Anti-Christ

[Sassafras]

This weekend I had a discussion with a lady about the anti-Christ, and other topics like the rapture and tribulation.  (I say "discussion" lightly.  It was more like an intervention of the damned. I think she thought I might have been spawn directly from hell since I didn't believe the same way she did.  Whatever!!)

Concerning the anti-Christ, she described an evil being that will appear to be good but will do evil things to dis-unify mankind.  The evil doer, she said, will come before the tribulation and is a sign of the thus said tribulational times.

This false explanation of the anti-Christ is "dogma".  The fundamentalists and evangelists believe heavily in this style of fear. 

Notice, I didn't say the anti-Christ didn't exist.  The anti-Christ does exist and there has been anti-Christ since the time of Christ's crucifixion.  In fact, there has been anti-Christ in recent years too.  How can that be, you might ask?  Thought there was suppose to be only one?

Lets have a common understanding of "anti-Christ".  It is so simple:  To be against Christ.  To not believe in the station of Christ.  And to not believe in the Teachings of Christ.  That's it!!  Like I said, it is so simple.


I could go into farther discussion of anti-Christ, but lets have some of you chew on what I have said so far.
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Sass

[Smokebender]

Chew on it? Chew got it. Simple? Yes, it's just a story and nothing more. 

[misfitguy]

Actually, the Anti-Christ, as Sassafras pointed out exists and has existed since the time of Christ. Anybody that doesn't believe in the Spirit and works against beliefs of the Spirit, would be an Anti-Christ.  If you believe that Christ was imbued with the Spirit of God and that is what made him a Manifestation, then anybody that denies His teachings is an Anti-Christ.  But let's go further.  If you believe in that imbument of God's Spirit and as Christ said that He was not the first not would He be the last, but the Spirit would continue to return, then anybody that is imbued with that same Spirit would be as if Christ Himself was there.  For instance, if Mohammed was filled with this same spirit as He claims, than anybody that acted against His teachings would be considered an Anti-Christ. 

Even further, in 1843, The Bab, announced that He was here to prepare the world for somebody greater than Himself; The Comforter, The Unifier.  He said that He Who Would Make Himself Manifest would unite the world.  All those that refused The Bab and actively worked against His teachings and then martyred Him were Anti-Christs.  When Baha'u'llah declared Himself as He Who Would Make Himself Manifest in the Garden of Ridvan, all those that denied Him and tortured Him and incarcerated Him and exiled Him, were Anti-Christs.  Maybe if the name was Anti-God, then it would be more palatable for people to accept, but the meaning would be the same.  Today, the Anti-Christs are found in large numbers.  Anybody that "hates" the teachings of any of the Manifestations are Anti-Christs.  None of the Manifestations taught us to hate.  All of them taught us to love.  Hate is probably one of the most noticeable attributes of the Anti-Christs around us.

Mick

[Truthsayer]

Deciever Of Mankind


Oh deciever of mankind
You must think I am a clown
I spend my life building you up
Only you have let me down

I have learned your secret
Your very name
See people everywhere playing your game
But they do not know who you are
Or your secret plan for them

Oh deceiver of mankind
The beast all men should flee
Your truth lies right before their eyes
Yet still, they cannot see

I look into your blood red eyes
And see the seven sins
Your hunger for power and control
Fuelled by all of them

Your name holds the very number
The Bible says, it is so
666 is indeed man's number
Your name....E-G-O!

E = 5
G = 7
O = 6

5 + 7 + 6 = 18
18 = 6 + 6 + 6

Ego, house of the seven deadly sins
constructed by human fear
Where fear is the deadliest weapon
Oh please, let them hear!


The "Christ" consciousness is the 'God' consciousness.
There is no room in the kingdom of God for ego, as ego clouds our awareness of our own Christ consciousness. Therefore it is the "Antichrist".

Ego exists when we allow ourselves to be guided by fear, not faith.
It is the goal of the Buddhist to eliminate the ego. Get rid of ego, you eliminate the beast.

That's my two cents