# anti-antichrist *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 09 Jul 1997* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Ron Crown *09 Jul 1997, 16:56* Alga, I was disinclined to the "antichrist" motif because I take the word in a strict sense, i.e., anti-messiah. If Marilyn=Mary (which I was also disinclined toward--Now if Marilyn's husband's name was Joe instead of Skip, that would really nail it down! though that would really be too obvious), then the only "messianic" trait the shadow being has (and perhaps that is enough) is being borne by "Mary." Most people, I suppose, use the term "antichrist" to mean something more general like "satanic," "demonic," etc. and if that's what you mean by antichrist, I have no problem as that fits a general "apocalyptic" scenario. I liked your Rosemary's Baby comparison although you'll have to help me out with the fine points since I've never read the book/seen the movie in its entirety; my understanding was that her child was simply a demon, not an "antichrist" or even Old Nick himself. I think we agree on the general picture. Better? Ron Crown crownrw at slu.edu ---