LOST IN THE COSMOS

MARK OF THE BEAST

ON THE WEB!?!

David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends & Folklore, reports a wild and wacky Internet happening: "Apocalypse Averted: The Rise and Fall of IDchip.com." Global Monetary, an alleged multi-billion dollar company, offered $250 each to volunteers who would have an ID chip implanted in each person's hand as a "cardless ID system." One hundred people volunteered; thousands visited the Web site, and Emery reports that reactions ranged from "amusement to hysteria." It was a joke--a hoax; however, many unsuspecting persons found themselves undeniably "lost in the cosmos."
Emery relates that Global Monetary finally had to issue a disclaimer:
"Everyone remain calm. The antichrist is NOT among us." A hoax indeed!
Bible-believing Christians know that Revelation 13:16-18 does speak of a
real mark of the beast--and THAT'S no hoax!

Urban Legends & Folklore:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/beliefs/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa090199.htm?pid=2733&cob=home
Idchip.com: http://www.idchip.com/s1/entry.htm

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Taken from INTERNET FOR CHRISTIANS
October 11, 1999 / Issue 94

Peggie Bohanon, Executive Editor

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