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And they will willingly embrace it. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I remember the first time I heard someone use that phrase Mark of the Beast. It was by a conservative who commented online in the pre-9/11 internet, and it was in relation to a new article discussing the possibility of using RFID chips in humans for very specific reasons. Pets have been having RFID implants to help find them when they get lost.

The guy insisted that these chips are the mark of the beast and he would rather die than get them.

I don't know if he is still around, but he if he is, he is probably someone who thinks Bill Gates is the devil for wanting to chip people but think Elon Musk is awesome for the same.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Lol back in the mid-90s, there were people at my evangelical church that believed credit cards were the mark of the beast. Credit cards.

I'm pretty sure they all still had them though.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, they're not wrong. Enabling lower-income people to impulsively take on high-interest debt is one of the main factors perpetuating wage slavery.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mine was convinced it was barcodes. Standard barcodes.

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 4 points 2 days ago

Completely ridiculous. Everyone knows that barcodes belong to the back of the head, not forehead.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Completely ridiculous. Everyone knows it's only QR codes that are the mark of the beast!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

The Mark of Mr. Beast

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

A thing assigned to you that's in your hand or your head that's needed to engage in commerce? That's...umm...I can see where they could get that idea, especially with the rise of online sales.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pets have been having RFID implants to help find them when they get lost.

Just a small correction, microchips in pets are there to identify them and identify who their owner is. They don't have any geolocation capabilities, its equivalent to hiding an SD card under their skin.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Yes thank you. Memory is rusty. But I am sure you can understand since it was literally 24 years ago...

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Non-Christian and non-Bible person here, but I think it's probably best to be accurate about citing these things:

Revelation 13:16-17 King James Version

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Source: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+13%3A16-17&version=KJV which also lets you switch around between other versions of the passage.

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[–] doug@lemmy.today 193 points 3 days ago (26 children)

If I were religious I would absolutely think Trump is the Antichrist.

[–] Cruxifux 126 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I’m an atheist and I think Trump is the antichrist.

[–] Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I literally said the same thing to my wife last week. I grew up in an extremely religious household. I am not religious at all now, I haven't been for decades. But I made the joke that it would be hilarious if after all these bible thumbers voted for him, and he turned out to be the Antichrist 🤣🤣

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If RFK is not pestilence in person I don't know who is

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When I was 8 or so, I prayed that god would wait to start the 7 years of tribulation until after I graduated college.

I graduated in 2019. Sorry guys.

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago

Doomed by an 8 year old...

That gypsy was right.

[–] tischbier@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago

There’s an entire serious sub called (r/trump666). They are more level headed than you’d expect and downvote and mod people too far out there. They have a lot of deep serious discussions on which of the four horsemen Trump and Musk are. They seem to mostly disagree on which person is which dragon/beast/horsemen. Although, I think there’s an agreement that RFK Jr. is Pestilence haha

It’s all over my head but this concept is strong enough now that people devote significant time to reading the lay-lines.

Coincidentally my old handle on Gawker was a photo of Trump and my name was “DiabloHimself.” But that was back when he wasn’t running for office and just tweetsulting Roseanne.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There was a web site dedicated to a proof that Trump has all the characteristics of the antichrist whereas Obama only has a few.

I can't seem to find it.

[–] Teknevra@lemm.ee 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This?:

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

[–] wendigo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

this is actually horrifying to read

[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Author of the site updated it, and yes, Creepy indeed.

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 3 points 2 days ago

So if Trump really is the antichrist and we’re already in the end times, do you think Elder Scrolls VI will come out before the world ends?

Fr tho it’s freaky how much stuff lines up

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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm generally opposed to quotes from that awful fuckin' book, but context here works.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It really is just a bad book... Like religious beliefs and politics aside, it's just not good reading.

The only people who think it is haven't read any other book in their adult lives.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You'd think an all-knowing being ought to be able to write a compelling book. Instead we get one filled with the worst crimes, yet it somehow manages to be soul-crushingly boring. You ever try to read it? Most people only manage a couple pages a day, and that's considered devout commitment to it.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You won't be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast. Think crypto chip.

[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Forehead or wrist. Yeah so neural link barcode or starve basically

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So Musk is the Famine horseman, got it… Obligatory "fuck this timeline"

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Someone commented somewhere that I can't find now... Trump as Plague (covid, firing bird flu, ebola teams), Putin as War, and Netanyahu as Death. With Doge also trying to end USAid, Snap, contracts and programs our farmers rely on, and Social Security... that tracks well for Famine.

I don't believe in it, but the idea haunts me that people are trying to force it to happen.

[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

Regardless of the literature I think there’ll be another point soon where it will be undeniably obvious to people that lines are drawn in the sand and at that point it’s too late.

[–] Cruxifux 39 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Hilarious. Bible is fiction though and feeding into their irrationality is not going to change any minds.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 66 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So no worse than trying to use rational arguments?

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Oh wow the dude kept adding to it. I remember reading this a couple of years ago, but it is kind of crazy that it just keeps going.

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[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

[–] AizawaC47@lemm.ee 24 points 3 days ago

Ha ha, oh now things are getting a little feisty and controversial. I love a good meme that starts a fire. Nice……very nice.

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