Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] new gnostic gospel discovered [Religion]

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Rick Buford wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does this imply that I'm the anti-christ for not acknowledging Jesus?
> > > >
> > > > Rick
> > >
> > >
> > > I think that this passage refers to those who say that they are 
> > > "Christians" but teach a different gospel.  Since I don't think you 
> > > claim to be a Christian, I think that you would be refered to as 
> > > "unbeliever" rather than "antichrist."
> > >
> > > (I put "Christian" in quotes, because the term was not very widely 
> > > used at that time.)
> >
> >
> >
> > It is interesting that you have to be a Christian to qualify as an 
> > antichrist.  The whole idea of Christ/antichrist is a little amusing.  
> > Do other religions have that?: e.g., antibuddha or antimohammed? 
> > Christianity seems to have a little built-in paranoia.
> >
> > Mike
> >
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> The word "anti-christ" seems to be a joining of two Greek words "anti" 
> (which I guess means "opposite"?) and "christ" (which I think means 
> "king").  Presumably readers of that time would have understood the word 
> in that sense - maybe it means something like "a person who is the 
> opposite to Christ."  I'm not a Greek scholar so I really don't know.  
> But I doubt that John meant to use the word in the bogy-man sense that it
> means to us today.

Except that I am obviously wrong, because had I looked more carefully at 
the context I would have seen the prior verse to that which I cited - 1 
John 2:18

... and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many 
antichrists have come....

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Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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