> I cheated a bit there, I admit. I changed one of the words. The name that the saint used in that passage was not ‘Ahriman’. It was ‘Antichrist.’
That's manipulation. That's gross. That's a shame. There are some interesting ideas in the post.
He's illustrating how a description of the Antichrist from over 100 years ago so neatly describes modern man's deity.
You clearly understood the parallel, for you felt manipulated. His manipulation is not only intentional, it is admitted by the author!
If it shook you up so much that you had to stop reading then it was quite successful.