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Since this Conspiracy Theory New World Order End Times Anti Christ stuff was started by Christians why are there some Non Religious people who believe this stuff ?

Roxette is correct.

Also, if you try to show a True Believer the origins of such conspiracy theories, they won't listen because they've invested too much in their belief.

I would argue why anyone believes in it cause it doesn't even fit within a Christian belief system, most of those CT's vaguely follow the book of revelation, but any CT that I heard of have for lack of a better word have "Plot Holes" that would make them BS even when you believe in the bible.

^ Yes, and Revelation is singular, dork.

"^ Yes, and Revelation is singular, dork. "

BELARUS IS FULL OF COMMIES

I don't know if there's a heaven or a god, but I can tell you one thing, Matt is going to hell.

I believe you guys are going to die.

And this thread has gone to hell.

May it BUUUURRRNNN!!!

"Isn't the Book of Revelations nothing more than an allegory for ancient Rome?"

I don't personally believe that, however Nero fits the CT's definition of the anti-Christ far better then any of the supposed anti-christs I've heard the CT's talk about (mainly any of the US presidents, any of the popes). I say CT definition of anti-Christ because what they are talking about the correct term would be 'the beast' from the book of revelation, anti-Christ is anybody opposed to Christ, one of the "plot holes" I mentioned earlier, basically whoever came up with the biblical CT in the first place must have just quickly skimmed over the bible. That and Anti-Christ probably sounds more dramatic.

WHO THE FUCK PUT THAT TAG THERE

I find it hilarious how religious people get superstitious, take number 13 and Christians, let alone Friday 13 :-) I tried once explaining to one of them what the church did on one particular Friday 13 but the guy was not convinced.

Just pondering which came first the chicken or the egg..............
Did the CT come first and the religious extremest pick it up or the other way around.

I always thought it was funny how they say any day we are all gonna get "Marked" but seriously there would be such a political backlash and resistance to getting "Marked" in this day and age, the only way it would work is if all the Christian-ish religions were an extreme minority on the entire planet.

The most popular rapture beliefs have the rapture before the seven year period in which the anti-christ reigns and marks us. However there are some beliefs that the rapture happens after the seven years or at the mid-way point.

I suspect that the christians who fall for this "end times" nonsense really fear that their religion faces its "end times," not humanity in general. Christianity could very well decline and disappear in the coming "Jesus who?" era, and the human species would go on about its business without noticing the absence. Christians just symbolize this disappearance as happening all at once with their rapture fantasy.

BTW, I have to laugh at these pathetic octogenarian rapture-hustlers. Look up "wasted life" in the dictionary, and you'll see photos of Tim LaHaye, Hal Lindsey, Jack Chick and other preachers who've spent decades predicting the imminent arrival of the rapture fairy.

@advancedatheist

You could be on to something there. The less Christian influence they see, the more they do preach the rapture is upon us and that the Tribulation will begin. Hell, I think someone said that we're in the four-year period that indicates the end-times...something about a war that probably should've already started...