Aww, c'mon! All we would have to do is bow down before the golden image, and then there would be peace and unity [there's your 'catholic' for ya, man!]! Wouldn't that be just spiffy?
It occurs to me that an article that is concerned with 'marks' might go into the mark of YHWH vs. the mark of the beast - And it is interesting to me that the op creates an ordering of falsities in order to distract from exactly that... Very telling.
Iscool, Your arguments herein have been very good, very pointed, and remain unanswered. Don't think that hasn't been noticed! Good job!
Well thank you...I get a mental picture of people with hands over their ears screaming, 'I can't hear you'...