Real ID Threatens a Free Society
Exiled to the island of Patmos off the coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) late in the first century, the Apostle John struggled to describe the visions God was giving him. His description, found in the Book of Revelation, chapter 13, verses 16-17, has perhaps been quoted millions of times in the past 2,000 years:
“He [the “False Prophet,” working for the Beast, or Antichrist] causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Christian theologians have offered various and sundry explanations as to what John meant, but this much is clear — any person or oligarchical power able to control all commerce would be antithetical to a free society, creating a totalitarian nightmare.
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