I haven't read the whole thing (the Bible) (far from it, "thank God"), so I'm not sure what the context is..."No one could buy or sell unless he had this mark, that is, the beast's name or the number that stands for his name." -- Revelation 13:17-18"
 
But note that the point is that commerce is evil, capitalism is bad, and you should prepare to accept the authority of church/state/god before that of your own mind.  Like I say, I don't know if this is supposed to be after the coming of god, satan, or what, esp since apparently elsewhere in the Bible various professions get "blessed,"  but that's irrelevant detail since the primary point of religion is to suppress Man.  Ugh.

T
 
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And the 666/barcode thing was an interesting urban legend at one time... FYI: http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/barcode.asp
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From: Giovanni Pezzi [mailto:pezwaldo@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 3:46 PM
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Thanks. This came to mind today because there was something on MSN about putting microchips into your pets so in case they get lost, you can scan them and the chip will give the finder all the information on the owner, etc. It's now becoming a reality for some people as well, so they can carry around their medical information, etc. The whole thing reminded me of the 'bar code' sequence in the song, and how he related it back to the number 666.