The antichrist comes to power by talking constantly about Armageddon, about rumors of war. and scaring you into giving him control over science and technology.
In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science. In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It’s someone like Greta or Eliezer.
I don’t think even someone like Bill Gates, who I think is a very, very awful person, is remotely able to be the antichrist.
There are a lot of rational reasons I can give why the one-world state’s a bad idea. Turn the planet into a prison. I think the tax rates would be very high. But I think if you strip it from the biblical context, you will never find it scary enough. You will never really resist.
–Peter Thiel, Excerpt from article on Futurism.com
Bruce Gerencser, 68, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 47 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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I’ve been out of Christianity for about 15 years now (I’m 67 years old). The whole “Antichrist” thing is one of the persistent theological residuals that still lingers from time to time in my head (Along with: Are my deceased parents looking down at me from above with either approval or disapproval? As well as: Was that most recent earthquake / hurricane / drought evidence of divine judgement?) Some things take FOREVER to shake.
Speaking of the Antichrist, if there were one, I suspect the perfect candidate is someone perhaps / maybe / possibly idolized by Peter Thiel. Of course, I’m not suggesting any names….