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Originally posted by LAES YVAN
Originally posted by BentBucket
Mark = etch , brand, tatoo and further investigation of the root words also means split. So the Verichip could be the mark.
No it can't be the mark. You are thinking WAY to broadly. You are saying, if I got the US Navy SEAL Trident tattoo on my right hand, it would be the mark of the beast? My dog has a microchip on her forehead for identification purposes, does that mean she has the mark of the beast? NO. Unless I get a tattoo of 666 on my right hand, or my dogs microchip is encoded to read 666, then, its not the mark of the beast, because it doesn't have the beasts logo.
The verichip is NOT the mark of the beast, it is simply technology of the future. Just like people who lost their arms and legs that have electromechanical replacements. Or pacemakers installed inside someones chest to jump start their heart if they have a heart attack..... Sooner or later, people will have devices in their eyes to make them see better. It's nothing more than that..
Trust me, you will know the mark of the beast when you see it. It will be a mark that means ONE thing, nothing more.
Originally posted by The time lord
Sorry I have to mention this view, if the anti-christ is a military leader as he may turn into a president at some point I would not be suprised if this helps influence the Mark of the beast Prophecy coming true. I guess this is a precursor for man kind to adopt and every individual. Its a good system but one that can round man kind up like cattle and be slaves to this new system in place.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Am I the only one that's more worried about people using the Bible to stop the progress of technology and science, than with the possible faults of this chip? That would truly be unfortunate...
Originally posted by LAES YVAN
Originally posted by The time lord
You people need to understand, "THE MARK OF THE BEAST" is not a symbolic statement. It is an actual statement of an icon, or logo. Its not going to be something where you point at it and say "oh thats A mark of the beast", its going to be something that you point and say "oh that IS the mark of the beast". Very hard to explain the difference, but the best I can describe, it will be a mark that means ONE thing, nothing more.
If it is ONLY symbolic how does is one not allowed to buy and sell? You turn up to buy something and they look at the symbolic mark on your head? Get real!
Originally posted by BentBucket
If it is ONLY symbolic how does is one not allowed to buy and sell? You turn up to buy something and they look at the symbolic mark on your head? Get real!
Originally posted by BentBucket
Thats the Seventh Day interpretation that has been taken from the Jehovahs Witnesses. How does the word mark = CHARAGMA which = etch! = a symbolic mark?
Originally posted by justgeneric
Now why wouldn't an enemy be able to use this against them? If the US wants to monitor forces...then with the same technology the enemy could do the same...wipe out entire batallions...
Simplistic? Maybe. But if we can do it and monitor the chips...stands to reason others could as well.
Originally posted by rich23
I used to work as a business analyst for Woolworth UK and one of my friends (this was back in the late 80s) was working on the then relatively new bar-code thing. One day she told me that, spookily, 666 - the number of the beast - was embedded in every bar code, as the three "delimiter" lines which provide reference marks for the scanning technology, are sixes. You can check all this for yourself.
Originally posted by BentBucket
The mark and worshipping the beast are different things. I have asked MANY SDA how the word charagma can translate into their interpretation and the same confused looks greets me. They try loop you back to the ten commandments and the Sabbath argument. If you look at this history of this intereptation it is lacking and has always changed as the time comes close to when things are meant to happen.
If the word etch is open to that much twisting, then we are in a lot of trouble ie does food then = meat? Does door = road?
I think its best for all to stick to the definition of the word rather than trying to get the definition of the word to fit into a pre-programmed frame or belief system.
[edit on 14-9-2006 by BentBucket]
Originally posted by justgeneric
Now why wouldn't an enemy be able to use this against them? If the US wants to monitor forces...then with the same technology the enemy could do the same...wipe out entire batallions...
Simplistic? Maybe. But if we can do it and monitor the chips...stands to reason others could as well.
Originally posted by LAES YVAN
Chipping soldiers is NOT to find their location, nor is it to "track them". It's simply to identify them.
Originally posted by 7th_Chakra
What you seem to fail to understand is the progession these chips are going to take. To think the technology of these chips is just going to stay at 'indentification and just in soliders is short sighted (sorry but it is).
Originally posted by 7th_Chakra
Do you think it so far out that biometric passports will soon be replaced by chips?
