Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News) [LWN.net]

Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News)

Posted Feb 9, 2008 19:08 UTC (Sat) by oever (subscriber, #987)
In reply to: Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News) by kjp
Parent article: Interview: Mark "Markey" Kretschmann (Not the Gentoo Weekly News)

No, perl is the antichrist.

What's so bad about being antichrist? According to wikipedia

such anti-Christs (or opponents of Christ) would deny: "that Jesus is the Christ"; "the Father and the Son"; and would "not confess Jesus came in the flesh."

which seems like a very reasonable position to take.

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the Anti-Christ

Posted Feb 10, 2008 18:05 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

What you cite is "an anti-christ", not "the Anti-Christ". The former is a position, while the latter is another way of referring to Satan, the Devil itself: the embodiment of all which is evil, so it is supposed to be bad. It is a medieval conception with biblical origins (based on fallen angels). Mentioning Satan, the Devil or Hell is offensive in most Christian cults (ranging from mildly profane to positively offensive). In some protestant churches it is likewise offensive to mention God; while it is definitely not in Catholic and other Christian denominations.

With "X is the anti-Christ" the meaning is probably not profane, but a way to say that X is an enemy and that it must be actively fought. Since there is no need to fight perl anymore, the anti-Christ is indeed C. QED. :D