“Their doctrine demands that they be raptured BEFORE the beast/antichrist, therefore, when the antichrist and his mark does get here, they’ll say, “my pretrib doctrine says this cannot possibly be the antichrist, this absolutely cannot be the MOB, so, sure I’ll take the mark, I’ll be proving these pesky post-tribs wrong by doing it.””
Bingo! That’s why this false doctrine is so insidious. It’s exactly what Satan wants Christians to believe so that they will be unarmored and unarmed for the conflict to come.
Where have you been, Boogieman, we needed you here. Your posts on this subject are always insightful.