Cardinal Biffi - Antichrist walks among us, page 6
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reply posted on 3-3-2007 @ 10:44 PM by angrypsycho1977
in my opinion, and that of more than a few secular scholars, the revelation was a thinly veiled political commentary by an exiled revoloutionary and religious zealot. the same symbolism that is interpreted as prophecy by the faithful can also be seen as political commentary disguised by indus, arabian and mediterrainian mythic imagery. i've read papers that compare this colorful apocalypse to renaissance farces written with the sole intent to embarrass the ruling elite without a single overt reference to those that ultimately became the butt of the joke.

taken in this context the term antichrist becomes somewhat of a buzzword, which in my opinion could easily be transposed with modern media catchphrases like terrorist, fascist or (to some at least) neocon.

conversely, if taken as divine portents, why would the antichrist, described in singular, not in fact carry as much symbolic weight as the image of the whore of babylon, who many have come to believe symbolize the united states and its supposed moral decline? the antichrist could in fact be a unified methodology, a cultural norm that overshadows the basic tenets of christianity under a banner of peace and utopian ideals.

in either sense, the cardinal's claim that the antichrist walks among us holds strongly as either a secular philosophic argument or theocratic pronouncement.

regardless the statement he made seemed to me not so much a proclamation but a call to arms meant to rally a worldwide community to protect their ideals and bolster their faith. and arguing the realities and the transparencies of the specifics defeats the purpose.

hope that makes sense....


reply posted on 29-7-2008 @ 01:55 AM by sexysadie
reply to post by FlyersFan



The biggest secret of the Vatican and various secret societies (or what they think is a secret) is that they’ve known the name, the identity of the antichrist for years, and they keep tabs on him regularly, and even joke about him now that he walks amongst us. If they could see how surrounded they’ve always been!


Philanthropist! Please! He rises up from utter ruins, they know that. They’re actually trying to trick the antichrist from realizing who he is. But it’s taken 'them' thousands of years to even recognize the back-alley-deals that Jesus made with Judas and others. My guess; they are in for some awful surprises.

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