Yes, Virginia, There is an anti-Christ

by E.A Gilmartin

Okay, no, I am not referring to the actual embodiment of some red-toned, dual-horned, pitchfork carrying creature of the netherworld, although orange-toned, phone carrying, twitchy-Twitter fingered creature does come very close.

This essay is not to imply the existence of a biblical beast out of the Book of Revelations. This is simply a character study in which two extremes are placed in juxtaposition for illustrative purposes.

One need not be a Christian to have a general sense of the qualities imbued and espoused by Jesus; whether or not one believes he ever existed or if he did, if he was more than a mere mortal, can be debated. Religious or not, I would imagine most people upon hearing the name Jesus do associate him with the characteristics of goodness, humility, generosity, self-sacrifice, courage, intelligence, patience, kindness, compassion, and, well, you get the idea.

So, horned-beast aside, what would be the opposite of those qualities? Selfishness, arrogance, ill-will, dishonesty, irresponsibility, cowardice, cruelty, viciousness, despotism.

A certain public figure comes to mind. So hear me out. If a particular public figure, let’s say the current President of the U.S. for example, embodies the qualities that stand in direct contradiction to…