Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Requiring individuals to have medical implants placed under their skin isn’t just a potential violation of someone’s civil rights—it’s downright satanic. Republican Mark Cole, a member of Virginia’s House of Delegates, is sponsoring legislation that would prevent employers or insurance companies from forcing people to get implants because he thinks the microchips could amount to the Antichrist’s “mark of the beast” mentioned in the Bible.
“My understanding—I’m not a theologian—but there’s a prophecy in the Bible that says you’ll have to receive a mark, or you can neither buy nor sell things in end times,” Cole told The Washington Post. “Some people think these computer chips might be that mark.”
Some of Cole’s colleagues in the Virginia legislature have been left shaking their heads over the idea. Democrat Robert Brink compared the concern to the likelihood of asteroids striking the earth or giant alligators roaming underground sewers.
He also said that California’s legislature passed a similar ban, and that alone was reason enough for Virginia to avoid doing the same thing. “If Virginia is starting to use California as our legislative role model, it’s a sign that our legislative apocalypse has arrived,” Brink told the Free Lance-Star.
Nevertheless, Cole’s bill was approved by the House of Delegates last week.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Virginia Delegates Pass Bill Banning Chip Implants as ‘Mark of the Beast’ (by Daniel Tencer, Raw Story)
Human Microchips Seen by Some in Virginia House as Device of Antichrist (by Fredrick Kunkle and Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post)
Implant Tracking Measure Advances (by Chelyen Davis, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
HB 53 Human Tracking Devices; Unlawful Use Thereof by Insurer or Employer (Virginia House of Delegates)
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