Antichrist in the news
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- October
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Someone asked me the other day if a new movie called Antichrist has something to do with the antichrist?
Does the film have religious overtones?
No, it doesn’t. It’s the latest work from a controversial, cutting-edge-type move-maker named Lars von Trier.
From what I’ve read, the film sounds pretty grim. It’s about chaos and sorrow—and there’s a talking fox.
But no antichrist.
At the same time, though, Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver has been called the antichrist—as in the antichrist.
Erie County (think Buffalo) Executive Chris Collins (that’s him) compared Silver, an Orthodox Jew, to the antichrist at a GOP dinner on Saturday.
From a description I read, it sounded like a joke. Maybe not a funny one.
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on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 5:16 pm by Gary Stern.
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The world of religion, we don't have to tell you, is vast. The purpose of this blog is for Stern to note, flag and comment on some of the more interesting religious developments on the scene – weighty and quirky, somber and laughable, far away and just down the road. He won't interpret Scripture, take sides in conflicts or judge anyone. But he will take advantage of the journalist's license to observe.
The disturbing point is that it is being seen in light of political impact, rather than moral inturpitude. Comments like these have no business in the public arena as weak attempts at public humor or otherwse.