Millenarian Christians read cashless payment systems as fulfilling the Mark of the Beast prophecy

Evidence

The prophecies of the Bible tell us a world government will arise in the last days led by the Antichrist, the world’s last dictator… . The prophets also foretold that money would cease to exist in the last days. It would be replaced by a cashless society that will use numbers instead of currency to allow you “to buy and sell.” We are now rapidly approaching the moment when these ancient Bible prophecies can be fulfi lled through the introduction of the 666–Mark of the Beast fi nancial system of the Antichrist. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 262

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to broader literatures on credit scores and surveillance capitalism treating people as numbers — the idea of numeric identity as a totalizing system resonates across the knowledge base. — connects to: Antichrist theorizing has converged with mind-control conspiracy via the Mark of the Beast. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 395; Modern technology links mind-control fear to the Antichrist’s Mark of the Beast

Broader Connections

• Antichrist theorizing has converged with mind-control conspiracy via the Mark of the Beast. #expands (0.85) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 395
• Modern technology links mind-control fear to the Antichrist’s Mark of the Beast #expands (0.80)