a private jet. But I bet she still wants to meet her and get her autograph, and you probably do too.

    Before I go, some final thoughts about religion and the Anti-Christ. Power is the root of all evil, and religion is a perfect tool for the job. I mean, who's more powerful than God?
    Like much of the New Testament...The catholic church was created with power in mind. They need not expose these [and other] truths, or they risk complete disorganization and or annihilation of the religion which has brought so much power and prosperity. Hmm..whats a good way to scare and keep people in their shells...?
    The Anti-Christ!?!?! A ploy the Catholic church created as a protective mechanism against anyone who dare challenge their fabrications. Not surprisingly it has worked swimmingly well, and every past Anti-Christ has failed, while the church remains. Unfortunately it will take an "Anti-Christ" to expose the truth about who the real Devil is after all. .

  • Posted By: unBlog-yourmind @ 07/29/2009 8:13:16 AM

    You bible people are weird. So you think gods appeared in the sky in the form of angels with wings...but when I say "Chariots of the Gods", makes more sense than the Bible...you probably think I'm going to Hell. Well, go ahead and pray for me. And... if Obama is the Anti-Christ...which I think he might "just be"...[check out the Newsweek from his inaugural edition, and tell me you can't imagine pitchfork if his left hand and almost see the two horns over his ears]...Not to mention the fact that he has already been trying to organize world leaders for special meetings about the state of the worlds economy and all that Jazz.

    But...if Obama, is the Anti-Christ...He must be an Alien. And if you wish, you may interchange the word "angel" with the word "alien". But if either exist...they ARE the SAME THING. For those of you shaking your head or biting your bottom lip to my soul piercing words, please...Tell me, why do people feel more comfortable believing in "angels" than Aliens? The world is not flat anymore, and there's gotta be a sweater over your face that you need to remove to take a look at reality. Aliens' are scientifically possible. "Angel's"...are not...i.e. "Bodys in the form of man" coming from the sky without spaceships or airplanes are either skydivers, or they come from another planet with some "ill" genetics or technology. Besides, I'm no mathematician, but common sense should tell even the dumbest of southern baptists that given the numbers in the Universe, there has to be Aliens. I'm not saying I don't believe in the scriptures, I'm just saying, when the Bible was written- maybe it was based on real events...not imagination. And maybe it's time to redifine your word God. And maybe Obama is the one they were writing about after all.

  • Posted By: JohnJ.Collier @ 03/11/2009 8:05:29 AM

    I really hate to see adults behaving like 3rd graders, but that's what this all sounds like...it all reminds me a little bit of my son and his friends a few years ago when he was younger arguing about which Pokemon had the most powers. Obama is the antichrist, FDR was the antichrist, Reagan was the antichrist, Clinton was the antichrist...."Seek and ye shall find", the bible says. So all you end-times believers are busy keeping an eye out for Doomsday, ready to be taken up "in the twinkling of an eye", manufacturing superstitious connections between things that are wholly unrelated and secretly harboring a sense of vindication that when Jesus comes back, pissed-off and riding his white pony across the sky, you'll have an Access All Areas pass to his VIP Lounge while the rest of us have to stand in line to get into Hell. Sounds disrespectful of me, doesn't it? Sounds like I'm belittling the biblical myth. Well, it is and I am. As the son of a Southern Baptist preacher who grew up believing in hellfire and damnation, Revelations and rapture, I can tell you with confidence that the whole thing is indeed a myth, not at all unlike religious myths that have existed throughout the ages in other cultures, and that to persist in believing in this nonsense and, God forbid (no pun intended!), to continue passing it on to younger generations as 'the truth' constitutes nothing more than negligence and brainwashing. Judaism, Christianity, Islam...they're all rooted in the same regional religious tradition that emerged from the Middle East over the last 6,000 or so years, and they're all three completely useless and irrelevant today. While many of their teachings and scriptures contain seeds of wisdom whose sentiments should be applauded, as systems for creating a social fabric of harmony and equality, they've all failed miserably and continue to do so today.
    Looking to the skies for the answers to our problems is no different than beating on a log howling at the moon as our ancestors did hundreds of thousands of years ago. In the 21st century, it's time for us to start owning up to the fact that by wonderful chance we're here now, that no 'super-hero' is going to come to our rescue, and that instead of "putting it all in God's hands" (in other words, shirking our responsibility for virtually everything), we would do well to accept the fact that we're on our own and that if anything's going to get taken care of here, we're going to have to do it ourselves. We don't need death-cults like the 'Big 3' religions to guide our lives. We need good ole' human common sense...the same common sense you might apply when buying a used car from a guy in a poor-fitting polyester suit. In other words, if someone tries to sell you on the notion that if you do what they want now, you will live forever in a sort of white and gold-trimmed vacation resort, take a look at the fine print and you'll begin to find the inconsistencies!

