a federal id smart card would be a great solution, but people won't let it happen because it might be "the mark of the beast". I'm not joking. I have heard that more than once.
Because it is the "mark of the beast", just as SSNs or surveillance bureau's primary keys are. And no, I'm not joking either. It's entirely sophomoric to trash a book of generational wisdom by taking its metaphors literally for use as strawmen. A actual "beast" was no more a part of their daily routine that it is of yours. If identifying and cataloging people were against people's immediate interest, then it would ac…
and for the record, they meant the antichrist as an actual person, not a metaphor...even though there's plenty of evidence that the book is referring to roman coinage and caesar.
i really don't know how to reply. you are saying identification is wrong?