Belief Watch: Is Obama the Antichrist? | Newsweek BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller (flag)
www.newsweek.com — On Nov. 5, Todd Strandberg was at his desk, fielding E-mails from around the world. As the editor and founder of RaptureReady.com, his job is to track current events and link them to biblical prophecy in hopes of maintaining his status as "the eBay of prophecy," the best source online for ...
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The Lottery Goes 666
ArchPunditNewsweek covers it On Nov. 5, Todd Strandberg was at his desk, fielding E-mails from around the world. As the editor and founder of RaptureReady.com, his job is to track current events and link them to biblical prophecy in hopes of maintaining his status as “the eBay of prophecy,” the best source online for predictions and calculations concerning the end of the world. Already Barack Obama had drawn the attention of apocalypse watchers after an anonymous e-mail circulated among conservative Christians in October implying that he was the ...

The Bible Sez: Newsweek Is THE BEAST of the Apocalypse!!
Grasping Reality with Both Hands — ... Belief Watch: Is Obama the Antichrist?: On Nov. 5, Todd Strandberg was at his desk, fielding E-mails from around the world. As the editor and founder of RaptureReady.com, his job is to track current events and link them to biblical prophecy in hopes of maintaining his status as "the eBay of prophecy," the best source online for predictions and calculations concerning the end of the world. Already Barack Obama had drawn the attention of apocalypse watchers after an anonymous e-mail circulated among conservative Christians in October implying that he was the Antichrist.... One of ...

Shorter Suzanne Smalley Of Newsweek
Sadly, No! — ... Bonus Shorter Newsweek: Is Obama the Antichrist? As is the case with so many things, there are reasonable people on both sides of the question. ...

Time to cancel your Newsweek subscription
Brilliant at BreakfastHere's why. With threats against Barack Obama's life already rising as a result of Sarah Palin whipping her frothing minions into a frenzy, why on earth would a major publication print something like this? My subscription runs until August 2014, and I just sent a letter cancelling it.


Hullabaloo — Holy Moly by digby This is from Newsweek, not Newsmax: According to a 2006 study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, a third of white evangelicals believe the world will end in their lifetimes. These mostly conservative Christians believe a great battle is imminent. After years of tribulation—natural disasters, other cataclysms (such as the collapse of financial markets)—God's armies will vanquish armies led by the Antichrist himself. He will be a sweet-talking world leader who gathers governments and ...

Great... After the Election Newsweek Finally Tells Us Obama Is Satan
Gateway Pundit — Unfortunately, this question did not come up in the debates. Now it looks like we may be stuck with Beelzebub in the White House for the next 4 years. It appears Barack Obama was not properly vetted after all. Newsweek wonders: "Is Obama the Antichrist?" On Nov. 5, Todd Strandberg was at his desk, fielding E-mails from around the world. As the editor and founder of RaptureReady.com, his job is to track current events and link them to biblical prophecy in hopes of ...

Newsweek considers Antichrist talk
Political Animal — NEWSWEEK CONSIDERS ANTICHRIST TALK.... When bizarre, fringe publications speculate openly about who may or may not be the Antichrist, it's easy to dismiss. When Newsweek publishes a 600-word piece on those who wonder about Obama being the Antichrist, one really has to wonder what on earth the editors were thinking. On Nov. 5, Todd Strandberg was at his desk, fielding E-mails from around the world. As the editor and founder of RaptureReady.com, his job is to track current events and link them to biblical prophecy in hopes of maintaining his status as "the eBay of prophecy," ...

The Antichrist Comes A-Knockin'
Shakesville — ... is the Antichrist. They point to signs, like the candidate's stance on gay marriage (Satan likes buttfucking), and abortion (Satan like dead babies), and how close to June 6 they may have been born. New World Order this, Mrs. Baylock that, Rapture, Endtimes, blah blah blah. That's fine. We expect it from nutbags. What we don't expect is for shit like that to be printed in Newsweek. This week's Newsweek dedicates 666 words* under this headline: Is Obama the Antichrist? Seriously, Newsweek, this is what you're printing ...

The Seven Heads Of Barack Obama
Jesus' General — ... Thank you and Newsweek for addressing our most deeply held beliefs so respectfully. It isn't often we see a sentence like the following in a major news magazine: ...

jesus was a carpenter but obama builds cabinets
skippy the bush kangaroo — in spite of being the anti-christ, barack "to the future" obama has begun building his cabinet. first off, the guy who defended chiquita banana in ...

Questioning questions
slacktivist — ... Compared to Newsweek, CT actually seems restrained in confining itself to "offer[ing] readers a place to comment" on whether or not Obama's affirmation that he is a Christian meets their standards of legitimacy. Newsweek's Lisa Miller addresses an even sillier question: "Is Obama the Antichrist?" ...

Sure Sign of the Apocalypse
N/A — ... It’s getting weirder: “One of the winning lottery numbers in the president-elect’s home state was 666— which, as everyone knows, is the sign of the Beast (also known as the Antichrist). “It is very eerie, and I take it for a sign as to who he really is,” wrote one of Strandberg’s correspondents.” ...

Today’s Sullivan Award Is Awarded to . . . Andrew Sullivan
Patterico's Pontifications — ... He did a segment commenting on this article and a viral e-mail that was going around suggesting that Obama was the anti-Christ. Handel naturally debunked it, but with his typical sense of irony. ...

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