Re: ripped off @ C-Stone - little forehead crosses

[Christian Lindemer <CD-Lindemer at wiu_edu>]

Drew Johnson wrote:

>>>Michael Cade wrote:
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>>>it sounds like, its very creepily like the Mark of the Beast...
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>If I recall, I think you have it...kinda.  I remember listening to them as
>radio dramas (I figured that if I was going to talk about them, I should
>at least know what I'm talking about.), and the way it worked was that if
>you became a Christian, a mark appeared that only other Christians could
>see.  Very much in the vein of understanding belief in Christ as a single
>event.  I didn't listen much beyond that point, but it was a sort of
>a wink-wink as to when you were dealing with other Christians.
>
>Fun stuff to build plot points around, but yeesh.
>  
>
Call me stupid, but wouldn't the /absence/ of the Mark of the Beast be a 
half-decent clue as to a person's Christian status?

What's the point of having a hidden sign?  People may be evil, but 
they're not (necessarily) dumb.

"I can't tell is this guy is one of us, or one of those dirty Christians!"
"Well, does he have the Mark of the Beast?"
"No, I guess not."
"Persecute him!  Persecute him!"

-Smitty the Persecutor of Bran Muffins

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