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News & ArtsTuesday, November 18, 2008
2008 Just For the Sake of Argument
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:40 AM
I don't think he is—I mean, I voted for him—but what if it turns out that Barack Obama really is the anti-Christ? Man, wouldn't that be embarrassing? I don't think I'd be able to wear my Obama button in public anymore.
Of course, some might suggest that by giving credence to this Obama-is-the-anti-Christ crap, Newsweek may be unwittingly encourage some religious nut with a gun—and they've all got guns—to achieve glory in heaven by taking action here on earth to prevent the this anti-Christ person from being sworn in as the 44th president.
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is the anti-christ really all that bad? i mean, for a non-christian, he would probably be a good thing.
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"I don't think I'd be able to wear my Obama button in public anymore."
You will if you want to conduct any business, mister.
You will if you want to conduct any business, mister.
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If he is the anticrist, Christians should be overjoyed because their ZOMG ~Rapture~ will be coming soon
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whoa, newsweek, legitimizing a quote by mat staver? spend a day with me in the homo press world and you'll learn a thing or two.
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What about us non-religious types who have guns? Is that a blanket statement, Dan? We might have thought you learned your lesson with teh blackz.
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Please please please please please please do your job secret service. Obama, please please please spend as much of the next 4 years as you can in Dick Cheney's underground bunker.
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Umm...wouldn't end times-obsessed Christians actually be happy about this? I mean, if you took the book of Revelation literally (and many do), then the emergence and reign of the anti-christ is inevitable and leads to the rapture, when all the good Christians get swept up in to heaven. So that would mean that an Obama presidency = one step closer to heaven...right?
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The funny part is, come the 2020s, everyone will laugh at how deranged the end times fools were - including their forgetful selves.
We do this at the end of every century - seriously.
We do this at the end of every century - seriously.
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Given how well the Bush administration Christians have been doing at the helm, the anti-Christ could only be an improvement.
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Again, given that end-times people believe all this stuff is pre-ordained to happen anyway, what could possibly be the argument for voting? Do they think that if enough people vote for the other guy the anti-christ just slinks off back to hell for another four years? That is no way to run an apocalypse.
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Wow, who knew Victoria Jackson was such a right-wing christian nut?
"Voters in our last election did not base their decision on facts or knowledge, but on hype, emotion, peer pressure, and racial fervor. It didn't help that the liberally biased media blocked Americans access to the truth. (Fox News is the only news show that even resembles journalism)."
"Voters in our last election did not base their decision on facts or knowledge, but on hype, emotion, peer pressure, and racial fervor. It didn't help that the liberally biased media blocked Americans access to the truth. (Fox News is the only news show that even resembles journalism)."
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I just found a great website about the characteristics of the anti-christ. It makes me actually think that Dan might be the anti-christ.
The evidence is irrefutable, Dan. Just admit it.
His name will be related to the number six hundred and sixty six [Rev 13:17-18].Daniel Keenan Savage. Six letters in each. 6-6-6.
He will show no regard for the religion of his ancestors [Daniel 11:37]Ex-Catholic.
He will have "no regard for the desire of women": He will either be asexual or homosexualSelf-explanatory.
[Dan 11:37]
He will try to change the laws...Gay marriage, anyone?
[Dan 7:25]
The evidence is irrefutable, Dan. Just admit it.
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Wow, sounds similar to some thoughtless bigots giving credence to the idea that Mormons hate gay people, thereby encouraging violence and retribution against them. Gosh I wonder who they could be..they kinda blather indignantly like Ann Coulter but are male....gay....hmmm...what is that idiot's name again?
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Dan is the Annie Christ! To the hills!
I think Newsweek should be writing about these loons. They exist, and their insane views are widespread and powerful. Exposing them to light helps get rid of them, like cockroaches.
I think Newsweek should be writing about these loons. They exist, and their insane views are widespread and powerful. Exposing them to light helps get rid of them, like cockroaches.
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As we chanted at the Jeebus Freaks preaching at Westlake, surrounded by the Marriage Equality Folks: "BRING THE RAPTURE NOW!" and get these folks the hell out of here.
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Haven't you read Chick's tracts? The Anti-Christ, the UN and the Free Massons will give us orgies, free drugs and the destruction of Christianity.
How would that be bad???
How would that be bad???
