The AntiChrist? The end of the world?

Ok, first of all I would like to apologize in advance , in case i offend someone , thru what i am going to write below! This is just my opinion and i just want to express it! Dont like it?! ( an adivice?! DONT READ IT!) :)

So, Nona came over last night, since Sienna was still at my place, right? After the guys went out to smoke , Nona started telling us about a show that she saw, if im not mistaken, on National Geographic about the end of the world and the AntiChrist . She was also saying that every time she goes to bed she prays, and that she is scared of what might happen, when the end of the world is near, like she said and i quote" I dont want to have kids and worry about what might happen to them", or" I would want to die before anything happens".
and i started thinking, how odd that we only pray when we feel scared ...most of us forget about God! and we only need him when we are in trouble...
I dont go to church as often as I shoul, I know, but that doesnt mean that i dont believe that someone`s watching over us.
Most of the time i try not to think about such deep subjects because they never have an answer and they always make you want more, and more.
But i hvae to admit that the shows that National Geographic and the History Channel puts out there are AWESOME!!! Its a shame that most peple flip right thru them.
Most of those shows concentrate on the AntiChrist and The End of the World.
What would you consider the End of the World? The AntiChrist?
Hum..in my opinion , you cant really be sure of how the world is going to end..because , yes the bible says it , but i think we are going to bring it upon ourselves faster than the bible predicted. Regarding the AntiChrist...hum most religions agree that the Pope is the AntiChrist.
Here are sone examples:

Smalcald Articles, Article four (1537)

...the Pope is the very Antichrist, who has exalted himself above, and opposed himself against Christ because he will not permit Christians to be saved without his power, which, nevertheless, is nothing, and is neither ordained nor commanded by God. This is, properly speaking to exalt himself above all that is called God as Paul says, 2 Thess. 2, 4. Even the Turks or the Tartars, great enemies of Christians as they are, do not do this, but they allow whoever wishes to believe in Christ, and take bodily tribute and obedience from Christians... Therefore, just as little as we can worship the devil himself as Lord and God, we can endure his apostle, the Pope, or Antichrist, in his rule as head or lord. For to lie and to kill, and to destroy body and soul eternally, that is wherein his papal government really consists... The Pope, however, prohibits this faith, saying that to be saved a person must obey him. This we are unwilling to do, even though on this account we must die in God's name. This all proceeds from the fact that the Pope has wished to be called the supreme head of the Christian Church by divine right. Accordingly he had to make himself equal and superior to Christ, and had to cause himself to be proclaimed the head and then the lord of the Church, and finally of the whole world, and simply God on earth, until he has dared to issue commands even to the angels in heaven..

Christus, by Lucas Cranach. This woodcut of John 13:14-17 is from Passionary of the Christ and Antichrist. Cranach shows Jesus kissing Peter's foot during the footwashing. This stands in contrast to the opposing woodcut, where the Pope demands others kiss his feet.
Passional Christi und Antichristi, by the Lutheran Lucas Cranach the Elder. This woodcut of the traditional practice of kissing the Pope's toe is from Passionary of the Christ and Antichrist. The two fingers the Pope is holding up symbolizes his claim to be the Church's substitute for Christ's earthly presence.Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537)

...Now, it is manifest that the Roman pontiffs, with their adherents, defend [and practice] godless doctrines and godless services. And the marks [all the vices] of Antichrist plainly agree with the kingdom of the Pope and his adherents. For Paul, in describing Antichrist to the Thessalonians, calls him 2 Thess. 2, 3: an adversary of Christ, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God. He speaks therefore of one ruling in the Church, not of heathen kings, and he calls this one the adversary of Christ, because he will devise doctrine conflicting with the Gospel, and will assume to himself divine authority...
National Covenant of 1580

...And therefore we abhor and detest all contrary religion and doctrine; but chiefly all kind of Papistry in general and particular heads, even as they are now damned and confuted by the word of God and Kirk of Scotland. But, in special, we detest and refuse the usurped authority of that Roman Antichrist upon the scriptures of God, upon the kirk, the civil magistrate, and consciences of men; all his tyrannous laws made upon indifferent things against our Christian liberty; his erroneous doctrine...
Westminster Confession (1646)

25.6. There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ: nor can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalts himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God.
1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

26.4. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church, in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner; neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ.
In 1754, John Wesley published his Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament, which is currently an official Doctrinal Standard of the United Methodist Church.[69] In his notes on Revelation chapter 13, he commented,

"The whole succession of Popes from Gregory VII. are undoubtedly antichrist. Yet this hinders not, but that the last Pope in this succession will be more eminently the antichrist, the man of sin, adding to that of his predecessors a peculiar degree of wickedness from the bottomless pit. This individual person, as Pope, is the seventh head of the beast; as the man of sin, he is the eighth, or the beast himself."

Si it is obvious that most religions consider the Pope as being the AntiChrist, since most people believe in him.
Here is my problem though, many of these religions say that there is only one God, right? and that the pope cannot absolve anyone of sins ...humpf (being the devils advocate here) so why arent all the ,priests, pastors, considered antichrists? They also use gods power, to "heal" right? They also say that God speaks to them and that they are hes messangers...so whats the difference between them and the pope, besides the obivious , power that the pope has?!
In my opinion not very much! There are political reason that many of us dont really know, and if i remember right all these religions resulted from Catholicism , right? it broke off in many branches ...so why cant we say that because it was the biggest faith back then , others tried denigrating it? Everything is possible !
Since we have the right to an opinion , there are also people that thing that Stalin, Hitler and a new ruler are considered the AntiChrists! Well there is a problem , since the Bible tells us that the Antichrist will have same some characteristics, like my friend Nark said. He will be able to make people believe and follow him no matter what , and since stalin and hitler did it thru fears , it isnt likely that they were anywhere near of being considered antichrists. But i tthink it depends on what you consider an Antichrist to be. They killed millions of innocent people.

The end of the world?
Ah that is a subject that will never ,ever end. The four horsemen: Conquest( is white) , War ( is red), Famine(is black), Death( is pale), the Battle of Armagedon, in my opinions these are events that will take years to happen.
A more iminent danger , a danger the we brought , on ourselves is closer to what seems , the end of the world. Technology!
Global warming, kids in Africa dieying of AIDS and starvation , water seems to be dissapearing , we tend to get more greedy with each day that passes, and we still want more and more, and we dont really care about others. We are naturals at destroying ourselves and were doping a hell of a job too.
It is useless if there's only one person interested in changing the world. There would be millions against it. Thats how it feels when all these people , and companies come out with anti-pollution programs, and motto's or slogans. We look at them , say "Maybe , I should do something" but there's a long shot between saying it and actually doing it.
And we all know , we are crazy about having power and more money,so i cant really see this whole "Making the world a greener place" working because millions out there DO NOT CARE!!!!
Not carying that we destroy our childrens futures, if they will have it ,anyways, not carying about anything else as long as we have it good!

We are going to be the ones that bring the end faster that it should happen.