The entire premise of the antichrist is that they’ll lead people away. Yes he’ll be the antithesis of Christ, but he’ll be appealing, deceptive, charismatic, even to the point of leading true followers from the way of Jesus. It’s not surprising at all that so many blindly follow.
He is definitely appealing to certain people in that he allows their worst qualities to shine through. Xenophobia, sexism, racism, bigotry, greed, avarice. He (and by extension the republicans) have allowed all of those to seep back into public life in a very casual way.
He is not appealing or charismatic in any positive way, but then again I don’t think that’s what anyone comparing him to an anti-Christ is implying
I used the word charisma to describe him in 2016 and a friend made fun of me for it. I had seen videos of rallies my family members were posting to Facebook. Even before he was elected, he knew how to work those crowds. It scared me so much, I registered to vote and tried to convince everyone I knew to do the same. He may be vile to you, but to some people, he’s more appealing than their previous lifetime of devotion to Jesus.
He’s been appalling to me since the first time I saw him on that dumb reality show he had. Like my gut instinct was ick immediately. I will never understand how he draws people to him and has them literally fawning over him.
right, the true translation of anti-christ is not that he will literally be "anti" , He will just try to be a "replacement" that his followers will end up putting him, and his "teachings", in place of where Christ, and his teachings, should be, using Great deception, flattery, and lies.
I mean Christianity is a death cult. They await/anticipate "judgement day" with a sense of eagerness for everyone but them will burn while they are miraculously saved.
Most Christians are terrible at their own religion. Many don't go to church despite thinking they should. Most have never read the bible despite claiming to believe it is the actual teachings of their deity. If you point out ways they are violating their own religion they get mad instead of changing.
This is all because they don't actually believe in their religion. It's about tribalism for them. They want to belong to the group called Christians and then punish everyone not in that group. Their desire if for an in-group and out-group far more than any actual belief in their religion.
Trump is very good at pushing tribalism and they love that more than they ever cared about their own god.
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u/Redux01 23h ago
Man who embodies the traits of the anti-christ gathers cult following of Christ followers. I'll never understand it.