Vote for the Anti-Anti-Christ

“It’s worth being the Anti-Christ if I get to wear this great hat.”

In a hilarious bout of turn around is fair play, it seems that some Christians (if you count Roman Catholics as Christians–some don’t, you know) are upset that Michele Bachmann’s sect of the Lutheran Church regards the Pope as the Anti-Christ. Here are the exact words: “We identify the Antichrist as the Papacy. This is an historical judgment based on Scripture.” While you’re on the WELS site, be sure to read their take on Halloween, too.)

Of course, Michele’s “people” reject that interpretation. I think their position goes something like, “Any Catholic who votes for my particular form of religious bigotry can be saved, just like me.”

She may not phrase it exactly that way, though.