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[–][deleted] 4 points  

What brand is the smartwatch?

[–]SaintGodfatherChristian for the Preferential Treatment 3 points  

Phew, dodged a bullet there, you should be fine.

[–]RazarTukThe other trans mod everyone forgets 2 points  

Now, if you had received an Apple...

[–]SaintGodfatherChristian for the Preferential Treatment 1 point  

This person (who I had forgotten about) gets it!

[–][deleted] 4 points  

No. It's a debit card. Swiping a credit card in front of a screen has been around for an extremely long time. And you just posted this on like 5 different subreddits which is concerning.

[–]dizzyelkHorrible Atheist 2 points  

Well, seeing as how I bought a coke the other day with some green bits of paper, I don't think that qualifies the whole "no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark" bit.

[–]wydokBaptist (ABCUSA); former Roman Catholic 2 points  

No

[–]Arkhangelzk 1 point  

No. That's just using developing technology. Well, old tech, at this point. Apple Pay, for instance, has been around for over a decade.

I personally don't think Revelations is literal or about the future. I think it's essentially a fantasy about the fall of Rome centuries ago. As a Christian, I don't worry about things like "the mark of the beast" at all. I certainly don't think it has anything to do with smartwatches.