Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger...
by Dylan16807 on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:27AM
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> Certainly the author could not have known fingerprinting techniques 2000 years ago.
Citation needed.
> It is not unreasonable to interpret "mark" to be an identifier.
Adding an identifier, perhaps. But to interpret that passage to refer to taking pictures or imprints? That is unreasonable.
For starters you don't (do you?) speak the original language, so you're at the mercy of the translator for the term "mark"
But, going more meta, most religious traditions don't have a strict textual interpretation of their texts. Certainly the author could not have known fingerprinting techniques 2000 years ago. It is not unreasonable to interpret "mark" to be an identifier.
Of course then the "fingerprint" mark would have to be compatible with the rest of Revelations.