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Experimental Theology<\/a> (hat tip: Find and You shall Seek<\/a>) has an entertaining but also thought provoking post, asking why dispensational premillenialists assume that the antichrist will be someone who never reads the Book of Revelation (or the Left Behind books).<\/p>\n

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Experimental Theology (hat tip: Find and You shall Seek) has an entertaining but also thought provoking post, asking why dispensational premillenialists assume that the antichrist will be someone who never reads the Book of Revelation (or the Left Behind books).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nEither Tim LaHaye or the Antichrist is an Idiot: You Decide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Experimental Theology (hat tip: Find and You shall Seek) has an entertaining but also thought provoking post, asking why dispensational premillenialists\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/11\/either-tim-lahaye-or-the-antichrist-is-an-idiot-you-decide.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Either Tim LaHaye or the Antichrist is an Idiot: You Decide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Experimental Theology (hat tip: Find and You shall Seek) has an entertaining but also thought provoking post, asking why dispensational premillenialists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/11\/either-tim-lahaye-or-the-antichrist-is-an-idiot-you-decide.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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