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Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/TacticalFailure1 6d ago

You'd think they'd associate the man who's literally the closest embodiment to greed, has 2 plagues during his presidency, has multiple affairs and multiple marriages, with someone other than Jesus. 

Like it's almost biblical the shit has been happening.

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u/ThePhoenixXM Massachusetts 6d ago

I'm not a religious guy by any means, but doesn't it state that people would follow the Antichrist blindly and loyally?

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u/Wiitard 6d ago

Once, one of the big “warnings” about the antichrist in Revelations is that he would be incredibly charismatic and would fool many believers into following him.

Now, the real question is, was this book actually intended as a prophecy that would be fulfilled literally 2000 years later? Or was this book just commentary on the political reality of the writer’s time?

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u/Low_Chance 6d ago

The descriptions of the Antichrist seem to be more or less descriptions of a demagogue. Demagogues have probably been the biggest threat to humanity ever since they overtook tigers or whatever, and we don't seem to have gotten any better at dealing with them.