It's both fascinating and scary. This chip can be a powerfully good tool regarding medical and security concerns.
"You can't stop technology just because it might someday, somewhere, be abused. And the VeriChip does have near-miraculous potential. An Alzheimer's patient, for example, would benefit if medical information were available to that person immediately in a scannable format. Soldiers or journalists might well choose to have their whereabouts tracked on a GPS during a war. A VeriChip might have helped prevent the death of Daniel Pearl, The Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan."
And then on the other hand we have this:
"STRICTLY VOLUNTARY? So far so good. But now imagine that same chip being used by a totalitarian government to keep track of or round up political activists or others who are considered enemies of the state. In the wrong hands, VeriChip could empower the wrong people."
And this part is a joke, right?
"The U.S. government might consider regulating the international sale of the VeriChip tracking device in much the same way it regulates the sale of arms to rogue states."
As for the Mark of the Beast ... sounds close doesn't it? At any rate I don't think I'll run out and get implanted anytime soon. ![]()
At the link below there is an interesting presentation that someone created about the matter. Give the first page time to load and the subsequent pages are set at six second increments. Six seconds is a bit short for some of the pages, but the nice fellow that created the URL using the original Power Point presentation put navigation buttons at the top of each page. ![]()
I am a Christian, therefore, I believe what is written in the Bible. As far as the Mark of the Beast happening in my lifetime, I wouldn?t have the slightest clue. But for me, this presentation is a good indication of how it may transpire when the time comes.
It is also a good indication of how much personal privacy we will surrender one day.
Thanks to Blake and Rosalie.
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