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I’ve seen many news articles against National IDs allude to that Bible verse in an obviously allegorical form, but even as someone who originally grew up in a p
by Hydraulix989 7y ago
I’ve seen many news articles against National IDs allude to that Bible verse in an obviously allegorical form, but even as someone who originally grew up in a predominantly Christian town in the American Midwest, I have never come across anyone who genuinely believed that nationals ID cards actually ARE the “Mark of the Beast” as you stated. Do you have any sources?
- freehunter 7y agoI added some sources in another comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20428361 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20428361 Note that there is a big difference between "Christians" and "Christian Fundamentalists" or "Evangelicals". Fundamentalists and Evangelicals are politically conservative groups, Fundamentalists even more so.
- Hydraulix989 7y agoI do wonder how much political influence fringe religious groups really have.
- freehunter 7y ago"White Evangelicals were an identical 26 percent of the electorate in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018" [1] even though they're only 15% of the population [2]. That number is dropping sharply as younger generations are less likely to be part of an Evangelical church. Millennials and Gen Z are the biggest voting bloc at 27% of the population, but only represent 20% of the votes cast [3]. [1] http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/in-midterms-white-evangelicals-stood-up-for-their-party.html http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/in-midterms-white-eva... [2] https://www.vox.com/2018/11/7/18070630/white-evangelicals-turnout-midterms-trump-2020 https://www.vox.com/2018/11/7/18070630/white-evangelicals-tu... [3] https://medium.com/s/youthnow/ruined-entire-generation-of-young-voters-gen-z-politics-democracy-140d9ead1fa2 https://medium.com/s/youthnow/ruined-entire-generation-of-yo...