<Sysop; please do not delete this message before reading it through. This will make sense if you hear me through to the end of this message. Jesus Q.>
In the world of the Christian Zionist movement(defined as Evangelical Christians who believe that we are currently in the end times; eg Armageddon, second-coming of Christ, rapture, etc. Do not discount this movement as there are an estimated 11-million TRUE-believers in the US) the national ID card has been prophesied as the precursor to the "mark of the beast;" the number 666 (which some C-Z believers suspect has something to do with some kind of computer language, such as hexadecimal code).
According to the Christian-Zionist doctrine, one seemingly innocuous thing leads to another until we unwittingly bow ourselves to Satan. C-Zs in the early 1980's thought the bar-code was the mark of the beast, while others thought that the ATM card was the mark. (Revelations spoke of a number on the hand and on the forehead, which was interpreted as an ATM card and PIN number by the faithful). All of these, the C-Zs insist was a precursor to lull us into accepting the REAL mark of the beast.
The most feared precursor of all was the NATIONAL ID CARD! But the TRUE, REAL and FINAL mark of the beast would not be possible without the help of the world's largest retailer.
Incredibly, according to leading Christian Zionist thinkers, WALMART is behind the mark of the beast. (I just knew WalMart and the anti-Christ were in cahoots, didn't you?) WALMART is developing the technology for a radio tag to put on its merchandise, to replace the antiquated bar-code, so that you can simply push your cart through a scanner, sort of like an airport metal detector, and it will ring up all your merchandise without even taking the worthless Chinese-made crap out of you cart. Convenient, right?
But the Christian Zionists envision that this technology, (a small chip that is cheap and infinitely re programmable) will eventually lead to little radio tags being implanted under our skin. It would be the ultimate form of positive ID. Sure, its a convenient way to provide identification before boarding a plane, cashing a check or buying a gun, but the minute the powers that be consider you a threat, every retail scanner in the world would trigger an alarm, thus, as Revelations says (according to very questionable theological interpretation) "without the mark of the beast, no person would be able to buy or sell anything."
SO, getting to my MAJOR point, when the National ID card is proposed, here is what you do; write your Congressman and Senators and tell them that you will not accept the mark of the beast and urge your elected representatives to vote NO on the mark of the beast plan.
Imagine the disappointment of an estimated 11-million Christian Zionists were planning on staying hush-hush on the National ID issue, in hopes that us godless secular humanists would go along with the government plan, unwittingly allowing the devil to snare our souls for eternity.
Do you think I am crazy? Then here is a challenge. Print this message and pack it away with your Christmas decorations when the holiday is over. Read it again before you decorate your tree in November or December of 2005. I guarantee that my thesis will seem less crazy with every passing year (if not each passing month.)
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