I am by no means a fan of the RCC, but let's chasten our arguments to the realm of the plausible. It makes all other Protestant arguments look better.
But then, as a Reformed Christian I would be more likely to join the RCC than I would certain brands of Protestantism that Satan stitched together.
It looks like a waste receptacle in David Lynch's film adaptation of Dune.
That maybe true to say but the Kaaba stone is in Mecca (meaning of the word: mother) which happens to be the capital or main city of worship for the Muslims. This stone that is worshiped by them is referred to in
Acts 19:35.
Mecca also is in Saudi Arabia which fits all descriptions given for Mystery Babylon, as Mecca (Mother of all harlots), child trafficing, beheading of others/Jews and Christians, and so on......
Plus if one goes back to the OT prophecies about the end times Babylon all the places mentioned as being destroyed along with Babylon is on the west coast of Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea.
I still believe the pope or a future pope will be the false prophet, but I do not believe he will be the antichrist.
One of the main reasons is because
Revelation 2:13 and 13:2 says where satans seat/throne is and that the man of sin a.k.a. antichrist will be given this seat/throne, and it is in Patmos, Turkey......Not Rome !!!