OT: More broadcast journalism (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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If we suppose that the Antichrist may be female, then there are so many
candidates that it is useless to try and discern Her.  Her name is The
View -- whoops, strike that, I mean Legion.

Ergo, I have assumed He is a dude.

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> >I thought they only proved that if the Antichrist weighs the same as
a
> duck, he is also a witch.
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> Always my understanding.
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> But aren't we being a little sexist in our pronouns?
> JL
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> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
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> > > > > And it's something else again for an American to
> > > > > suspect that the President of the United States, duly elected
> by
> > > tens
> > > >of
> > > > > millions of fellow citizens and vetted by an established
> national
> > > >party is really
> > > > > [the Antichrist].
> > > > >
> > > >True.  But on the other hand, if you were the Antichrist,
wouldn't
> > you
> > > >incarnate yourself as a the President, use your Antichrist powers
> to
> > > get
> > > >millions of people to vote for you, and put your Antichrist
> buddies
> > in
> > > >power in an established national party to vet you?  This seems a
> lot
> > > >more likely than Antichristing at McDonald's by carrying the
trash
> to
> > > >the dumpster.
> > >
> > > Wasn't that theory discredited in 1692, when it was finally
> > > determined (after the trials were halted) that the Antichrist
could
> > > not take the form of an innocent person without that person's
> > > cooperation?
> > >
> > I thought they only proved that if the Antichrist weighs the same as
> a
> > duck, he is also a witch.
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