    J. Collier

    • Posted By: msequeira @ 03/11/2009 6:05:38 PM

      Well said John - I enjoyed your post.

      • Posted By: bellabear @ 07/27/2009 3:43:29 PM

        John, I read what you wrote and it saddens me. I'm sure your parents are heart broken and most importantly God. Have you ever thought about if your wrong? Once your died there is no going back. One time I asked my dad why he chose southern baptist. He said he had visited different churches and the baptist church followed the closest to the Bible. All I know is that I believe. I would hate to deny christ and spend eternaity in hell. Ya know the way this world is changing fast, we all need to get out acts together. It's coming down to it. John, I'm going to pray for you. I know you have heard all the stuff your hole life and I have too. There was a time in my life where I had to figure out if what I believed was all in my head or my heart. When you are brought up hearing it so much I think it's harder than someone hearing it for the first time. Also I think when people start doing to much research on religion all it does is confuse you. We aren't suppose to understand everything, we are to except it. God didn't intend on us understanding everything the Bible says. Take care.

    • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 10:54:48 AM

      having been as close as you have to the underbelly of the church I can certainly understand your sentiments, but maybe neither one of us has seen real Christianity!

      • Posted By: JohnJ.Collier @ 03/11/2009 11:36:15 AM

        Have to disagree with you on that. We've seen 'real Christianity' for the past 2,000 years, and it's a mess! For every 1 good step it takes forward, it consistently takes 2 bad steps back. What I definitely have seen in my short time here is good people who genuinely care about others...some have been acclaimed Christians, others were Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and still others have been agnostics and atheists. The point is, if we take the abstract concept of 'God' out of the picture, then every good (and bad) thought that has ever occurred to anyone has come from our inherent human nature, which clearly encompasses both altruism and cruelty. We don't need fairytales or promises of rewards later to decide to be good people. The choice is ours...like the bible says, "Ye shall be as gods".

        • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 11:41:28 AM

          What you and I have actually seen with our own eyes is a religous expression almost completely engineered by man not at all what Jesus intended!!

          • Posted By: JohnJ.Collier @ 03/11/2009 11:56:56 AM

            I'll try to be brief on this: You and I can't know what Jesus intended. And we certainly have no credible evidence to suggest that he rose from the dead. What we do have is four 'accepted' versions of his life and death (the four Gospels), all of which are mutually contradictory, various other accounts (Gnostic gospels, etc.) that were rejected by the Church when it compiled the bible as we know it today, and 2,000 years of hearsay, suppression of dissent and conversion by the sword. For me, all I need to know about Jesus to admire his sentiments is "Love thy neighbor as thy self". He doesn't need to have risen from the grave if he said that, because that message is truly wise, truly universal and truly eternal. So what you're confusing for 'real Christianity' is simply the very human choice, regardless of what religious stripe it's painted with or whether it's religious at all, to simply yearn for and focus one's life on what is good and positive. For that, I don't need the 'my god's better than your god' or the 'do what I say or you're going to hell for all eternity' baggage. And neither do you! I wish you all the very best...

            • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 1:02:13 PM

              Impenetrable you are....

        • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 11:57:57 AM

          John, i do wish you the best life has to offer!
          DN Pate

      • Posted By: JohnJ.Collier @ 03/11/2009 11:27:59 AM

        • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 11:36:33 AM

          Is your silence agreement?

    • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 10:52:00 AM

      Tell me about your confidence.

      • Posted By: JohnJ.Collier @ 03/11/2009 11:14:37 AM

        My confidence? Impenetrable. Tell me about your fear (something that, since I saw through religion, I thankfully no longer have to live with!).

        • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 11:22:04 AM

          Have never been and am not motivated by fear. Sounds like you got a taste of some very bad religion but not Christianity.

      • Posted By: JohnJ.Collier @ 03/11/2009 11:05:40 AM

      • Posted By: JohnJ.Collier @ 03/11/2009 11:05:19 AM

    • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 10:51:02 AM

      Tell me about your confidence>

    • Posted By: Dnpate @ 03/11/2009 10:50:26 AM

      Tell me about your confidence>

    • Posted By: ohbrandi @ 03/11/2009 10:23:38 AM

      Bravo! Your comments are the very expression of my distaste for religion and my belief that it only holds back our own evolution as human beings and as a civilization.

