The Beast

So, I've been leafing through Revelations these days, and thinking about my name and how it applies to Christianity. You know, how I believe the little fishies are really closer to pagan idolatry than worshiping the Lord, and going around professing what a great Christian you are doesn't make you one. Well, as I was reading the doomsday chapter of the Bible, I read about the Beast from the sea, a seven headed beast that looked to have received a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had healed. The Beast was so incredibly powerful, that all were in awe of it, and said "Who would make war against such as this?" And all fell down and worshipped the Beast. All wore the mark, the mark of the beast, and if you can do math really well, you should calculate it as 666.

So okay, if you lay a 6 on its back:


Then another 6 comes along ...


One more six, and its hook line and sinker.


The Beast is US! The "Fatal wound" happened on 9-11. Nobody in their right mind would start a war with the US after what happened in Iraq. We are invincible, are we not? And the Christian Fundamentalist movement is led by the Antichrist, passing judgement on those who do not agree, and closing their eyes and ears to all other viewpoints.

I'm not sure if I believe all of this, but it does sound eerily conceivable that the world could see US in that way. God, I hope we are on the right side, and that we are seeing ourselves with open eyes, and opening our hearts to people instead of judging them. I pray that we will be seen in Heaven. I pray that good Christians recognize the difference between morals, values, and judgements. I pray that the good in the fundamentalist movement comes out, and outweighs the supremacist bigotry so prevalent in our society. There is good there. And I believe that like Luke Skywalker believed Darth Vader had good in him. It is just very hard to see sometimes. You just have to get past the fish and hooks.