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Why Is Obama Portrayed As The Antichrist By So Many?

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There is much research on what is called the “scapegoat mechanism” by psychiatrists like Arthur Colman and historical scholars such as Rene Girard. It shows that scapegoating, shunning, or demonizing others outside your “clan,” “family,” “religion,” etc., or even someone within it, increases bonding and trust among the others in the “in group” and/or provides immediate emotional benefits for individuals who engage these types of ancient “survival instincts.”

Demonizing Obama as the Antichrist triggers this instinct among the believers, inspires and amplifies extremist behavior, while inducing the “high” of togetherness and superiority among the in group.



But what about the silent majority of us Christians who look upon these decidedly un-Christian deeds with horror? What lessons does our faith provide for us to put this into perspective?



Jesus taught tough and complex truths that challenged many of the crowd’s most cherished beliefs and their corrupt and compromised leaders. So when things got tough, he became their scapegoat, and the mob and their leaders threw him under the bus. His final words as he hung from the cross:

This is where it becomes quite handy to peg Obama as the Antichrist. For example, we have three nationally recognized conservative Christian pastors — Stephen Anderson, Wiley Drake, and Peter Peterscalling on conservative Christians to pray for President Obama’s death, literally! We also have the Tea Partiers and their conservative Republican supporters in Congress crying out, “Kill ObamaCare!” Black congresspersons who supported the health care bill are being spat upon and called racial slurs; others are subjected to homophobic slurs; and still others are threatened with violence and death.

So this is what I ask of the silent majority of Christians horrified at such defilement of our faith: let us pray for President Obama and our better angels and against Christian-cloaked conservative extremism.

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    • Doggoneit!

      Because many of you are no better than Geir Smith. Religious fanatics tying everything to some archaic book.

    • King of Shambhala

      This is pretty crazy stuff.

      I mean saying Obama’s not the Antichrist is pretty extreme. Isn’t it?

    • mightytiger

      I read a lot about this and I don’t think I’ve seen anything about someone getting spit on. I know one person lied about it but that’s a pretty big brush to smear your political opposites. As for killing obamacare we hear just as many “kill keystone and kill the tea party” from the left, but those are programs, not persons.
      As for BHO being the antichrist, probably not, but one thing is clear. If you believe in Christ, you believe that the antichrist(s) are real.

    • JustAComment

      Good question. Barack Obama doesn’t fit as the Antichrist. Hitler was more a prototype for the Antichrist, charismatic, into occult things, hypnotic in his forceful oratory, and the Antichrist will be moreso, the Bible stating he will conquer, at first, by peace: people will just “give it up” for him. Whatever charisma and goodwill Barack Obama had was a flash in the pan around his first election. Can anybody see him uniting the world now, his swelling, but empty words even being paid attention to anymore? The Antichrist will come from somewhere out of the old Roman empire, of which America does not qualify (Daniel 9:26). When the honeymoon is over, the Antichrist will also be a fierce warrior and conqueror, will even have a strange god he honors called the “God of forces” (Daniel 11:36). Does anybody see Barack Obama as a fierce, conquering warrior? (I’ve sometimes mused the “God of forces” sounds a little like Allah, and the old Roman empire had its Eastern leg, which is now Muslim territory. But this is problematic speculation in other ways.) Then Antichrist will somehow have credibility in the Middle East to broker a covenant involving Israel, which must be a peace treaty of some sort, so he will have credibility with Israel and Israel’s enemies (Daniel 9:27). The Antichrist, for a time, will unite the entire world. Does any of this actually fit Barack Obama, who many around the world are wondering what he can do, anymore, but golf a lot? Note that Obama’s speeches, in the U.S. and overseas, are being received as if a joke anymore, the enthusiastic crowds gone. I would also note that the U.S. is much hated in most of the world these days, this not the material that can bring people together: there are many those who would do the opposite of the wishes of the U.S. just for the hell of it, would never follow any U.S. lead. This is just my opinion, but I’ve long believed the Antichrist will be some charismatic Hitler on steroids, somebody considered neutral and Messianic to Jews and Muslims, somebody not of a known, traditional religious persuasion that can be accepted by various religions, and somebody from a smaller nation not in the political frying pan of the world to be tainted by standing politics and resentments. It’s also difficult to see a Christian, Jew or Muslim able to unite such as the Middle East, like some powerful and mysterious Messianic figure out of nowhere could, with even some new religion to present that, such as, gloms all religions together, but under him. Note he has a false prophet, promoting some religious slop in Revelatioin 13, causing people to worship the Antichrist, characterized as having “two horns of a lamb” but really is a dragon, a Catholic leader or some other “Christian” leader promoting the Antichrist? Catholicism does have a history of doing all sorts of mayhem of the devil and perverting gospel truths for gain, is a “church” soaked in evil and blood. And the current Pope is promoting ecumenicism with Islam, the Catholics now stating the apostasy there are other ways to salvation than Jesus Christ to placate false religions. This is a step away from promoting a false, ecumenical world religion and the Antichrist, and it’s very hard to see the Antichrist being able to unite, hoodwink the world for a time, with Catholic opposition, though the false prophet could be some other religious leader and the Catholics silent on the Antichrist. (Many have mistaken notions of the whore and Babylon of Revelation 17-18, pinning these things on the Vatican.) But bottom line is that nobody knows who the Antichrist is until he’s revealed to the world, this tied to the rapture of the church (2 Thessalonians 2:7-8). So, if you know who the Antichrist is, you have a real problem on the way, the Tribulation. Accept Jesus Christ now, while you can, the only important point of any such discussion!

