Mark of the Beast.
Sound a bit extreme? Maybe it is, I don't know.
But it's me..
When I was about 16, I stood outside a skating rink for 3 hours while others skated.(church youth group)
The proprietor made a "joke" about the mark of the beast as he prepared to stamp my hand.
I jerked it back and refused to be stamped.
Not even our minister could get me to take the stamp, and the owner refused to let me in without it..
I find that strange, because the church youth group was the only ones skating that night.
At any rate, I refused, he refused, and I stood outside in freezing october winds on the plains of North Dakota for 3 hours, while everyone else enjoyed themselves in the skating rink.
Just my take on it.
No tattoos for me, thanx.
LOL. If you were to go into surgery, would you refuse the surgeon painting the incision point on your stomach before making the cut? It is possible to over-interpret the Bible. I doubt that Revelations was concerned with skating rinks.
Um, you do know the hand stamp would have washed off in your shower that night, yes?
I like to imagine that the Mark of the Beast is somewhat more permanent and subtle.
Say! Didn't I run into you over at one of the "Even Saying the Words 'Harry Potter' Will Cause Every Child in the World to Turn into a Satan-Worshiping Demon!" threads?