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RACING TOWARDS THE MARK
"And He causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a
mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark"
Rev.13:16,17
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Blending man and machine? |
The digital devil
By David Kupelian, WorldNetDaily
"We believe that two-way immortality, where one's experiences are
digitally preserved and which then take on a life of their own, will be
possible within this century."—Gordon Bell and James N. Gray, senior
researchers at Microsoft and co-authors of "The Revolution Yet To
Happen," a chapter in the book, Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years
Of Computing.
"A few years ago there may have been resistance, but not anymore. People
are getting used to having implants. 'New century, new trend'. … Fifty
years from now this will be very, very popular. … [Digital Angel] will
be a connection from yourself to the electronic world. … It will be your
guardian, protector. It will bring good things to you. … We will be a
hybrid of electronic intelligence and our own soul."—Dr. Peter Zhou,
chief scientist for development of the Digital Angel.
The western world, including the U.S., was based on the conviction that
life on earth is given meaning, morality and purpose by a Supreme
Being—the Creator. These life-giving qualities resonate in the interior
of every human being, who has free rein to live in harmony with divine
principle or to rebel against it and play god himself.
Therefore, when we humans are freed from the moorings of conscience and
duty to our Creator, another worldview springs into existence. And
within that atheistic, evolutionary worldview, enhancing our bodies and
minds with technology, and even re-creating ourselves by blending man
and machine, not only makes perfect sense—it is also our one and only
path to immortality.
Intoxicated and motivated by the not-too-distant aroma of immortality,
they seek to create a neural interface between man's brain and all the
knowledge of the world, via the Internet. That, coupled with the ability
to replace worn-out body parts with longer-lasting technological
counterparts, is just about the ultimate conception of man-as-god—in
their minds.
Of course, for the spiritually minded person, this is a dangerous and
grotesque insanity, reminiscent of all the classic horror and science
fiction stories of the past. How many such tales ended, after great evil
was manifested due to the mad scientist's meddling, with the narrator
commenting plaintively: "There are some things man was not meant to
know." As those stories showed—and as real life has proven, from Nero to
Hitler—we humans don't make very good gods.
Some Christians are disturbed by the seeming widespread interest in
implanting electronic tracking devices in humans, citing Revelation
13:16–18:
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that
no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the
beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a
man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.
You know what? It bothers me too. In fact, the current fascination and
excitement over implanted biochips is only the "chip" of the iceberg.
The inexorable trends—accelerated mightily by post-9-11 fears—toward
biometric universal IDs, toward wall-to-wall surveillance and tracking,
toward human chip implantation, toward a cashless society, toward world
government, toward digital immortality, all have one thing in common:
They sound an awful lot like what I read in Revelation.
[end of article]
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