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Originally Posted by NightSpirit  What you have just described, I believe, is what the Bible says will happen at the end of the world. A man will appear and take the lead and save us. He will begin by bringing us together to solve all the problems of the world and stop wars. It might start out with something good like, "What causes most war? Religious differences. And at the root of those differences? Beliefs." So to end wars we have to have no beliefs or a set of generic beliefs everyone can agree upon...a worldwide religion. And a one world system with no country divisions or rights.
Anyway, sounds like a good idea until he declares himself to be God since he led us to world peace when no other religion or God himself couldn't (or didn't override our free will to do it). He kills or starves everyone that hasn't opted in and taken the mark for the sake of maintaining peace. And then the end comes when Jesus comes back to finally put an end to all rebellion against God and reveal Himself to the whole world at once. |
That's the bibles teachings on the anti-christ? In 12 years of religion class, they generally stayed away from the Apocalypse and focused on more morality and such. In general, it seems extremely pessimistic to me, but much of Christianity does to me. The idea of original sin seems like a pretty negative view of human nature. The inability of people to unite unless they are decieved by an anti-christ figure seems pretty negative as well.