Why would a Christian want to kill the antichrist?

The Christians today worship a being that preached about turning the other cheek, giving to the poor, being forgiving, a guy that washed a whore's feet. They believe in the omnipotent, omniscient god of the bible, yet many of them think we should take the bible so literal. They believe in a god who describes himself as a jealous god who has murdered people for believing in a different god and they proudly parade their tolerance for other religions.

I could go on, but long story short, the show would be unrealistic if the religious weren't repeatedly contradicting everything they believe.

Or barely mentioned anyway.

It seems like various threatening characters may have been edited together into what people today think of as Satan.

--The serpent in the Gardern of Eden isn't identified as the leader of an army of rebellious angels. The story itself just has a talking snake in it. Someone who already believes in Satan can decide it was him, but then why were all snakes from then on punished by having to crawl on the ground? I guess Rottweilers and ravens better watch out.

--Jewish and Christian (mostly Christian) demonology has adapted the names of some of the gods of supposedly evil cults in Biblical times as demons, but it's not clear if they were thought to actually exist as enemies of God or if they were merely idols.

--In Job, there is definitely a character called Satan, but he actually seems more like God's servant in charge of testing people to see if they are faithful. He never insults God, he merely suspects Job of being a hypocrit.

--The text about "Lucifer" who has fallen was probably talking about a human king.

--The New Testament, though, does have a lot of references to evil spirits, a Devil or Satan, a Man of Sin, and various Beasts who seem like leaders of the forces of evil. How much of this is about literal supernatural beings is a matter of debate.

--Jewish traditions about demons became prevalent in literature after the books considered scriptural by Jews were completed.

it's 2016, grandpa. instead of sitting there thinking up a corny joke and typing it into a post, you could have googled it already.

You are right, saying just fables is narrow minded, there is also folklore and wishful thinking.

Beliefs should affect behaviors, even in a fictional universe.

Plenty of characters in 'Game of Thrones' believe in the existence of dragons and ice zombies, and their behaviors are modulated in logical ways in response to those beliefs.

The problem with 'Damien' is that the writers seem to be implying that the people hunting Damien (trying to kill the antichrist) are mostly real Catholics who supposedly believe in the omniscient, omnipotent God of the Bible. This behavior has clearly not been logically affected by their supposedly Catholic beliefs.

The easiest explanation the writers could insert would be that the "Catholics" hunting Damien have a secret non-Christian theology in which God is not omnipotent and can potentially be defeated (basically a cult of secret Satanists). Alternatively they could write in a scene in which all the people trying to kill Damien are explained to be mentally retarded priests who don't understand the definition of omnipotent.

If a character believes in the existence of ice zombies, they should act a certain way when walking through a dark forest. If a character believes in the existence of an omnipotent God, they should act a certain way when dealing with their God's perfect plan re: an antichrist.

I think if a writer treats the Christian God honestly in their narrative, the omnipotence is pretty much guaranteed to kill any suspense or drama. Greek and Norse mythology produce coherent dramatic stories more readily, because their gods have limited power and knowledge.

To be fair to the show writers, most of the stories in the Bible are written in the same incoherent way: as if the authors assume that God is not actually omnipotent or omniscient.

Personally if you read the Bible it seems less that God is actually omnipotent and omniscience and more just (knowledgeable and powerful)^100. Taken like that Revelations makes a lot more sense forgive me as its been a long time since I've read it but from what I remember it's less 'this is how the world is going to end' but more I think you should know that this is how the devils planning to end the world and this is how we plan to stop it.
Taken with this interpretation it makes more sense that they would try to stop it as for all we know the devils been trying to pull this sort of thing every 100 years or so and there's just always been people there to stop him.



That being said they may just be doing a Greek tragedy narrative where some one is fated to do something, tries not to, then it happens anyway.