666 chip? Why a Texas student thinks her school ID is the "Mark of the Beast"

The theology behind a battle over RFID tags.

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[Aelrik]

Throughout the ages, different candidates for the identity of the Antichrist, or the first beast, have been offered up. They have ranged from various Popes (and the Papacy itself) to historical figures like Peter the Great, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin—even John F. Kennedy.

I prefer a more recent 666 numerology candidate:

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Except that he's been dead awhile, and if the 80's was the start of the 'end times', it's really not living up to the hype. We aren't even near WWI or WWII levels of FUBAR.