  • Posted By: demer77 @ 05/18/2009 5:20:04 PM

    I have been a Christian most of my life ,and through reading God's word (the Bible ) and from hearing sermons taught on this very topic I would urge those who have posted comments here to open your Bibles and read the facts for yourself.
    The Bible is not open to interpretation but is meant to be God's literal words.In the book of Revelations which talks about the end times ,the return of Christ, and the rise of the Antichrist,the scriptures clearly state the Antichrist will be a man who will rise from a European Nation.This is evident today in the vast increase in the Euro .
    The Bible states that many nations will be under one currency in the European union.This has happened already.
    By the way the Bible was written centuries ago , before the Euro was brought into currency.
    When the Antichrist is in power (for a short time) the world will be under one currency ,one religion,and one leader.
    Signs today point us in that direction as we struggle with a poor economy,poor leadership amongst nations,and a strong increase amongst religions particularily the Muslim religion which opposes Christianity to the point of stating that Muslim are to kill those who do not follow thier faith..It's in the Koran.
    The Bible is clear that there is only one God and that is God the Father in Heaven.There is only one son Christ Jesus who God sent to this earth to die on the cross for the sins of the world.
    The Bible makes it clear that no one will enter God's kingdom of Heaven without repentence of their sin and acceptance of Jesus into thier hearts to be thier personal savior and enter into a relationship with Him.
    The gift of salvation from Jesus is free if we are willing to accept it.But the consequences are an eternity without Him.
    Do you know Jesus ? The signs of the end times are all around us , and now is the time to trust In Jesus.

    • Posted By: tiffanyb @ 05/30/2009 5:13:20 PM

      First of all, how can you call the Bible "fact"?

      First of all, The Bible is written by man. Not God. Therefore, it can't possibly be perfectly accurate. Everyone has ways of interpreting what they are 'told'.

      Second, it was written and put together hundreds of years AFTER the death of Jesus. History passed by word of mouth has a way of 'embelishing' itself, or at least somehow becoming fabriacted, or different than the original.

      Third, The Bible you read today has been translated (and therefore INTERPRETED) into many different languages from the one it was originally written in. (And you remember what we said about interpretation from above...)

      Fourth, and my last point - the Bible is not the only thing in the world that has 'forseen' or 'predicted' future happenings. Other people and documents throughout history have done the same thing. So why should be Bible be taken as truth, and not these other theorists?

      Let's be logical.

  • Posted By: LouNor @ 06/09/2009 5:27:54 PM

    "TRIBULATION INDEX" becomes "RAPTURE INDEX"

    For 18 centuries all organized churches and all official Christian theology embraced the "Tribulation Index" (that is, the essence of it without using the label). In recent years a Nebraska "rustler" has been changing it into the "Rapture Index." For more info Google "The Rapture Index (Mad Theology)" and "Open Letter to Todd Strandberg." For some background on "rapture rustling" read "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty" on the "Powered by Christ Ministries" site. But, pardner, you'd better take some tranquilizers before you lasso any of the above items!

  • Posted By: Jbot400 @ 06/01/2009 4:04:53 AM

    Nero written in Aramaic can be valued at 666, using the Hebrew numerology of gematria. It was used as a way of speaking against the emperor without the authorities knowing.

  • Posted By: tiffanyb @ 05/30/2009 4:44:56 PM

    Why are people so uneducated?
    The number 666 refers to a 'code name' the Jews made to talk about Julius Caesar.
    Not Satan.
    That is a common misconception.
    Look into your historical facts, please.

  • Posted By: demer77 @ 05/18/2009 5:47:57 PM

    The number 666 is a representation of the mark of the beast which will play a significant part in the end times.
    The number 6 is one shy of 7 which is the number of perfection .God created the Heavens and the earth in 6 days and on the 7th day he saw that His creation was good and He rested.This is also known today as the Sabath day,and is to be a day of worship ,as well as rest.Sadly the demands of the world (rat race) have people so caught up in the things of the world that few choose to acknowledge the significance of following God's laws and commandments.

    The antichrist is less than God and has been given the number 6 .Satan tries to mimic God but always falls short.
    God is the Father , Christ is His son , and the Holy Spirit (of God) make up the trinity.
    Satans atempt to mimic God is represented in The fallen angel michael, satan,and the coming antichrist who has yet to be revealed.The 3 are all short of God and together make 666...There are other interpretations to the number of the beast all of which point to less than God.
    The number of the beast plays a pivitol point in the end times as once the antichrist rises to power he will command the world to worship him and take his mark on thier forehead or hand.Without the mark no one will be able to buy,sell,trade,or exist without it.
    We are seeing signs today in preperation for this as chips have been planted in animals for years to track thier whereabouts.There have been notions to plant chips into humans to do the same as well as for identity purposes which is suppose to be a good thing .We are heading towards a cashless society which is evidant by debit cards, credit cards, etc..the next step is chips in humans and then the mark itself.
    It is more important now than ever to read God's word and to enter into a personal relationship with His son Jesus to avoid the coming events that will take place when the antichrist comes into power.
    Life is about choices every day..the biggest decision you will ever make in your life revolves around where will you spend eternity? With Jesus ? or without Him? The choice is yours...God loves you and desires to have a personal relationship with you and to show you the plan he has for your life to bless you and prosper you and to help you along lifes journey..its a free gift if you will accept it .


    But taking the mark of 666 is accepting satan as your leader and is a rejection of God .Those who accept the mark will NOT enter the kingdom of heaven, this is clear in God's word, the Bible.

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