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FurGodWurLivin -> RE: The Real ID ACT / National ID CARD (3/31/2008 4:03:06 AM)
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Except that, like the original poster said, you can refuse this. Your rights will just be severely limited if you choose to do so. Satan is the father of lies, you don't think he's going to try to trick people with some cartoonishly evil scheme, do you? They aren't going to ask people, "Hey, who wants to worship Satan and eat babies," before stamping "666" and a pentagram on their hands. The mark of the beast needs to be subtle for people to fall for it on a wide spread scale. People need to think it's for their own good.
And even if it isn't the mark of the beast, it could very well be a precursor too it and open the way for the REAL mark. I will not debate your last sentenc because I believe that the mark will use some of the same technology. But let's talk about the rest of it.
I agree that Satan won't resort to "cartoony" tactics, but I think you way over-estimate the "intellecutalism" of the human race. The fact is that if come to the point of making a decision about the mark, you are either taking it or dying. How many law abiding people will hear that it is the law to go to City Hall and get this tattoo so they can buy or sell stuff, and then do it because it is the law? Let me put it another way... if you did not know that the mark was coming, and you were told that if you expected to be able to buy or sell anything at all because of the "subversive, anarchist factions" within society that need to eliminated... would you put much more thought into it? "Pledge allegiance to our beloved ruler, and then step into the booth... this will all be over in a few minutes..." It is amazing what seems like a good idea when it is drenched in patriotism. The mark does not need to subtle, it just needs to look like a solution to a problem.
As for the Real ID, this is nowhere near that kind of scale. The Real ID, first of all, is only being offered in a select few nations. Secondly, it will not affect your economic ability except that you will not be able to board a plane. Feel free to drive and buy gas, but you aren't getting on an airplane without it. Thirdly, people were throwing the same fit about Passports. Anyone who has looked at the developement of Christian Doctrine over the last thirty years will remember Christians in the 70's telling others to burn their passports because it showed acceptance of the Beast's System...a dressed up version of "The Man" if you will. Fourthly, the biometrics are no more invasive than any other form of ID because the DMV will have your fingerprints on file if you have a recent driver's liscence. Fifthly, there is no real evidence that any of your economic data (such as your credit score, credit card number, or bank account number) will actually be placed on the card.
Lets avoid being paranoid, shall we? And if what you are worried about is having a trackable card, there is a simple solution. When the government is taken over by the Antichrist, take your Real ID card, and chuck it as far as you can (preferrably into a river of some kind) and walk away. Poof, you are invisible to "the man"
I think that the mark will probably use some semblance of this kind of technology, but it will be very obvious to the church what it is. Just like the actual Day of the Lord, it will only be a surprise to those that aren't looking for it. And yes, I do think it will involve actual worship of the antichrist to get one.
Adam
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