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If Jesus is the son of God and Satan is the oposite of God, a literal antichrist would be Satan's father, which would be God since God gave life to Satan (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think your logic is messed up somewhere.

Jesus is the Christ, Christ being the word for "the anointed one" or "the chosen one" or "the Messiah".

An antichrist would be one that is the opposite of "the Messiah" or "the chosen one" or "the anointed one", they wouldn't have to be the complete and total opposite of Jesus to count.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My favorite (probably inaccurate) point about the name "Jesus Christ": the name "Christ" means "anointed one", as you said. People were generally anointed by having oil poured on their head. "Jesus" is just contemporary form of the name "Joshua". So in another life, "Jesus Christ" could literally be translated as "Oily Josh".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel like if Jesus were alive now the name oily josh would be like that horrible childhood nickname that he hates

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

As pointed out above "Christ" is a title, not his name. His dad wasn't called Joseph Christ.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First of all, this is not logic. This is just a dumb thought experiment.

And secondly, something as complex as a person will never have a true opposite, so you will be looking at the defining feature of that person. In the case of Jesus Christ, a lot of peoply would say that "son of God" is his defining feature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In the case of Jesus Christ, a lot of peoply would say that “son of God” is his defining feature.

Pretty sure they'd instead focus on the whole "sacrifice for all of mankind's sins" thing but maybe we just know different people