Another example of government trampling our religious rights?
November 6th, 2009 at 02:31pm Pat Cunningham
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 One of our semi-regular commenters here at Applesauce has opined, without any supporting evidence, that the tragedy at Ft. Hood is the result of the U.S. military infringing on the religious rights of its personnel.
 One wonders what this fellow might think of THIS CASE, in which it is alleged that government finger-printing requirements are a violation of religious freedom.
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1. shawnnews | November 6th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
This mark of the beast is supposed to be smiliar to a tattoo or brand upon the forehead or the hand that means whoever has taken it has acknowledged “the beast” as god. A fingerprint is a mark FROM the digit. The woman is wrong.
Of course getting tattoos or brands isn’t my style. But this is what I think it would require to be considered a mark of the beast in Revelation.
1. A mark or brand
2. on the forhead or hand
3. of a man’s name or number of his name adding up to six- hundred sixty six “gematria”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria
4. Required for buying or selling
5. That means you have acknowledged the beast as god.
I believe all five criteria would have to be met. It might be more specific.
So fingerprints, social security cards, child tracking chips, other things don’t count.
Completely secularly — no one should be mandated to accept markings of any kind on their body under coercion.
But the case you mentioned is just fingerprints and the woman’s claim doesn’t stand up to her own scriptures. Anyone on the face of the earth who has finger prints on a database would be considered spome sort of of beast-follower with her logic.
If that book ever comes true — I think it will be absolutely clear who the beast is — not a trick to get you to secretly accept the anti-christ.
If it never comes true, then the book of revelation should not be accepted or it should be looked at in the historical context of Christians speaking to each other in code during persecution by Nero.
http://en.wikipdia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast
2. hokumboy | November 6th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
“Anyone on the face of the earth who has finger prints on a database would be considered spome [sic] sort of of beast-follower with her logic.
But we must remember, shawnews, that religious belief and logic don’t necessarily go hand in hand.
3. Richard C | November 7th, 2009 at 2:38 am
I take it none of you have ever been abducted by space aliens?
4. David Barrett | November 7th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Richard,
I don’t usually appreciate your contributions, but THAT was funny!
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