Originally posted by 7th_Chakra
do you think it far out that chips will soon be able to be tracked and monitored?
why wouldn't it cut crime if we could I.D someone from a distance and find where they hide.....? lost children found etc etc
Originally posted by 7th_Chakra
Also do you think it possible that if you do not accept a chip then you have something to hide, therefore you will not be able to operate in daily society therefore you cannot 'buy and sell'.
Originally posted by 7th_Chakra
Just some thoughts, Bible or not these chips will become more advanced and they will begin to work there way into everyday people. For the good of the human race? time will tell, as it always does.
Revelation 13:16-18
He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead so 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. This 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 Rev. 13:16-18
Revelation 14:9
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his MARK in his forehead, or in his hand, Rev. 14:9
Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the MARK of his name. Rev. 14:11
Revelation 15:2
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his MARK, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Rev 15:2
Revelation 16:2
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the MARK of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. Rev. 16:2
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the MARK of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Rev. 19:20
Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his MARK upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Rev. 20:4
Originally posted by LAES YVAN
Are you kidding? What about cash and change? Your telling me every business in the world is going to say, "Oh you don't have the mark of the beast, I can't take your $100 bill"? Your telling me that the INTERNET will not exist, and that you can not buy or sell a product over the INTERNET? Or that in order to buy something over the internet you need to scan your "mark of the beast"? Your telling me that EVERY business and store in the world is going to turn into devil worshippers and they will not sell you anything unless you have the mark?? Really? Globally? Everybody? You are insane.
The nightclub has now turned Tuesday nights into Implant Night where guests can be chipped in between drinking and dancing," Annanova reports. Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) reckons the tiny gadget - "about the size of a grain of rice" - could even replace credit cards in the future or be used to store medical or security data.
ADS reckons the VeriPay application of its subdermal RFID chip is more secure than credit cards in authorising small transactions which are sometimes processed automatically without a signature or secondary authorisation. Emmm. At least with a credit card thieves would have to physical locate it and steal it from someone. With VeriChip all a crook would have to do is render a holder insensible - hardly difficult in a nightclub - and free drinks are theirs for the night
small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the verification number."
The aforementioned financial benefits to humanity come in the form of "VeriPay", which uses the chip for cash and credit transactions. This is not the first time RFID transaction solutions have been mooted, but there is, of course, a security issue. At the recent ID World 2003 (good title - well done) in Paris, Applied Digital Solutions CEO Scott R Silverman addressed the possibility of someone mislaying their RNID "credit card": "VeriPay’s unique, under-the-skin format offers a much more secure, tamper-proof, and loss-proof solution. VeriPay brings to consumers the benefits of fast and reliable RFID technology along with the security of a subdermal format."
Lowe's Pay and Save, Inc. and Pay By Touch today announced the introduction of biometric check-cashing to 78 stores in the panhandle of Texas and into New Mexico. Paycheck Secure, powered by biometrics leader Pay By Touch, uses finger-scanning technology to enable customers to quickly and securely cash government or payroll checks.
Paycheck Secure benefits both customers and retailers. The new system reduces fraud and enables retailers to keep check cashing fees reasonably priced for consumers.
"Paycheck Secure provides my customers a new level of convenience and discretion," says Roger Lowe, Jr., CEO of Lowe's Pay and Save, Inc. "I can provide better customer service by knowing my shoppers without having to hassle them for their ID. Paycheck Secure creates a sense of trust and privacy which makes customers want to come to my store more often."
Customers can sign up for Paycheck Secure in minutes at Lowe's Pay and Save, Inc. grocery stores. Customers simply provide a photo ID, two finger scans, and a digital photo which is taken right in the store. No bank account information is necessary. Once enrolled, no ID is required, and customers can quickly and securely cash payroll checks with a quick and simple finger scan.
"Pay By Touch is helping retailers like Lowe's Pay and Save, Inc. significantly reduce fraud while providing better customer service," said John Rogers, founder, chairman, and CEO of Pay By Touch. "Customers need and deserve a service like this."
More than $8 billion in checks have been cashed nationally using Paycheck Secure. In January, Pay By Touch acquired BioPay, the developer of the biometric check cashing system. To date, more than 2.9 million consumers are using the system to pay and cash checks -- primarily in retail locations