Antichrist folklore makes every new supranational body a suspected Antichrist vehicle

Evidence

In the postwar era, Antichrist fears on the organizational level confronted, as it were, an embarrassment of riches, for in addition to the UN, the creation of the European Common Market (later the European Union) offered yet another potential venue for the Antichrist’s machinations. Because the Antichrist’s domain was widely regarded as successor to the Roman empire, a western-European superstate was a particularly attractive candidate. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 257

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Computer-Antichrist rumors grew so common even believers later repudiated them — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 259; Early Christians labeled any schismatic an Antichrist — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 108; Each era projects a new group as the fixed bodily essence of evil — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 187

Broader Connections

• Computer-Antichrist rumors grew so common even believers later repudiated them #exemplifies (0.90) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 259
• Early Christians labeled any schismatic an Antichrist #exemplifies (0.85) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 108
• Each era projects a new group as the fixed bodily essence of evil #expands (0.80) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 187