You're quite right: Bill Gates is not just the prime candidate for the Antichrist, but the only logical one. Nobody else even begins to fit the bill.
Look at the requirements. (No, I am not an apocalyptic myself; I just wrote a doctoral dissertation on one, so I know the drill. <g>)
1) Must be able to evoke widespread admiration, even adulation. Indeed, some worshippers mistake him for Christ Himself (on his Second Coming), in a guise appropriate for our time: Bill The Brilliant Businessman. (Causes multitudes to worship him. Rev. 13)
2) Must try to take over the world. Well, there are those who insist that is what Microshaft is doing. And Bill Gates is already the richest man in the world. (Makes war against the saints, and prevails against them; sets himself over the saints, times, and laws of the most high. Daniel 7, Rev 13)
3) Must have a REAL big ego. (Has a mouth speaking great things; sets himself up as God. Daniel 7, 2Th2:3, Rev 13)
4) Must be a technology wizard. (Has all powers, signs, and lying wonders. 2Th2:3)
5) But -- there's hope! They shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. Daniel 7.
Of course, the news of Bill's true identity is all over the net. Here is just one of many versions of the Bill Gates converted to ASCII = 666 discovery:
users.lanminds.com
And who but the Antichrist could evoke the wide range of ...er... emotion on this bulletin board devoted to Bill Gates?
greenspun.com
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