Will the Antichrist be Female?

In Louisville where Sarah Palin spoke at a rally, a sign carried by a person involved in higher education declared the Bible didn't say the antichrist is a man, then went on to ask "Is she the one?"

Something new to ponder. Not whether Palin is the antichrist, but whether the antichrist could be female. I'll admit such a thought had never before entered my mind, not that I ponder the antichrist regularly. But, still . . .

In the video clip I saw, a reporter asked the aforementioned pillar of higher education if she thought Palin was the antichrist. "Could be," says she (Doris Beeler).

"Why do you think that," asks the reporter.

"Well, she came here and she has all this power and she has a lot of followers," was the edifying answer.

Judging on that basis, it would seem contenders for the role of antichrist are more numerous than there are grains of sand on a beach. Let's see, Barrack Obama, Glenn Beck, Lady Gaga, Perris Hilton . . . Oh, wait they have followers but did they come to Louisville?

Why would a trip to Louisville be requisite for an antichrist contender? Because Doris Beeler made it requisite and Doris Beeler knows*.

OofDah!

*Does Doris really know? In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, the antichrist is described as the "man of sin," or "son of perdition." In this version, the antichrist is described in male terms, however translations could be in error.

The description also includes deceiver (a word used elsewhere in the Bible to describe the antichrist). "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God."

He is also described as a world leader - and he will rule the world for 42 months.

I can find no reference to Louisville in the Bible. But as I said, translations could be in error.