Boing Boing has historically come out repeatedly against RFID tags (see here), but when Christians do it, their reasoning is suspect and they are subject to ridicule:

The US State Department has said that RFID-chipped passports will not be issued to travelers “until privacy-related concerns have been addressed.” Initial public feedback was overwhelmingly negative, and much of it was posted in entirety on the State Department’s website — including name, email address, and phone number of objectors who submitted comments by snail mail or email. Boing Boing reader Aaron Peterson says, “Way to go, thanks for addressing our privacy concerns by posting the personal information of everyone that had feedback on the subject!”

But buried within those many citizen comments is this gem:

No mark of the beast for me you Luciferian beehivers. You can take all those RFID chips wrapped like a burrito in the HR 4(6+6+6) national id bill and stick it up yor own arse!

Jesus is the way, not the antichrist of the beast system. Read God’s words in the Book of Revelation lest your soul is burned in hell. The great test is upon us all…

That’s a “gem.” That’s subject to ridicule.

Meanwhile, the Vacuous Hole and her cohorts love donning their tin-foil chapeaus everytime they discuss RFID.

I guess something is cockamamey crap only depending upon the side of the aisle from whence the remark comes.

You know what? Some Christians believe RFID is the mark of the beast. So f’ing what? Some of the people featured on Boing Boing believe they’re vampires.

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