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I so want to make up "I Voted for the Anti-Christ" t-shirts.. but i bet that someone's already beat me to it.. Damn Capitalists.
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how does Newsweek mocking these retards by shining a light on their insanity equate with legitimizing them?
btw, raptureready's forums are comedy gold -- check out their election night reaction thread
btw, raptureready's forums are comedy gold -- check out their election night reaction thread
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They're hiding the fact that the bible says the apocalypse will happen because of stupid people. Bush=dumb as a post, Victoria Jackson=just as dumb as a post, Rapture Ready=see other two.
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I think it's hilarious that there are so many wingnut whackjobs out there who think that Obama is not a Christian, that he is the Anti-Christ, that he used his Anti-Christ powers to get people to foolishly vote for him, etc. (Check out SNL alum & crazy religious freak Victoria Jackson's website at www.victoriajackson.com)
I think it would be equally hilarious if it turned out that Obama is actually the Second Coming of Christ. (After all, Christ was a non-white & a Socialist.) Then Obama would smite all of these stupid, non-believing whackjobs. Oh the irony.
I think it would be equally hilarious if it turned out that Obama is actually the Second Coming of Christ. (After all, Christ was a non-white & a Socialist.) Then Obama would smite all of these stupid, non-believing whackjobs. Oh the irony.
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@28, Jesus non-white? Not according to this photograph: http://www.funny-potato.com/blog/wp-cont…
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@Julie in Chicago
We must get together soon and drink to the Anti-Christ you have exposed. As the older brother of the Anti-Christ, I expect to be in charge of certain aspects of the End Times, such as boozing.
We must get together soon and drink to the Anti-Christ you have exposed. As the older brother of the Anti-Christ, I expect to be in charge of certain aspects of the End Times, such as boozing.
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I have a new rule for public officials. If you believe in the rapture and the end of days, you don't get my vote.
On another note, the fools that do believe? The vast majority of them aren't getting "raptured". Their own scripture says only 144,000 are getting the golden ticket.
On another note, the fools that do believe? The vast majority of them aren't getting "raptured". Their own scripture says only 144,000 are getting the golden ticket.
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@15 - If Obama is the anti-Bush and Bush is the anti-Christ, then Obama is the anti-anti-Christ.... which, once you eliminate the negative, means that Obama is Christ.
Wow, I may just have to rethink this whole atheism thing!
Wow, I may just have to rethink this whole atheism thing!
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Eh. If the Rapture really did come, and all the 'righteous' were swept up into heaven and leave the rest of us behind, wouldn't that be a good thing?
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Actually, I've been thinking along similar lines, but with Obama as one of those half-alien hybrid babies you hear about in abduction stories. I can just now hear Jerry Seinfeld saying in his whine-voice, "We elected an alien!!"
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Oh hell, the Rapture happened years ago. The one righteous person went to heaven. Hate to break it to you, fundy fruitbats - you're the Left Behind.
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@35 - Yes... a Chicago Slog Happy is a good idea. Especially if you are going to be the End of Days Booze Czar. Sometime in early December (I'm pretty much out of commission until after Thanksgiving)? Maybe the same day as whenever the Seattle version is happening?
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Fuck that. Here I am! Yoo hoo! Over here! That's right. I'm the anti Christ. I slap Jesus around daily. I've even kicked him in the ass a couple times. Give credit where it's due for Christ's sake! Obama isn't even 222 compared to me. Thanks for listening! See you soon! Oh, and by the way. For you Christians out there. What you need to do is shoot yourselves in the head. That's right. This way you get to go to heaven! Go on! Get the fucking gun! Bye!
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I was watching a program called "God versus the Devil" on the History channel over the weekend, and it's just amazing to me. If you believe the Bible, then you already know what's going to happen, step by step! So, if someone's really a good Christian, they wouldn't try to assassinate Obama the anti-Christ, because that's Christ's job. You want Jesus to come back with that giant sword coming out of his mouth, to find that you didn't think he was up to the job?
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Still my favorite 90's bumper sticker:
"Come the rapture, can I have your car?"
Eminently relevant in Charleston SC, where (sadly) it was stolen after a glorious run on my car.
"Come the rapture, can I have your car?"
Eminently relevant in Charleston SC, where (sadly) it was stolen after a glorious run on my car.
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