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Originally Posted by Lapis Lazuli
The mark of the beast has nothing to do with money or trade at all. It represents mans dual nature...spiritual and animalistic. Like most things in the Bible, it has been misunderstood and twisted around to the point that the original truth to it are lost. Fear is what people think it teaches now. It takes a true understanding of the Bible to gain anything of deep value out of it, then, it can transform your life!
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Yes, we'll ignore the the fact that the mark is mentioned explicitly as something to do with money, and insert our own preconceived opinion into the text.
I find it astonishing that people can claim some special truth concerning the Bible, when they don't even believe in it to begin with. While they skillfully ignore the understanding of people who have lived and died for their faith, and ridicule them for not having a privileged understanding - that they themselves have.
But I suppose it's not surprising, the elitist heresy of gnosticism has always been around to twist the faith of the Apostles.