BAD NEWS.An Oregon billboard saying "The pope is the Antichrist Antichrist (ăn`tĭkrīst), in Christian belief, a person who will represent on earth the powers of evil by opposing the Christ, glorifying himself, and causing many to leave the faith. Free proof" is the latest in an on-again, off-again on-a·gain, off-a·gain adj. Informal Existing or continuing sporadically; intermittent or occasional: an on-again, off-again correspondence. eight-year local campaign of billboards and leaflets claiming the pope is the Antichrist--a figure in Christian biblical apocalyptic theology who is supposed to appear in the end times to oppose Christians and goodness. As reported by Catholic News Service, a small-town Oregon barber, who is a member of a splinter SPLINTER - A PL/I interpreter with debugging features. [Sammet 1969, p.600]. Seventh-day Adventist Sev·enth-day Adventist n. A member of a sect of Adventism distinguished chiefly for its observance of the Sabbath on Saturday. group disavowed by mainline Adventists, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to maintain the billboard, which directs people to a Web site where they find not proof but a chance to order a book. |
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