There’s some buzz going around the blogosphere about a new Internet rumor being spread via e-mail. I haven’t received the message yet. But, it claims — get this — that Barack Obama is the Antichrist!
Here’s an excerpt from the entry about it on Snopes.com:
Claim: The Book of Revelation describes the anti-Christ as someone with characteristics matching those of Barack Obama.
Status: False.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, March 2008]
According to the Book of Revelations the anti-christ is: The anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuassive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal…. the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destory everything. Is it OBAMA??
[…]Nothing in the Bible — in Revelation or elsewhere — describes the anti-Christ as being “a man, in his 40s, of Muslim descent.” In fact, since the book of Revelation was complete by the end of the second century, but the religion of Islam wasn’t founded until about four hundred years later, the notion that Revelation would have mentioned a “Muslim” at all is rather far-fetched. (And even if it did, it couldn’t be construed as a reference to Barack Obama, since Senator Obama isn’t a Muslim.)
I’m somewhat surprised that one of my crazy relatives hasn’t forwarded this to me already. Perhaps they’re a bit more rational than I thought.
The scary thing is that there are lots of people in this country who will believe this crap. For example, there’s the mayor of Fort Mill, South Carolina, Danny Funderburk:
SC: mayor ‘not sure’ if Obama’s the anti-Christ
by: Pam Spaulding
Mon Sep 29, 2008 at 09:30:00 AM EDT
Should feel enraged or just sigh in resignation that the level of ignorance of the bible-beating bigots right is so prevalent, particularly in elected officials? Take a look at the behavior of Fort Mill, SC Mayor Danny Funderburk.
More…Fort Mill Mayor Danny Funderburk says he was “just curious” when he forwarded a chain e-mail suggesting Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama is the biblical antichrist. “I was just curious if there was any validity to it,” Funderburk said in a telephone interview. “I was trying to get documentation if there was any scripture to back it up.”
Funderburk apparently sent the e-mail from his business account at Gastonia Sheet Metal where he works as a business agent. The e-mail, which has circulated in the last six months since Obama secured the Democratic nomination, claims the biblical book of Revelation says the antichrist will be in his 40s and of Muslim ancestry.
None of us know if Obama is the Antichrist. The Antichrist couldn't get into power if did know. He sure fills every example of it. The man has evil in his eyes. It is proven he uses hypnotic gestures when he talks. His church where he has been a member for 20 years, wants to kill any god who supports the whites. There is a lawsuit in Washington proving he was born in Kenya. He lived in a Muslim community for most of his child years. Everybody knows that your child memory's are your favorite. Everything about this man suggest he is the Antichrist. Why would anyone vote for someone even in question. Politically he is trying to copy what Jimmy Carter did and he went down as the worst president in history. Why would anyone take the chance to go thru it again?
Bullshit, dude. I know for sure because I AM the Antichrist. And you're the first one I'm draggin' down to hell with me. Sorry.
"Everything about this man suggest he is the Antichrist. Why would anyone vote for someone even in question. Politically he is trying to copy what Jimmy Carter did and he went down as the worst president in history."
He's the anti-Christ AND Jimmy Carter?! LOL!
That's one lame anti-Christ! Seriously!
Yea, seems appropriate that another paranoid zealot should make rounds.
one question to your assessment. Wouldn't the bible have been written around 400 years before the Muslim religion was founded?
Find your rock crack head.