I just saw on another thread 'names on the other side' someone joke about how in the spiritual world we are all identified by ip address.
This made me think of of the Book of Revelation and how the mark of the beast could possibly be our ip addresses.
"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, freeman and slave, to receive a mark on (or in*) his right hand or on (or in*) his forehead, so that no-one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom, if anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person and it's number is 666." Rev 13:16-18
*When referring to having the mark in his right hand could that be a mouse? Or his forehead be the computer monitor???
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"I just saw on another thread 'names on the other side' someone joke about how in the spiritual world we are all identified by ip address.
This made me think of of the Book of Revelation and how the mark of the beast could possibly be our ip addresses."
Not all IP addresses are static nimrod. The dynamic IPs change now and then. Wouldn't be much good as a "Mark of the Beast" now would it?
"*When referring to having the mark in his right hand could that be a mouse? Or his forehead be the computer monitor???"
Oh, good god...
"mark of the beast"
An IP address is the signature of a specific computer. Computers aren't people (yet), and it isn't a marking on anyone's hand or forehead. It can be displayed on a terminal if you go into your computer and look for it. Also as far as I know, you don't need to have an IP address to make business transactions. It's pretty much the same as a phone number, as it was based off of them.
A computer screen isn't a forehead. A mouse isn't a right hand. Some people use their left, for one, and it, well it just isn't a freaking hand. If you're talking about the little one on the screen when you click a link, that's there for the user's benefit.
Some people should just not be allowed to use technology...
No, no. It's our phone numbers. If you live in San Antonio, Coeur d'Alene, Mobile, Billings or anywhere else where God has assigned you a phone number starting with 666, you're headed straight for the Lake O'Fire®.
Rick Ankiel Award, for Totally Missing the Point.
(For those not conversant in baseball, Rick Ankiel is a pitcher-turned-outfielder with the St. Louis CArdinals. He was a pretty good pitcher until 2005, when he developed a sudden and severe case of 'Can't Find the Plate-itis'. He went back to the minors and worked his way beack up as an outfielder.)
Right. Because my IP address is 666, as is yours and everyone else on the planet's.
Fuck, you're an idiot. The internet does not work that way.
OK. Two options. One, you are playing with the fundies and making fun of them. Which, if that is the case, I give you points for confused creativity. Or two, you are a total and complete whack job.
My IP changes every time I disconnect my modem. How could that possibly be tracked? The IP I had yesterday could be assigned to someone else today if I have to disconnect at any time.
I cannot accept that this is a real comment. I just can't. The idea that someone is that mind fucked is incomprehensible.
Oddly enough, IPs 6.x.x.x, including 6.6.6.6, belong to the USAAISC, which stand for "United States Army Information Systems Command".
Makes ya think, doesn't it ;)
So if IP addresses are the mark of the beast, what the hell are you doing on a computer?
Then again looking at the name this may be a Poe, BiffSplitkins?
This made me think of of the Book of Revelation and how the mark of the beast could possibly be our ip addresses.
In order to demonstrate how ridiculous this is let's go back in time roughly 60 years.
"This made me think of the Book of Revelation and how the mark of the beast could possibly be our telephone numbers."
80 years...
"This made me think of the Book of Revelation and how the mark of the beast could possibly be our Social Security numbers."
Er, what?
No one can buy or sell without an IP address? Everyone has one, rich and poor?
Talk about shoehorning.
When referring to having the mark in his right hand could that be a mouse? Or his forehead be the computer monitor???
Technically possible, but you said just four sentences ago that you thought the IP address was the mark, you idiot.
@anonymous_troy: You can relax, the original post is dated June 19.
Though a tinfoil hat couldn't hurt...
I thought the bible was supposed to be taken literally. If so, the mark is on your HAND or FOREHEAD.
If not, then the whole book is a collection of tales by bronze-age goat herders and supposed to be taken metaphorically.
Since IP addresses are sets of four octets, you'll never get an IP address with the number 666 in it.
Unless you want to do some kooky maths or eX treme mental gymnastics (New Olympic sport. America's bible belt should be able to take home the gold).
Neither my mouse, nor my monitor have an ip-adress in them. Also, I do not regularly strap my giant, heavy 20-inch CRT monitor to my forehead.
Actually, you're making me bang my forehead on my desk.
OH NOES! That means that the mark of the beast is a Homer Simpson mouse mat! AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!
This post got me ta thinkin'. It's all about reading between the lines.
Normally(at least among IT professionals), an IP is verbally stated as "numbers dot numbers dot numbers dot numbers", but the symbol that we refer to as a dot is actually a period. How many letters does the word period have? Yes, six. How many periods are in an IP? Three. This is sooooo scary.
And I was going to type more, but now I've lost interest. Besides I need to get some work done, since I am being paid to sit in front of this box of damnation.
This is an old unix joke.
The "Mark of the Beast" is on the brain: "Universal Literacy" and it's sinister brother "EDUCATION"!
In Unix, the command to give EVERYONE READ and WRITE access is "chmod 666".
Change Mode=Change to the "devil's mode" (666).
Satan cannot enter the house of god (the temple).
MAC Addresses consist of:
These numbers are somewhat unique & it is entirely conceivable that, in the future when almost all trade goes via the internet, your address will be required as an identifying "mark"
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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