Whoa sister Righteousness... I was merely commenting on the text of this thread, which suggests that thumbprints and the like represent the mark of the beast in stealth mode. Perhaps *you* should be ever vigilent of such technology and strive to avoid it lest you make a misstep and receive eternal damnation.
Really, what do you think is going to happen? Some dude like Don LaPrie is going to go on TV and tell people to *literally* get the mark of the beast? I posit that when the prophesy does come to pass, it will go under the radar of most folks. Perhaps that will mean that they weren't that righteous to begin with, eh?