Pastor says Obama will bring anti-Christ by having people rely on government. Getting ridiculous.

[madfloridian]

From the You Tube video link:

Published on Jan 25, 2014

"Pastor Robert Jeffress sat down with Bill O'Reilly Monday night to argue that President Obama is laying the groundwork for the rise of the Anti-Christ because he is "conditioning" people to rely on government support. He said there will be a "future world dictator before Christ returns who's going to usurp people's personal rights, and "change God's laws... without any opposition" so "people will have been conditioned long before the Antichrist comes to accept government overreach, and that's what you're seeing with President Obama."

He said, "I'm not saying President Obama is the Anti-Christ. In fact, I'm sure he's not, because the Anti-Christ is going to have higher poll numbers."

He argued that in addition to Obamacare creating a culture of dependency, Obama is sowing the seeds for the Anti-Christ with the contraception mandate and "abortion-inducing drugs," as well as the "redefinition of marriage.""* Ana Kasparian, Dave Rubin (Rubin Report) and Desi Doyen (Green News Report) break it down.

More at Mediaite

[liberalmuse]

1. How will these people even recognize an anti-Christ at this point?

It would be like looking in the mirror.

[tofuandbeer]

8. +1

[Journeyman]

2. But if this so-called "Anti-Christ" is ordained to precede the return of Jesus, why resist Obama?...

You'd think, if the nut jobs have to have the Anti-Christ and the "mark of the beast" and whatever other nonsense they espouse on any given day as the precursor to J. Christ's return, why do they resist it so vehemently? Why not "embrace the madness," to hasten the Day of Reckoning and give ol' JC a needed boost in the keister to return so all the "good news" can start up again? Why, in Bob Jeffress' fevered mind, Barack Obama is doing what's required for Bob's peculiar vision of the future to become fact, so why does Bob seek to delay it?

Because he's a fookin' idiot would be my call. What's yours?

[defacto7]

3. People just never get it...

This same claim to the coming of the anti-Christ has been made over and over and over in the last 1800 years. It comes and goes with the regularity of an ocean wave any time there is a figure in government or other religious groups who doesn't meet the apostolic extreme evangelical hoopla of that particular half decade. It's caused uprisings though the middle ages and Renaissance, the 16th century, 17 century, 18th century as well as one of the biggest in the 19th and a couple more in the 20th. It's just nauseatingly repetitious historically and people just want to keep riding that apocalyptic horse to Armageddon at the whim of another deluded preacher, prophet or swindler.

Grow up already humanity.

[AtheistCrusader]

4. That pastor looks crazier than a weasel on meth

[tofuandbeer]

9. I was thinking the same thing (not in your exact words, though).

[DRoseDARs]

13. I just *snort*ed loud enough to wake my roomate. Thanks Obama. nt

[Enthusiast]

14. Perfect.

Just imagine the people that follow him.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Oh that Obama...

The caricature they have turned Obama into is too crazy for even TV.

[jmowreader]

6. I thought Obama WAS the anti-Christ

[SoapBox]

7. Another lying stupid fuck...

Hiding behind a "church".

[tofuandbeer]

10. "hiding behind a church." :D Comments like this that make me love DU. That is so poetic. I love it!

[Kablooie]

11. All these guys are trying to out Fox each other.

[appleannie1]

12. They used to take lunatics away in funny jackets. Now they rave on FOX.

[tom_kelly]

15. I can't take her voice any longer n/t

[bigdarryl]

16. He's no DAMN pastor talking like that

[hog]

17. Bad toupee.

How could any man who looks at himself in the mirror every day and not see what a lie his own hair is possibly know the truth about anything?

[justgamma]

18. Too bad a few thousand people

don't show up at his church & demand that the good "Christians" take care of them instead of the government. They always say to turn to the church.

[hamsterjill]

19. Let's just call this idiot what he is.

Crazy. Fucking crazy.

[czarjak]

20. Bob

Said the anti Mormon pastor who voted for the Mormon. "I'll hold my nose and vote for Mitt Romney". Way to stick to those convictions Rev.

[DhhD]

21. Perhaps, the First Baptist Church of Dallas has recently not been doing well financially. We must

keep in mind that all of a sudden, the Chamber of Commerce organization has come to say that Americans do not have money to consume goods anymore. Does that mean that they do not have the money to give as an offering or tithe at a church, for several years now? Instead of telling the people that they are being deceived by Reaganomics, could Jeffers be spinning the sale of his books so the profits can go to the church. The Bible says that deception will be a great part of the end times. The policies of FDR resulted in huge amounts of money for Americans to give to their churches. The renovation of the Dallas church several years ago must have been costly. People may be needing to spend all of their money on living since our wages have stagnated over the past 30 years.

Jeffers allowed Ted Cruz to come in and preach at Sunday morning sermon time. Cruz told the listeners that he wanted to take down the government and the IRS.

To me Ted Cruz, not Obama, is the person that Jeffers is talking about. Ted Cruz was anointed King. King Cruz says that he is going to remove all of the money/wealth from the liberals of the world and take it to the churches. Could Jeffers be promising his flock that they will be getting the money? The Bible says that a lot of Christians will be deceived in the end times. I wonder if Jeffers is in to the rewriting of the Bible? Anyone know?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023275103

[madfloridian]

22. Wow! Video tour of that church's 130 million dollar campus.

He must have a whole lot of wealthy people who support him as pastor. From 2013:

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[TBF]

23. Napoleon Bonaparte said -

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”

[madfloridian]

24. Ah had not heard that for years.

I remember that from college and it slipped my mind. So perfectly describes what we are seeing right now in our country.