they may be, but that does not mean they do not fall for his pretence and persuasive oratorical powers. Quite literally, for one reason or another, the antichrist has them eating out of his hand—see 666 and the philosophy behind the mark of the beast (cf. Revelation 13:17–18). He is top dog—they are toy poodles. Their hostile aversion to anything biblical or Christian is seen in their wholesale acceptance of the often scurrilous and defenceless untruths that the antichrist is propagating. Unashamedly