God knows who the anti-Christ is or will be.
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M*W: I don't think it's all that complicated, really:
Christ = aka The Sun
Anti-Christ = aka any heavenly body other than Christ = The Sun
The anti-Christ's plan is to deceive the world and lead as many as possible away from God.
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M*W: Any heavenly mass of matter that isn't The Sun detracts from The Sun; ergo, the assumption of deceipt and leading human factors away from the only true god = The Sun.
Paul talks in the above scripture about "false apostles" he did not specifically refer to The Anti-Christ. Although he did talk of anti-christs in other scriptures. Being an anti-christ is not the same as being the Prophesised Anti-Christ.
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M*W: That absolutely does not make any sense. Paul, himself, was one of those "false apostles!" In fact, Paul didn't exist..., so Paul didn't write anything. "Paul" was an anthropomorphized being representing the god Apollo. I see no difference (literary or otherwise) that there were distinct "anti-christs." They all cannot have individual meaning (i.e. big anti-christ, little anti-christ, medium-sized anti-christ). I know you cannot fathom this, so I am not writing this directly to you but to the forum.
Everyone who works against the Gospel or denies Jesus crucified and resurrected is an anti-christ, but they are not All the Anti-Christ who is a specific individual.
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M*W: Why is the "prophesized Anti-Christ' badder than any other "anti-christ?" This is illogical. An anti-christ is an opposition to one's concept of The Christ=God. It really makes no difference as I see it.
Some people in Paul's time claimed to be apostles of Jesus and where not. Paul is not stating that the true apostles where false but that there where false apostles doing the rounds.
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M*W: Okay, let's get a few things clear here:
What do you believe was "Paul's time?"
Who were the false apostles of Paul's time? Please name them and give a description of why they were false apostles.
"Please describe where the false apostles Paul mentioned were "doing the rounds."
"What did those false apostles hope to gain from the the falsities of their travels?"
M*W's Friendly Atheist Quote (FAQ) of the Day:
"There is no God: it is as clear as the sun and as evident as the day that there is no God, and still more, that there can be none." ~ Ludwig Feuerbach
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M*W's Anti-Bitterness Comments (ABCs) of the Day:
"He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh." ~ The Koran