RFID, Sign of the (End) Times?

andy753421 writes "Wired is running an article featuring Katherine Albrecht who, with her new book 'The Spychips Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic Surveillance', is warning that RFID tags may in fact be the "mark of the beast". Among her arguments are that in a futuristic world anyone who wishes to buy and sell goods would be compelled "to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads," as is foretold in the book Revelation. Others are skeptical saying that many new technologies, such as the printing press, bar-codes, and several others, have also created fears about the beginning of the end."

Comments

Re:Fallacy

[grub]

And why the sobbing at funerals? Aren't they happy their loved ones went to be with Jesus? Or deep down do they know it's all make-believe?

Re:There will be an end

[Reality Master 101]

Surely you mean Austrian freedom. You do know Europe is a continent with nations that have different laws, right? Some of these nations are authoritarian, some are not. Some are socialist, some are not. Not all of them have these stupid restrictions on free-speech rights.

There are different nations, but there is still a common European culture. Sure, other nations don't have as strict of laws, but there is clearly a lot of sympathy for this. Why is there no outrage over this? This one incident dwarfs ANYTHING questionable the Bush administration may have done. I still can't quite wrap my head around the concept that a country in Europe has literal thought police that put someone in jail for THREE YEARS. Think about that -- THREE YEARS -- for thinking the wrong thoughts.