      An after thought, it’s really very wrong to state anybody is the Antichrist without knowing. None of these claims over the years of this or that person being the Antichrist have been true, and the Bible states he will only be revealed in his time. It’s the most heinous form of slander to falsely accuse anybody of being, in essence, the devil incarnate, to foolishly say anybody is the worst person who has ever walked the face of the earth, without being damned sure. God will not bold blameless any false accuser, who is behaving exactly as the devil. Devil even means “slanderer.” I wouldn’t throw around such accusations lightly, wouldn’t throw them around at all.

    • Searcher109

      It’s propaganda to divert attention away from the real evil ones who operate behind the scenes.

    • King of Shambhala

      Obaman the Antichrist is in deep trouble check out these links.

      This message sent to the “Joan Rivers” articles roaring forth at BIN.

      Obama’s the Antichrist. He’s marked by the number 666 drawn in his hometown Chicago in the lottery on the day after his election. Look at the Bible, the Antichrist is called the homosexual Abomination.

      Google
      Joan Rivers Makes Bombshell Claim That Barack Is Gay And Michelle Obama A Tranvestite

      Who’s first to edit her Joan Rivers Wikipedia?

      Meet you there

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Rivers

      Once we edit Rivers’ Wikipedia page lets go and edit Michelle Obama’s page and Obama’s conspiracy theory pages.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories#Barack_Obama_conspiracy_theories
      (they have the section called: “Claims Obama is the Antichrist”.)

      Who’ll be THE first to edit them all?

      • Doggoneit!

        Obama’s the Antichrist. He’s marked by the number 666 drawn in his hometown Chicago in the lottery on the day after his election. Look at the Bible, the Antichrist is called the homosexual Abomination.

        You don’t need others to spread your crap – you do very well on your own. Twit!

    • Anonymous

      MAYBE TO TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE REAL SATAN!!

    • Damien

      Conservatist extremism? You mean any neurotic wannabe faggot with a psychosis sending “You’re dead!” letters to mummy and daddy with fake return addresses? Uh … OK.

      • Damien

        I’m not insulting you dickhead … I’m sobbing with you.

        Panem today!

        Panem tomorrow!

        Panem forever!

    • Pix

      “Why Is Obama Portrayed As The Antichrist By So Many?”

      The population of the USA is c70% Christian. QED :lol:

      • Doggoneit!

        Putting all christians in the same bag is a bit unfair. It would be more appropriate to say: those who don’t like their president and find fault with everything the poor devil does and who are easily influenced by a minority of delusional nitwits who have access to the internet and who enjoy playing agents provocateurs.

        • Pix

          Exactly, you’ve just described 90% of Christians. Only people that gullible would believe a corporate sponsored anyone would have the general populations interests at heart and not working for their corporate sponsors.

          :lol:

        • Brain-Eating Amoeba

          Pix, ALL judeo-chris-muscleSCUMDUMBS worldwide should be tested for the presence of the rare, but real, Brain-eating Amoeba!!!! :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

          There has to be something to account for their violent, lunatic-like “Mass Insanity”!!!!!
          And they fight over “a human male god, complete with a dick!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
          Yes, either you agree that “god has a dick”, or these maniacs might just kill you!!!!!! :shock: :shock:
          :mrgreen:
          That is the way their “ancestors” were, and the way THEY ARE TODAY!!!!
          :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

        • Pix

          BEA.

          LOL @ “brain eating amoeba”. That would be all the sodium fluoride, (the only active ingredient in rat poison) they force feed Americans. It’s in everything in the USA, it’s dumped into drinking water, the food you eat (all grain is smothered in it) and even in soft drinks and toothpaste ffs. The Nazi’s used it in WW2 to suppresses POW’s natural tendency to rebel against their enemies, becoming compliant brain dead yes men.

    • Doggoneit!

      Don’t fret, that twit of KING OF NONSENSE and his (now) numerous accolytes (just as delusional as he is) have been smearing his name for years – especially Geir Smith – JESUS CHRIST – THE MESSIAH – the man who’s proclaimed himself king(?) of some fantasy land whose mission it seems is just that: TO BRING DOWN BARACK OBAMA. As if calling your president an anti-christ, related to some random number (666), being gay, his wife being a man, could be enough crap to make him lose his job.

      Plus, what the twit doesn’t seem to comprehend (and his cohort) is that they’re most likely being monitored by the alphabet soups…

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