666

The Burnside Writers Collective just published their Anti-Christ Watch, a list of folks who may be frontin' for the dark side of the Force. And no, I didn't make the list. But hey, if you're going to fail at something...

I was a little disappointed that Oprah didn't dominate (514,000 google pages can't be wrong, right?), they had some interesting contenders. Bono figured, as did Coldplay's Chris Martin ("Bono-lite") and possibly one of the funniest men in the world, Jon Stewart.

Apart from a few chuckles that the religiously self-righteous won't get (it made me laugh like I do when I think about people with End Times Flip Charts and the whole collection of Left Behind books), it was all pretty tame. That is until I came across a Florida preacher who has a 666 tattoo and says he is God. He claims to have followers in over 30 countries and says there's no such thing as the devil or sin. Here's some of what he says:

"Antichrist is the best person in the world," he says. "Antichrist means don't put your eyes on Jesus because Jesus of Nazareth wasn't a Christian. Antichrist means do not put your eyes on Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Put it on Jesus after the cross."

And de Jesus says that means him.

That's a set of nuggets, but I wouldn't be talkin' like that in a thunderstorm.