Seriously, I know they think the Rapture is nigh....but come on. This is why I absolutely believe in the separation of church and state. If only it could keeps loons like this out of office. That would make me very happy....
Del. Mark L. Cole (R-Fredericksburg), the bill's sponsor, said that privacy issues are the chief concern behind his attempt to criminalize the involuntary implantation of microchips. But he also said he shared concerns that the devices could someday be used as the "mark of the beast" described in the Book of Revelation.
"My understanding -- I'm not a theologian -- but there's a prophecy in the Bible that says you'll have to receive a mark, or you can neither buy nor sell things in end times," Cole said. "Some people think these computer chips might be that mark." [...]
[T]he growing use of microchips has collided with the Book of Revelation.... David Neff, editor of the magazine Christianity Today, said that some fundamentalist Christians believe that bar codes and implanted microchips could be used by a totalitarian government to control commerce -- a sign of the coming end of the world.
-Cheers
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best quote:
"I just think you should have the right to control your own body," [the right-to-life, republican delegate from fredericksburg] Cole said.
[editorial aside added]
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