http://www.rapturechrist.com/666.htm
Since there is no downside from the Atheist perspective, how many will happily go along with this ID system?
2007-01-03 20:54:35 · 20 answers · asked by Pilgrim 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I meant the downside in Revelation. But there would be other reasons and that's what I was asking.
2007-01-03 21:07:49 · update #1
Nemesis: I was aluding to it being a device for ID purposes. Personally I think it would eliminate many problems. I even like the New World Order idea. The only reasons I would object is because I am instructed to in the Bible.
16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.
Atheists don't have that restriction so I was asking how they feel about this technology.
I am not saying Atheists made it - It was in fact Christians ironically enough that made the prototypes.
2007-01-03 21:57:52 · update #2
It is in Revelation Chapter 13.
2007-01-03 21:59:20 · update #3
I don't even like the traceability of electronic money, social insurance numbers or plastic photo id. Forget about chips.
http://www.spychips.com/press-releases/verichip-immigration.html
and it does exist by the way, it is not just christian paranoia.
http://www.verichipcorp.com/
2007-01-03 21:14:06 · answer #1 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These devices have been in wide use in Australia for pets, and are now actually compulsory for new pet dogs and cats in the state I live.
They are a fantastic idea, and save the needless destruction of thousands of much loved companion animals each year. As an atheist and humanist I can only applaud the initiative as a contribution to the reduction of human and animal suffering. As does every animal welfare organisation the world.
As for their use in humans, this is a matter for the individual to decide, as applies to any other medical product. There are many people who are subject to recurring medical emergencies where they are unable to provide a history, such as epileptics or diabetics, where having such information available to paramedics may be life saving.
As with any technology the potential for misuse needs to be guarded against, but not at the expensive of the technology's obvious benefits.
2007-01-04 05:30:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry mate, but I see no connection between the number of the beast, those devices and Atheists; you seem to be a bit confused I'm afraid; do your really think that all THOSE who invented and then produced those devices are ATHEISTS???????????...NONSENSE!!! Please stop taking everything out on us!!! Progress is what leads mankind towards new more sophisticated technologies, not Atheism! Besides, for the time being nobody has been forced to have those implants and I don't think that will ever happen either, because it'd be a great violation of everyone's privacy; those who want those implants are free to have them, those who don't can't be forced to have them. Peace.
2007-01-04 05:52:57 · answer #3 · answered by Love_my_Cornish_Knight❤️ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amazing how people so fanatical about something religious, yet have so little faith.
I believe in God, and I see little to no threat in 90%+ of these things. as far as I know the absolute bleeding edge of all the cybernetics work in the real world, is very rudimentary, and entirely one directional. like I saw a thing about a guy who apparently managed to be able to do an implant type thing that would like... allow you to hitch to the computer, and control a mouse pointer, or keyboard or something like that, just by thought.
from everything I understand about the whole verichip thing, it does NOT absolutely require implanting, but that its safest for YOU if its implanted...with little to no real risk.
seriously people. paranoid much?
I'd hope your oh-so-powerful devil would be able to come up with something more clever than a RIFD chip.
I guess I just have too much faith in God.
2007-01-04 05:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by RW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm more agnostic than atheist, but if the government ever tries to force people to wear implants, I'll refuse to do it. It's hard to imagine the most citizens consenting to something like that in the near future though.
2007-01-04 05:22:44 · answer #5 · answered by AngryHippy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There could be a downside such as a human rights or civil rights violation. I don't decide everything from the perspective of whether or not it is religious.
2007-01-04 04:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A social security number, a drivers license number, and a passport number more than likely. So according to the Church scholars 100 years ago.....
Your parents were "marked with the devils number"
Your street address. According to Church 250 years ago.....
Your grandparents were "Marked with the Devil's sign"...
2007-01-04 05:04:58 · answer #7 · answered by wolf560 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I would be unhappy with any kind of embedded ID implant, regardless if I were Christian, Atheist, or Panentheist. We'd be a planet of cyborgs! Imagine that! Yeah, "1984"...*Shudders*
2007-01-04 05:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by Companion Wulf 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
honestly i see no downside. It will make a more efficient economy. Easier and safer life style. i do not see the down side of implants. Honestly.
2007-01-04 05:08:30 · answer #9 · answered by duffmanhb 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would depend on what the device is for. A pacemaker of cochlear implant, no problems. I think that you are suffering paranoia, but then, many christians are
2007-01-04 05:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