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Many people in the USA believe a "national ID" card is the work of actual Satan: https://countdown.org/en/entries/features/national-id-cards-and-mark-beast/ ht

Many people in the USA believe a "national ID" card is the work of actual Satan: https://countdown.org/en/entries/features/national-id-cards-and-mark-beast/ https://countdown.org/en/entries/features/national-id-cards-... >These ID cards are, however, preparing the way. The more people get used to some new government regulation, restriction, or provision, the more they tolerate it and eventually just learn to live with it. What may at first seem unthinkable and raise howls of protest, later becomes accepted by a few, then many, then most. And that’s how the Antichrist and his agents will capitalize on these compulsory ID cards to prepare the world for what’s next.

fastball 7y ago
I think "many" might be overselling it a bit relative to a population of ~330M.
- minikites 7y ago
  People who believe that have incredible influence in our flawed political structure.
- CamperBob2 7y ago
  Translation: Hi, I'm from New York or California, or maybe Seattle.
  - fastball 7y ago
    Huh? There are a lot of devout Christians in the US. The vast majority of them are not "end-times" truthers.
    - CamperBob2 7y ago
      The ones with political power are. It is exceedingly naive to claim otherwise. Google the term "Dominionism."
      - fastball 7y ago
        Dominionism is not a clearly defined practice/group/sect/etc. The most inclusive definition is basically just "people with strong beliefs want to run the democracy they live in according to those beliefs", which doesn't seem like a surprising way for anyone to behave. Yet, take even the most expansive and uncharitable definition, and still "dominionism" =/= "the end times are at hand and there are signs everywhere of the coming anti-christ, such as national ID cards".
        CamperBob2 7y ago
        You're lecturing to someone who grew up around these people, and who, paradoxically, has only watched their influence grow over the last thirty years. So, yeah, thanks for that.

fastball 7y ago

I think "many" might be overselling it a bit relative to a population of ~330M.

minikites 7y ago
People who believe that have incredible influence in our flawed political structure.
CamperBob2 7y ago
Translation: Hi, I'm from New York or California, or maybe Seattle.
- fastball 7y ago
  Huh? There are a lot of devout Christians in the US. The vast majority of them are not "end-times" truthers.
  - CamperBob2 7y ago
    The ones with political power are. It is exceedingly naive to claim otherwise. Google the term "Dominionism."
    - fastball 7y ago
      Dominionism is not a clearly defined practice/group/sect/etc. The most inclusive definition is basically just "people with strong beliefs want to run the democracy they live in according to those beliefs", which doesn't seem like a surprising way for anyone to behave. Yet, take even the most expansive and uncharitable definition, and still "dominionism" =/= "the end times are at hand and there are signs everywhere of the coming anti-christ, such as national ID cards".
      - CamperBob2 7y ago
        You're lecturing to someone who grew up around these people, and who, paradoxically, has only watched their influence grow over the last thirty years. So, yeah, thanks for that.