"....and all the world wondered after the beast." (Rev. 13:3)
The antichrist is supposed to fool everyone----except true Christians----into worshipping him.
How well would that work out? Would he be able to fool.....
Jews? Judaism holds that only God is to be worshipped and that God does not take any physical form. Worship of any human being is considered blasphemous idolatry, and any wonders the antichrist performed would be interpreted as the workings of a false teacher sent by God to test the Jewish people.
Muslims? Islam also teaches that God takes no physical form, so they too would instantly peg the antichrist as a phony.
Feminist Pagans would reject any god-claim which didn't acknowledge the Goddess.
Atheists would suspect any miracle of being either a trick or a coincidence. An "image of the beast" brought to life could be taken for an artificial intelligence project.
The god-claim of the antichrist being fundamentally incompatible with so many beliefs, who would be left for the antichrist to fool?
Who would the antichrist fool?
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Re: Who would the antichrist fool?
Post #91Okay, what was in your mind when you so firmly denied the possibility of any god being shown to exist?Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:45 pmBut you claimed to know what was in my mind. Funny huh?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:43 pmI didn't read it in your mind. I read it in one of your posts.Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:36 pmI see. You are now claiming to be a mind reader. When and how did you attain this ability?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:32 pm
That doesn't look to me like it was authored by someone whose mind is particularly open to examining evidence.
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Re: Who would the antichrist fool?
Post #93So, you've stated what you claim was in my mind and are now searching for evidence to support the claim you made previously? You've got that backwards. Nice try.Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:42 pmOkay, what was in your mind when you so firmly denied the possibility of any god being shown to exist?Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:45 pmBut you claimed to know what was in my mind. Funny huh?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:43 pmI didn't read it in your mind. I read it in one of your posts.Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:36 pmI see. You are now claiming to be a mind reader. When and how did you attain this ability?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:32 pm
That doesn't look to me like it was authored by someone whose mind is particularly open to examining evidence.
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Re: Who would the antichrist fool?
Post #95So I read what was in your post and now you're trying to walk it back? Nice dodge.Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:26 pmSo, you've stated what you claim was in my mind and are now searching for evidence to support the claim you made previously? You've got that backwards. Nice try.Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:42 pmOkay, what was in your mind when you so firmly denied the possibility of any god being shown to exist?Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:45 pmBut you claimed to know what was in my mind. Funny huh?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:43 pmI didn't read it in your mind. I read it in one of your posts.Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:36 pmI see. You are now claiming to be a mind reader. When and how did you attain this ability?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:32 pm
That doesn't look to me like it was authored by someone whose mind is particularly open to examining evidence.
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Re: Who would the antichrist fool?
Post #98Nope. You claimed to know what was in my mind. Care to support this claim with you know, verifiable evidence?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:10 pm
So I read what was in your post and now you're trying to walk it back? Nice dodge.
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Re: Who would the antichrist fool?
Post #99"In reality gods can't be shown to exist anywhere outside of the imagination of human beings.Tcg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:57 pmNope. You claimed to know what was in my mind. Care to support this claim with you know, verifiable evidence?Athetotheist wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:10 pm
So I read what was in your post and now you're trying to walk it back? Nice dodge.
......none can be shown to actually exist."
Own the evidence.
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