The End Times, a New Testament reference to the period surrounding the return of Christ, were popularized in recent years by the "Left Behind" series of books that sold more than 63 million copies. The Rev. Tim LaHaye, co-author of the series, said in an interview that he recognized allusions to his work in the ad but comparisons between Sen. Obama and the Antichrist are incorrect.
"The Antichrist isn't going to be an American, so it can't possibly be Obama. The Bible makes it clear he will be from an obscure place, like Romania," the 82-year-old author said.
"The Antichrist isn't going to be an American, so it can't possibly be Obama. The Bible makes it clear he will be from an obscure place, like Romania," the 82-year-old author said.
No I totally agree, it's obvious McCain wanted to call Obama the antichrist. You're a visionary, SP. A visionary.
Perhaps the most puzzling scene in the ad is an altered segment from The 10 Commandments that appears near the end. A Moses-playing Charlton Heston parts the animated waters of the Red Sea, out of which rises the quasi-presidential seal the Obama campaign used for a brief time earlier this summer before being mocked into retiring it. The seal, which features an eagle with wings spread, is not recognizable like the campaign's red-white-and-blue "O" logo. That confused Democratic consultant Eric Sapp until he went to his Bible and remembered that in the apocalyptic Book of Daniel, the Antichrist is described as rising from the sea as a creature with wings like an eagle.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1830590,00.htmlQuotePerhaps the most puzzling scene in the ad is an altered segment from The 10 Commandments that appears near the end. A Moses-playing Charlton Heston parts the animated waters of the Red Sea, out of which rises the quasi-presidential seal the Obama campaign used for a brief time earlier this summer before being mocked into retiring it. The seal, which features an eagle with wings spread, is not recognizable like the campaign's red-white-and-blue "O" logo. That confused Democratic consultant Eric Sapp until he went to his Bible and remembered that in the apocalyptic Book of Daniel, the Antichrist is described as rising from the sea as a creature with wings like an eagle.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1830590,00.htmlQuotePerhaps the most puzzling scene in the ad is an altered segment from The 10 Commandments that appears near the end. A Moses-playing Charlton Heston parts the animated waters of the Red Sea, out of which rises the quasi-presidential seal the Obama campaign used for a brief time earlier this summer before being mocked into retiring it. The seal, which features an eagle with wings spread, is not recognizable like the campaign's red-white-and-blue "O" logo. That confused Democratic consultant Eric Sapp until he went to his Bible and remembered that in the apocalyptic Book of Daniel, the Antichrist is described as rising from the sea as a creature with wings like an eagle.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1830590,00.htmlOhh AFP *smh*. Sometimes shock horror some people know things that you don't.QuotePerhaps the most puzzling scene in the ad is an altered segment from The 10 Commandments that appears near the end. A Moses-playing Charlton Heston parts the animated waters of the Red Sea, out of which rises the quasi-presidential seal the Obama campaign used for a brief time earlier this summer before being mocked into retiring it. The seal, which features an eagle with wings spread, is not recognizable like the campaign's red-white-and-blue "O" logo. That confused Democratic consultant Eric Sapp until he went to his Bible and remembered that in the apocalyptic Book of Daniel, the Antichrist is described as rising from the sea as a creature with wings like an eagle.
It almost makes me want to read the "Left Behind" books. Almost!
Among the GC's units are rock musicians, "Secularists" and cult leaders. Many of the enemy's units, including Rock Stars, Gang Bosses, Cult Leaders and heavier front-line soldiers are described as being trained in "College".
It almost makes me want to read the "Left Behind" books. Almost!
i couldn't make it through one chapter of the first book.
i am totally willing to eat crow on this
i can't believe i gave people the benefit of the doubt for what i thought was just a clumsy heavy-handed humorous ad
but now there's a whole new level which is awesomely creepy.
so i guess we need to find the hidden codifications within all their adds
I tried to read it in college for ironic entertainment purposes. I think I made it about 2 pages. I remember some sleazy non-christian guy on an airplane. At least I made it like 4 chapters into the Davinci Code. Unfortunately, 4 chapters of the Davinci Code is about 1.5 pages.
If you want some more fun right wing coding, check out this. (http://fairshot.typepad.com/fairshot/2004/10/dred_scott_roe_.html)
Though, seeing as how this Endtime event more or less defines and drives the evangelicals, shouldn't they want to get the whole thing rolling, presumably by then lifting Anti-Christ to power? Another McCain swing and miss.
Though, seeing as how this Endtime event more or less defines and drives the evangelicals, shouldn't they want to get the whole thing rolling, presumably by then lifting Anti-Christ to power? Another McCain swing and miss.
The dumb thing is, even if you go by the event timetable laid out in the World's Worst Books, the Rapture is supposed to happen before the rise of the Antichrist. And I don't remember any Raptures lately. But I doubt most of the people this ad's targeted to are capable of putting that together.