Who or What is The Anti-Christ

Theology
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As the OP from the original post doesn’t want the topic to be about the Anti-Christ, but about Peter Thiel’s Beliefs about the Anti-Christ, I figued to create a topic about ALL aspects of the Anti-Christ and who or what he, she, or it is.

Continuing the discussion from Peter Thiel and the Antichrist:

As I orignally wrote (and then deleted to respect the OP’s wishes)… Wikipedia says that the Antichrist, or in broader eschatology, the Anti-Messiah, refers to a kind of entity prophesied by the Bible to oppose Jesus Christ and falsely substitute himself as a savior in Christ’s place before the Second Coming.

It leads me to wonder: Could that entity mean to also include Robotics and/or AI? A valid speculation in this day and age.

Wikipedia further says that the term Antichrist (including one plural form) is found four times in the New Testament, solely in the First and Second Epistle of John. (I thought it mentioned it less than that.) Of note, this verse stands out…

This reminds me of talks and speculation that there have been LEGIONS of Antichrists throughout history, including HitIer and Trump… So I wonder if his (Theil’s) talks have anything to do with any of that.

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I watched the video provided on the original post and it was very informative. You’re right though. My question had to do with Thiel and not the AC. Thiel seems to view the AC more as a system instead of an individual. He makes a good argument, but I have always been taught and have believed the AC to be a person.

What Thiel talks about is important when you consider the power and influence the man has. He’s American. I’m not, so I thought there would be more information available from the Americans on this site. I had thought him to be well known.

I think the Bible uses the term AC to include anything that is against Jesus. This spirit of the antichrist has been around for some time. Probably since the beginning, but in the book of Revelation the AC becomes personified as a person. Or so I thought. There are a lot of personal characteristics assigned to the AC and that leads me to still believe he’s a man.